Events
To learn more about about our exciting events during the year, follow us on our social media channels and apply to become an NEDS volunteer!
National Donor Day – February 14, 2024
National Donate Life Month – Month of April, 2024
Donate Life Living Donor Day – April 3, 2024
National Donate Life Blue & Green Day – April 12, 2024
Blue & Green Spirit Week – April 7 -12, 2024
National Pediatric Transplant Week – April 21 – 27, 2024
NEDS Blue and Green Walk & 5K in Connecticut – April 28 2024
NEDS 1st Annual Golf Tournament – June 10 2024
National Minority Donor Awareness Month – August 2024
National DMV Appreciation Month – September 2024
NEDS Blue and Green Walk in Massachusetts – October 2024
Learn more at our Facebook feed below…
Heart recipient Hal Edkin expressed his gratitude for his donor at a Donate Life Month event at Northampton City Hall on Tuesday, stating “In the physical sense, his heart is beating right now inside of me, and I think in my mind he has become part of me, I like to think that I try to live my life as an honor to his memory.” #DonateLifeMonth
‘I’m grateful everyday’: Recipients gather in honor of National Organ Donation Month
The importance of being an organ donor on display in Northampton on Tuesday with several organ recipients sharing their lifesaving stories and encouraging others to give.
We are so grateful to the event sponsors who helped make the 10th Anniversary of the Blue & Green Walk/5k possible. Thanks to their generosity, every dollar raised by our teams and participants goes directly toward funding more community outreach about the importance of organ and tissue donation! Thank them with us…and stop by to see some of them at the Blue & Green Walk/5K! #bluegreenwalk
CT Blue & Green Walk/5K 2024 Sponsors:
Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming Inc.
Yale New Haven Hospital
Hartford Hospital Transplant
Revalia Bio
LifeNet Health
CT Blue & Green Walk/5K 2024 Sponsors:
Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming Inc.
Yale New Haven Hospital
Hartford Hospital Transplant
Revalia Bio
LifeNet Health
New England Donor Services joined Woonsocket Mayor Chris Beauchamp, state officials, and others impacted by donation on Monday to encourage Rhode Islanders to register as organ donors. #DonateLifeMonth
Woonsocket names April as 'Organ Donation Month' | ABC6
WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WLNE) — Woonsocket Mayor Beauchamp joined representatives from New England Donor Services on Monday to encourage Rhode Islanders to register as organ donors or renew their donation status. Rachel Drane, an organ recipient from Raynham, spoke at the meeting after receiving a liver...
What to know before the Blue & Green Walk/5k this SUNDAY, April 28th in Bloomfield CT!! You still have time to sign up here: https://ow.ly/PCJE50RlqYC #bluegreenwalk
NEDS volunteers Francis Gilroy and Susan Graham held a Donate Life table at Boston Children’s Hospital as part of BCH’s celebration of National Pediatric Transplant Week. Susan and Francis got five people to register as donors in only ONE HOUR!!
Pictured is NEDS volunteer Francis, Transplant Surgeon Dr. Lee, and in the front, an energetic young man who just received a heart transplant last week whose mom was only too happy to have his photo taken!! 💙💚 #DonateLifeMonth
Pictured is NEDS volunteer Francis, Transplant Surgeon Dr. Lee, and in the front, an energetic young man who just received a heart transplant last week whose mom was only too happy to have his photo taken!! 💙💚 #DonateLifeMonth
In collaboration with B6Sportct and Jackal Motorsports, New England Donor Services hosted a car meet at Lighthouse Park in New Haven on April 20th. The meet was open to all cars and drivers to come and interact with other members of the community while also raising awareness for organ and tissue donation. The event drew over 50 cars to the meet including donors, donor families, and recipients who shared stories of their connection to the cause. #DonateLifeMonth
