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  • Ed Bolt
    mourns the loss of his son,
    E.J., but finds solace in the fact
    that E.J. was able to save five
    lives through organ donation.

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  • The Gift of Life

    Thanks to Cynthia Deckers
    generous heart,
    Milton Bowens, Jr.,
    ​is alive today!

    OUR LITTLE KIDNEY

  • José Gomez
    Kidney Recipient

    The doctors said it was a one in a million
    perfect match, thanks to a donor hero.

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  • Karen Hoyt
    Liver Recipient

    Lives every day with
    a grateful spirit.

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  • Ron Black
    A Living Miracle

    Ron is alive today,
    ​thanks to a donor hero.

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Saving Lives Together

The gift of organ and tissue donation truly saves and enhances lives, thanks to the heroic donors and courageous families. It offers hope right here in our community and throughout our state. ​

Waiting List

Elaina Reynolds

Oklahoma Chickasaw family waiting on a lifesaving transplant for one-year-old daughter. Read her story.

Recipient

Wes Hawkins

Thanks to a donor hero, Wes can breathe again, read his transplant journey.

Donor Hero

Nate Smith

Nate was an athletic 19-year-old, he loved helping others, and to no one’s surprise,
​he was a donor hero. Read his story.

Oklahomans now have an opportunity to use their love for the outdoors as a way to help thousands who are waiting for the gift of life.
​Fishing and Hunting licenses now come with a life-saving opportunity.

About Us

LifeShare is a nonprofit organ procurement organization (OPO) dedicated to the recovery of organs and tissue for transplant purposes. We are committed to caring for the families that are touched by donation. LifeShare team members are a wonderful group of caring professionals who regardless of their role contribute to our core purpose of saving of lives.
 
LifeShare works closely with three transplant centers, OU Health, INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center, and St. John’s Medical Center and 145 healthcare organizations in the state of Oklahoma to facilitate donation.
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News and Promotions

LifeShare Foundation Hosts 5K to Honor, Remember and Give Hope

Oklahoma non-profit gears up for 1 Mile Walk and USATF Certified Race on November 6 
Hundreds of participants will fill the trails near Lake Hefner November 6 to run and walk with a purpose to celebrate the gift of life.

The LifeShare Foundation is hosting their fourth annual ‘Little Red Heart’ 5K Run and 1 Mile walk as they continue raising awareness and providing education on the importance of being an organ donor.

The event honors those who have received the gift of life through organ and tissue donation, remembers those who were organ and tissue donors and gives hope to thousands who wait on a lifesaving transplant.

The Little Red Heart event on Saturday will not only include the 1 Mile Walk and USATF Certified 5K Race, but will also be a family-friendly event with kids activities, music and prizes. Each entry to the Little Red Heart run includes a t-shirt and breakfast.

“The Little Red Heart Run is an incredible celebration of our community members who have been touched by organ and tissue donation,” said Jeffrey Orlowski, President and CEO of LifeShare. “The support, dedication and hope for our participants, volunteers, transplant recipients, donor families and community partners is inspirational.”

Last year, LifeShare saved more lives than ever before -- making 508 transplants possible. Tissue donation also restored health to more than 60,000 people.

Today, there are 106,000 people waiting for a transplant across the nation, but one organ donor can save eight lives and one tissue donor can restore health to more than 75 others.

Online registration for the Little Red Heart Run will remain open through the event opening. On-site registration and packet pick up will begin at 7:00 AM on November 6 at Stars and Stripes Park. LifeShare invites the public and media to attend the event, which begins at 9:00 AM. For more information about organ donation or the Little Red Heart Run, visit LifeShareOKFoundation.org.

Join LifeShare as they announce this Year’s Rose Parade Honoree

Join LifeShare of Oklahoma as they honor Shelby Johnson, of Shawnee as their floragraph honoree who will be representing Oklahoma in the Donate Life Rose Parade Float. Shelby is the daughter of Patrick Johnson and Dana Johnson, of Shawnee.
 
Every year, LifeShare of Oklahoma helps sponsor the Donate Life Float in the Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year’s Day to spread the message about organ, eye and tissue donation.  As a sponsor, LifeShare can send one recipient to ride the float and one donor portrait to be honored on the float. 

Join us as we celebrate Shelby Johnson who will be honored on the float:
 
WHAT:                       Floragraph Honoree Ceremony
WHERE:                    Tecumseh High School, 901 N 13th St., Tecumseh, OK 74873
WHEN:                       Wednesday, October 20 at 4:00 PM
PHOTOS:                   There will be several opportunities for great photos and videos at this event.
INTERVIEWS:            The family of Shelby Johnson, donor, will be available for interviews.
​The 2022 float features stylized Venetian colonnades, inspired by the Palazzo Ducale or Doges’ Palace in Venice. These ornate porticos will be adorned with memorial floral portraits, honoring the gift of life and hope given by organ, eye and tissue donors. Venice’s quintessential gondolas will carry organ, eye and tissue recipients, as they continue sailing in their life journey, thanks to their donors’ gifts. Living donors and recipients will walk alongside the float. A lush dedication garden features individually dedicated roses and will complete the beautiful Venetian scene, along with blue and white waves, representing the flowing Venice canals.