Out of an impressive pool of more than 70 applicants hailing from 38 counties across Kentucky, 20 extraordinary individuals have been selected to receive 2024 Donate Life Kentucky Scholarships valued at $1000 each. These students have demonstrated exceptional dedication to promoting the Donate Life mission and educating their peers about the life-saving impact of registering as an organ, eye, and tissue donor. The Donate Life Kentucky Scholarship winners for 2024 are: Allison Patterson – Harrison County Annabella Bengie – Bourbon…

April is National Donate Life Month Circuit Clerks honor the lifesaving gift of organ, eye and tissue donation  Each April, Kentucky’s Circuit Clerks work alongside Donate Life Kentucky to celebrate National Donate Life Month (NDLM), an observance focusing attention on the national need for organ, eye and tissue donation to save and heal lives through the miracle of transplantation. National Donate Life Month is about the importance of registering your decision to be a donor, honoring deceased and living donors,…

Donate Life Kentucky to Host Private, Exclusive Pre-Screening in Lexington of Feature Film “Ordinary Angels” An inspiring true story of a town coming together during 1994’s historic and deadly snowstorm in Kentucky to help a three-year-old girl receive a lifesaving liver transplant has been made into a movie, “Ordinary Angels,” starring Hilary Swank and Alan Ritchson. The film is scheduled to hit theaters nationwide on Friday, February 23, 2024. Ahead of the movie’s release, a private pre-screening will be held…

A paradigm shifting digital platform that promotes organ donation education, awareness and action, geared for Generation Z and beyond. MEDIA CONTACTS:Erin Jones, in.Mode Marketing, erin@inmodemarketing.com, 502.774.0767Shelley Snyder, KCCC Trust For Life, Ssnyder@trustforlife.org, 502.322.5401 Louisville, KY, Wednesday, July 17, 2019 – Trust For Life (TFL), the charitable arm of the Kentucky Association of Circuit Court Clerks (KCCC), partnering with Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates (KODA) and Louisville-based Marketing agency Power, held a  press conference this morning to announce its innovative new cell phone digital gaming…

Organ donation. These words can carry a different weight dependent on the person you are asking. Some people only associate with the question when they receive their driver’s license. Then for people like myself, it means a new shot at life and infinite gratitude to those who decide to donate theirs. I was 15 years old when I was diagnosed with a rare heart disease called Restrictive Cardiomyopathy. I was fortunate enough to maintain a stable status and live a…

A milestone for the thousands of Kentuckians waiting on lifesaving donations During a riveting and at times emotional press conference held in Lexington this morning, Trust for Life, the charitable arm of the Kentucky Circuit Court Clerks’ announced that the Commonwealth’s Organ Donation Registry now has over two million registrants. This is a major milestone for the nonprofit and its partner organizations, which all support lifesaving mission of organ, eye and tissue donation and education. “This is a monumental moment for the…

A history-making announcement on the heels of the passage of Kentucky Senate Bill 77 Organ Donor Registration Expansion Signed into Law by Governor Bevin in March WHAT: Trust for Life, the charitable arm of the Kentucky Association of Circuit Court Clerks, will hold a press conference to announce a truly historical moment for the nonprofit and its partner organizations, all of which support the lifesaving mission of organ, eye and tissue donation education. WHEN: Monday, May 13, 2019, 11:00 a.m. EDT WHERE: Embassy Suites by…

Kicking off in National Donate Life month, the partnership will make Volunteers of America the first non-profit in the region to register organ donors directly Partnership will educate public and clients about addiction recovery and organ donation April 9, 2019 Louisville, KY–Leaders from Volunteers of America and Donate Life Kentucky announced a groundbreaking new partnership today, “Hope and Healing,” designed to increase organ donations in Kentucky and surrounding states today.  Under the innovative partnership, Volunteers of America will become the…

Who: Bearno’s Pizza, Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates (KODA), Kentucky Circuit Court Clerk’s Trust For Life When: April 9, 2019, 11:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. What: Donate Life Day at nine Bearno’s Pizza locations will give 15% of all sales back to supporting the mission of organ donation throughout Kentucky for ONE DAY ONLY Why: To recognize the life-saving mission of organ donation throughout our community.  Bearno’s hopes to increase awareness of the need for people to register, thank those that…

This Honor Walk recognizes organ donor Michael Allen Stacey. Watch this amazing video: