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January 2025
LifeShare Network Saves 645 Lives in Record-Breaking 2024
Eleventh Consecutive Year of Milestones

LifeShare Network proudly announces its eleventh consecutive year of reaching new milestones in the number of organ and tissue donors recovered, the number of organs transplanted, and the total number of lives saved.

In 2024, LifeShare facilitated the gift of 746 lifesaving transplants, a 14.9% increase from 2023, providing 645 individuals with the gift of life. Tissue donations, including musculoskeletal, skin, eye and birth tissue were recovered from 1,027 donors - an 8.2% increase from 949 in 2023 - bettering numerous lives through life-enhancing procedures.

Archived Releases

releases 2024
December 2024
LifeShare Network Recognized as 2024 Oklahoma Top Workplace

November 2024
From Lifesaving Gift to Lifelong Friendship: Living Kidney Donation Offers a Second Chance at Life

October 2024
The “Sweetest” Treat You Can Give This Halloween is the Gift of Life
LifeShare Saves Record-Breaking Number of Lives in September
Life-Saving Automated Referral Program Transforms Organ Donation for Oklahomans

September 2024
LifeShare Foundation Raises Eighty Thousand at Annual 5K Race

July 2024
LifeShare Experiences Record-Breaking First Half of 2024
LifeShare Welcomes New Vice President of Analytics and Information Technology
LifeShare Network Partners with New Mexico Donor Services in Groundbreaking Collaboration

April 2024
LifeShare Network has Record Breaking First Quarter
LifeShare Network Names New Director of Employee Experience
LifeShare Network Names New Chief Medical Officer
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March 2024
LifeShare Celebrates Annual Donate Life Month

February 2024
LifeShare Annual Report 2023

January 2024
New Mom Helps Save Lives Through Birth Tissue Donation
LifeShare Celebrates Tenth Consecutive Record-Breaking Year
LifeShare Network Names Director of Communications and Development
​LifeShare Network Names Director of Finance
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releases 2023
November 2023
Oklahoma Tissue Donors to be Remembered in National Parade
LifeShare Makes History as First Organ Procurement Organization to Transplant Perfused Lungs
LifeShare continues Training Excellence with Opening of New Training Suite

August 2023
Uncharted Waters Bring New Beginnings
National Minority Donor Awareness Month

June 2023
Breathing In and Out -- The Breath of Life

April 2023
​Saving Lives Across State Lines
​Becoming Fearless
Amanda Wright is Wishfully Waiting
Nerves Recovered for Transplant
Lives Transformed Across Oklahoma
LifeShare to Raise Flag Celebrating Donate Life Month
Living a Life with Heart

March 2023
LifeShare Network President/CEO to Serve on Global Board of Directors

February 2023
LifeShare Annual Report for 2022

January 2023
LifeShare Celebrates Ninth Consecutive Record-Breaking Year - 535 Lives Saved in 2022
LifeShare Announces Strategic Changes to Company
​LifeShare Named Top Workplace for Fourth Year by the Oklahoman
releases 2022
December 2022
Oklahomans to be Honored in National Rose Parade

November 2022
LifeShare Conducts First-Time Uncrewed Aerial Transport of Organs

October 2022
Southern Oklahoma Teen to be Remembered in National Parade

August 2022
LifeShare Names New Organizational Leaders

June 2022
Transplant Recipient Lives Life with Pride
LifeShare Makes U.S. History with Use of Perfusion Technology

April 2022
Woman’s Sight Restored after Corneal Transplant 
A Grateful Heart  
Sharing Life, Love and a Liver 

March 2022
Oklahoma Pastor and Church Planter Saves Lives through Donation
LifeShare Names Vice President of Tissue Services

February 2022
​Well-Loved Man Gives the Gift of Life

January 2022
LifeShare Uses Ground-Breaking Technology to Improve Quality of Livers and Save More Lives
​Oklahomans Give the Gift of Life to More People than Ever Before
Oklahomans to be Honored in National Rose Parade on New Year’s Day
releases 2021
December 2021
LifeShare Named Top Workplace
Tulsa Liver Recipient to be Honored in Rose Parade

November 2021
LifeShare Foundation Hosts 5K to Honor, Remember and Give Hope

October 2021
​Join LifeShare as they announce this Year’s Rose Parade Honoree
Hunting, Fishing License Comes with Life-Saving Opportunity

August 2021
LifeShare Welcomes New Recovery Surgeon
LifeShare Continues to Commitment to Serve Diverse Population

JULY 2021
LifeShare CEO Earns CryoLife Achievement Award
LifeShare of Oklahoma Records Highest Number of Organ Donors in June 2021
LifeShare of Oklahoma Supports Living Donor Employees

