FiJaBAM is short for "Fiji and Jasmine Bike Across America." Jasmine, a former employee who worked with donor families in the Donor Services Center, embarked on a cross-country bicycle trip in mid-April with two goals in mind: 1) cycle 4,000 miles from New York City...

The Missouri Lions Eye Research Foundation’s Board of Directors announced on Saturday its appointment of Tony Bavuso as the organization’s new executive director, effective July 1, 2013. Bavuso brings 15 years of experience in organizational leadership and eye...

In Missouri and across the U.S., Americans are celebrating April as Donate Life Month. Donate Life America is encouraging people to share the message of donation by wearing DLA’s colors for Blue & Green Day on Friday, April 19. Donate Life Missouri, as a partner...

On April 9, 2013, Gift of Hope, the organ procurement organization serving the northern three-fourths of Illinois and northwest Indiana, will present an honorary plaque of recognition to Memorial Medical Center (MMC) in Springfield, IL for their outstanding donor...

Right now, there are 117,729 Americans waiting for life-saving organ transplants, including nearly 2,000 Missourians. Approximately 46,000 Americans will require a cornea transplant this year, and more than 1 million Americans will receive a tissue transplant. During...