Host a donor awareness workshop, prayer breakfast, or health fair with an information display on donation and presentations by living donors, donor families, transplant recipients, patients awaiting transplantation, or transplant professionals. Organize a candle lighting ceremony to honor living and non-living donors, donor families and recipients. Visit living donors, recipients and transplant candidates at your local hospital. Spread the Word . . . Include donor information in your newsletter, bulletin, web site, or e-mail.
Discuss organ and tissue donation in sermons and classes.
Invite speakers to address your congregation, including members who want to share their own donation experiences. Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper about the critical need for organ and tissue donation. Get Started . . . Decide who will organize your National Donor Sabbath and what you want to do. Team up with local organizations, such as organ procurement organizations, coalitions on donation, tissue and eye banks, and related voluntary associations.