JUNE 2021
Oklahoma Man ‘Trusts the Process’ for a Second Chance at Life
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APRIL 2021
Young Woman Saves Lives Through Donation after Apartment Fire
​Oklahomans Celebrate Donate Life Month
​Young Man Leaves Legacy Among Family, Friends
LifeShare Announces Partnership with YMCA of Greater OKC 

MARCH 2021
LifeShare Celebrates Successful Partnership with SSM Health St. Anthony

JANUARY 2021
​LifeShare of Oklahoma Saves Record Number of Lives in 2020 
Three Oklahomans Honored at Rose Bowl Parade ​
releases 2020
DECEMBER 2020
​OKLAHOMANS TO BE HONORED IN TOURNAMENT OF ROSES 2021 EVENT
LIFESHARE NAMED TOP WORKPLACE BY THE OKLAHOMAN
​THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE LITTLE RED HEART 5K A SUCCESS!
LIFESHARE OF OKLAHOMA INCREASES DCD DONOR RECOVERY DURING COVID-19
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​NOVEMBER 2020
ORLOWSKI NAMED RECIPIENT OF THE JEANNE C. MOWE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
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AUGUST 2020
LIFESHARE ON RECORD PACE FOR SAVING LIVES IN 2020
TEEN WHO DIED AFTER MOORE CRASH SAVES LIVES THROUGH ORGAN DONATION
ONE VOICE, ONE VISION – SAVING LIVES
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​JUNE 2020
ANNOUNCING MTF BIOLOGICS TECHNICAL AWARD WINNERS
​LIFESHARE OF OKLAHOMA USES TECHNOLOGY TO TRACK ORGAN DELIVERY

​MAY 2020
EVAN SMARTT, A LOVER AND A GIVER OF LIFE
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APRIL 2020
LIFESHARE NAMES NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF QUALITY SYSTEMS
LIFE OR BREATH: ONE MAN'S JOURNEY TO A SECOND CHANCE AT BOTH
SHARING LIFE AND A LIVER
"PISTOL ANNIE" BY ABBEY AHERN
WOMEN'S SIGHT RESTORED AFTER CORNEAL TRANSPLANT

​MARCH 2020
LIFESHARE ANNOUNCES CENTRAL DONATION FACILITY
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JANUARY 2020
LIFESHARE NAMES NEW DIRECTOR OF ORGAN RECOVERY
YOUNG OKLAHOMAN WOMAN TREKS ON DESPITE KIDNEY DISEASE - ONE OF 501 IN THE STATE WAITING ON A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
RECORD-BREAKING YEAR FOR ORGAN DONATION - 455 LIVES SAVED BY OKLAHOMANS LAST YEAR
releases 2019
DECEMBER 2019
LIFESHARE OF OKLAHOMA RECOVERS SEVEN ORGANS FROM A DONOR AFTER CIRCULATORY DEATH - FIRST TIME IN HISTORY
LIFESHARE NAMED TOP WORKPLACE BY THE OKLAHOMAN
CHILD HEART RECIPIENT TO BE HONORED IN ROSE PARADE
ROSE PARADE FLORAGRAPH HONOREE ANNOUNCED
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APRIL 2019
LANDMARK LEGISLATION TO PROTECT LIVING ORGAN DONORS
​PERFECT TIMING: OKLAHOMA WOMAN RECEIVES TRANSPLANT AT LAST MINUTE
LIFESHARE NAMES NEW DIRECTOR OF TISSUE RECOVERY
LIFESHARE TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH​ - ENCOURAGES OKLAHOMANS TO REGISTER AS DONORS
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FEBRUARY 2019
TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT PAYS IT FORWARD AFTER RECEIVING THE GIFT OF LIFE - HOYT NAMED ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR
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​JANUARY 2019
LIFESHARE NAMES NEW DIRECTOR OF HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY SERVICES
LIFESHARE HAS FIFTH CONSESUTIVE RECORD BREAKING YEAR - 487 LIVES SAVED BY OKLAHOMANS LAST YEAR
releases 2018
DECEMBER 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS TO BE HONORED DURING ROSE PARADE

NOVEMBER 2018
JOIN LIFESHARE AS WE UNVEIL THIS YEAR'S ROSE PARADE HONOREES

OCTOBER 2018
LIFESHARE FOUNDATION HOSTS 5K TO HONOR, REMEMBER AND GIVE HOPE
OKLAHOMA FAMILY CELEBRATES LIFE AFTER SISTER'S TRAGIC DEATH THROUGH 5K
EDMOND FAMILY REMEMBERS TODDLER THROUGH 5K
EDMOND FAMILY REMEMBERS SON THROUGH 5K
LIFESHARE BREAKS END-OF-YEAR RECORD MID-YEAR
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JULY 2018
LIFESHARE NAMES NEW DIRECTOR OF ORGAN RECOVERY
OKLAHOMANS IMPACTED BY TRANSPLANTATION TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL TRANSPLANT GAMES
CHILDHOOD FRIEND GIVES WOMAN NEW LEASE ON LIFE WITH DONATION OF KIDNEY
HOPE ACT GIVES HOPE TO POTENTIAL TRANSPLANT PATIENTS LIVING WITH HIV

