The Colby Foundation is proud to offer you a variety of information and services through this website. We have worked hard to provide quality information, basic factual data, and the personal side to Organ and Tissue Donation. We also encourage you to get involved in a variety of ways and be a strong advocate for organ and tissue donation both personally and in your community.

Since we accept our limitations, we extend this list of related links to you. These links are provided to help further your knowledge and advocacy base. If you find a link that would be good for us to have, please contact us and share the information. Also be aware that this is not an exhaustive list, but a list of organization we have had conversations with and feel confident passing along to you.

Organ and Tissue Donation Related Links

• Donate Life America
  Donate Life America is a not-for-profit alliance of national organizations and local coalitions across the United States dedicated to inspiring all people to save and enhance lives through organ, eye and tissue donation.
• United Network for Organ Sharing
  Nonprofit, scientific and educational organization that administers the United States’ only organ procurement and transplantation network.
• Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)
  OPTN maintains the only national patient waiting list and features the most comprehensive data available in any single field of medicine.
• OrganDonor.gov
  Created by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services.
• Office of Minority Health
  The Office of Minority Health offers basic information about organ and tissue donation as it relates to minority populations.
• JRI – James Redford Institute for Transplant Awareness
  JRI is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about the need for organ and tissue donation through film, educational outreach and the web.

Specific Regional Donor Networks

• Living Legacy at LifeCenter Northwest
  Living Legacy is the public education portion of LifeCenter Northwest.  Living Legacy works to educate the Northwest community about organ and tissue donation.
• California Transplant Donor Network
  Transplant network serving Northern/Central California and Northern Nevada by saving and improving lives through organ and tissue donation
• New England Organ Bank
  Organ and tissue bank promoting the recovery, preservation and distribution of organs and tissues for transplantation.
• LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma
  LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma serves as a donor registry for the State of Oklahoma as well as working to educate the community about organ and tissue donation.

Family Resources

• National Donor Family Council
  The Council provides information and support to donor families and professionals.
• Transplant Recipients International Organization
  TRIO is an independent, nonprofit organization committed to improving the quality of life of transplant candidates, recipients, their families and the families of organ and tissue donors.

Colby Cassani Endowed Lectureship Series Participants

• Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
  A professional medical college offering the following degrees: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine/Master of Business Administration, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine/Doctor of Philosophy.
• Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine                                            LECOM is the fastest growing medical college in the country and offers some of the most innovative learning programs on campuses in Erie, Pennsylvania and Bradenton, Florida.  In addition to the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Degree, LECOM offers a Doctor of Pharmacy as well as a Masters of Science in Medical Education Degrees.