For Partners. Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia

Gift of Life Donor Program, the nonprofit organization serving the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware is one of the oldest and largest of 58 organ procurement organizations (OPO) in the United States. Serving as the link between patients awaiting organ and tissue transplants and those who donate, Gift of Life has coordinated more than 30,000 organ transplants and hundreds of thousands of tissue transplants since 1974. Gift of Life offers two programs which are unique in the field. The first is the Gift of Life Institute, the non-profit educational subsidiary of Gift of Life Donor Program, which serves a diverse national and international customer base, providing educational programs for professionals in the field of organ and tissue donation and transplantation. The second is the Gift of Life Family House which is currently under construction. This house will provide overnight stays and support services for transplant families in the Philadelphia region and will open in spring 2011.