2026 IMPORTANT DATES
Want to volunteer, get involved, or sponsor an event to help save lives? Check out our 2026 dates – with updates and additions throughout the year, so keep refreshing! Contact us and follow our social media for more details.
- February 14 – National Donor Day
- March 10 – Heart of the Motor Film Campaign launch in Kentucky Schools (statewide)
- March 21 – Donate Life Month Kickoff at Cincinnati Zoo
- March 26 – Second Chance at Life Trivia Night in Louisville
- April – Donate Life Month (events all month long!)
- April 6 – Scholarship Application Deadline
- April 8 – UK Softball Game & Flag raising
- April 10 – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
- April 19 – Donate Life Month Tree Walk in Louisville
- April 22 – Norton Children’s Hospital Flag Raising
- April 30 – Donate Life Day at the Races on Thurby at Churchill Downs
- May 14 – Scholarship Awardee Celebration & Presentation in Bowling Green at Circuit Clerk’s Conference
- June 15 – 17 County Clerk’s Conference Presentation in Lexington
- June 18 – 25 Transplant Games of America
- July 24-25 Wide Open – No Fear Rodeo to benefit Wyatt Cole Memorial Scholarship Fund in Owenton
- Aug 25 – Statewide Donate Life Symposium in Louisville
- September (dates TBA) – Spath Family Fundraiser in Louisville
- September 17 – 20 – Gaslight Festival & Parade
- September 21 – Wilkins Family “Drive Fore Life” Golf Scramble at UL Cardinal Club
- September/October – Bass Fishing Tournament in Western KY
- October 11 – Dignity Memorial “Every Life Remembered” Walk in Louisville
- October 24 – Amelia’s Run – 10K and more in Western KY
- October/November (date TBA) – Fall Day at the Races (Keeneland or Churchill Downs)
- November (all month) – Gift of Life Challenge (statewide)
