AOPO Recognizes OPO Leaders Suzanne Conrad and Bruce Nicely with Lifetime Achievement Award
At its Annual Meeting, the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) proudly awarded Suzanne Conrad, CEO of Iowa Donor Network, and Bruce Nicely, Vice President of Donation Optimization at Gift of Life Michigan, with the prestigious 2025 AOPO Lifetime Achievement Award.
Read MoreLogan’s Law helps outdoor enthusiasts register as organ donors
Over 1.5 million Iowans are registered as organ donors, according to the Iowa Donor Network, and a bill passed in 2019, Logan’s Law, is helping even more people register when they sign up for hunting, fishing and trapping licenses.
Read MoreOrgan donation growing in Iowa as donor network seeks to expand education
Organ donation saves hundreds of lives every year across the United States, and the Iowa Donor Network — the nonprofit that organizes organ donation in Iowa — is working to increase that number.
Read MoreField of Dreams to host 'Wanna Have A Catch Day' to highlight donor initiatives
The National Day Calendar recently declared the second Saturday each May as “Wanna Have A Catch Day.” So, the Living Liver Foundation, Transplant Life Foundation and Iowa Donor Network decided to launch the new national day by hosting the Living...
Read MoreIowa Donor Network CEO Suzanne Conrad announces retirement
After nearly three decades serving as CEO of Iowa Donor Network, Suzanne Conrad plans to retire this year.
Read MoreHow you can give the gift of life with organ donation
Taya Thostenson from the Iowa Donor Network spoke with Our Quad Cities News about the importance of organ donation.
Read MoreBulls’ Lonzo Ball meets family of donor for his unprecedented knee transplant: ‘It changed my life’
There’s never a day when Lonzo Ball isn’t grateful for his left knee. And on Wednesday, Ball had an extra source of gratitude: meeting the family of Alex Reinhardt, the donor for part of his knee transplant that allowed his...
Read MoreDonate Life Month, workers highlight importance of organ donors
April is Donate Life Month, health care workers take this month as a chance to highlight the work of organ donors. Tully Jackson of Des Moines is just one the people who received the lifesaving help of an organ donor.
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