A diverse panel of experts, community leaders, and transplant recipients provided insight into the impact and importance of organ and tissue donation and transplantation Saturday during a Facebook Live Townhall.

Through the generosity of donors and in partnership with more than 120 hospitals in the region, Mid-America Transplant is projecting more lives will be saved in 2020 than ever before.

Every day, we at Mid-America Transplant are humbled by the countless stories of generous donor families, the perseverance of transplant patients, and the incredibly talented medical professionals with whom we work every day to save lives. 2019 was a truly remarkable year for organ and tissue transplant in our region.

Mercy Hospital Jefferson raised a Donate Life flag Tuesday morning to honor heroic organ and tissue donors after a ceremony to bless the new flagpole.

National Minority Donor Awareness Month aims to bring heightened awareness to donation and transplantation in diverse communities.

As a precaution to the ongoing global pandemic, the Celebrate Life 5K Run/Walk is moving to a fully virtual event this fall.

Supported by a grant from the Mid-America Transplant Foundation, the NEA Baptist Center for Good Grief planned on introduced telemental health services in 2020.

The Mid-America Transplant Foundation Board of Directors approved more than $470,000 to support grief centers serving Mid-America Transplant’s service area in alignment with its mission to save and heal lives in the community it serves.