JUNE 2018
LIFESHARE NAMES NEW RECOVERY SURGEON
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APRIL 2018
FATHER AND SON SHARE INSEPARABLE BOND
SAM'S FINAL TOUCHDOWN - LIFESHARE HONORS DONOR WHO GAVE THE GIFT OF LIFE
OKLAHOMA SKYLINES TURN BLUE AND GREEN FOR DONATE LIFE MONTH
COMING UP FOR AIR: OKLAHOMA WOMAN WAITING FOR LUNG TRANSPLANT
LIFESHARE TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH

​JANUARY 2018
LIFESHARE HAS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE RECORD BREAKING YEAR - 481 LIVES SAVED IN 2017
releases 2017
DECEMBER 2017
OKLAHOMANS TO BE HONORED IN NATIONAL ROSE PARADE
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NOVEMBER 2017
LIFESHARE ANNOUNCES 2018 ROSE PARADE FLORAGRAPH HONOREE
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OCTOBER 2017
LIFESHARE UNVEILS NEW FOUNDATION
LIFESHARE TO LAUNCH FOUNDATION
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SEPTEMBER 2017
​LIFESHARE NAMES NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
DENTIST'S SIGHT RESTORED AFTER CORNEAL TRANSPLANT
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AUGUST 2017
LIFESHARE HAS RECORD BREAKING MONTH - ​64 LIVES SAVED BY OKLAHOMANS IN JULY
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JUNE 2017
OKLAHOMA WOMEN TO COMPETE IN WORLD TRANSPLANT GAMES
ULTIMATE ACT OF KINDNESS -OKLAHOMA WOMAN DONATES KIDNEY TO HER BEST FRIEND

APRIL 2017
NOT YOUR AVERAGE 13-YEAR-OLD - YUKON GIRL WAITS FOR LIFESAVING TRANSPLANT
LIFESHARE TO PLANT PINWHEEL GARDEN TO KICK OFF DONATE LIFE MONTH

MARCH 2017
WOMAN'S SIGHT RESTORED AFTER CORNEAL TRANSPLANT
OKLAHOMA MAN WAITING TO RECEIVE GIFT OF LIFE, CELEBRATING NATIONAL KIDNEY MONTH

FEBRUARY 2017
LIFESHARE CELEBRATES NATIONAL DONOR DAY ON FEB. 14TH

​JANUARY 2017
LIFESHARE HAS THIRD CONSECUTIVE RECORD BREAKING YEAR - 443 LIVES SAVED BY OKLAHOMANS IN 2016
DRIVEN 2 SAVE LIVES EXPANDS INTO DIRT TRACK RACING IN HONOR OF BRYAN CLAUSON
releases 2016
OVEMBER 2016
EDMOND MAN TO BE HONORED IN TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PARADE
JOIN LIFESHARE FOR THE UNVEILING OF THIS YEAR'S ROSE PARADE HONOREE
LIFESHARE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANNUAL DECISION WEEK

OCTOBER 2016
LIFESHARE HOSTS LOCAL BREAST RECONSTRUCTION AWARENESS DAY EVENT
CANCER SURVIVOR SHARES JOURNEY OF BREAST RECONSTRUCTION

AUGUST 2016
TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT PAYS IT FORWARD AFTER RECEIVING THE GIFT OF LIFE
LIFESHARE PRESIDENT/CEO TO PRESENT AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
LIFESHARE EMPLOYEE NAMED TO NATIONAL BOARD

JULY 2016
APPLE & DONATE LIFE AMERICAN BRING NATIONAL ORGAN DONOR REGISTRY TO iPHONE

JUNE 2016
OKLAHOMANS IMPACTED BY TRANSPLANTATION TO PARTICIPATE IN TRANSPLANT GAMES
LIFESHARE PRESIDENT/CEO SELECTED TO CHAIR NATIONAL COMMITTEE

MAY 2016
​LIFESHARE HAS A RECORD BREAKING FIRST QUARTER 124 LIVES SAVED SO FAR IN 2016

APRIL 2016
FAMILY, FRIENDS WALK OKLAHOMA CITY MEMORIAL MARATHON TO HONOR TEEN WHO DONATED HIS ORGANS TO LOCAL MAN
82-YEAR OLD ORGAN DONOR PROVES THAT AGE IS NO BARRIER TO GIVING THE GIFT OF LIFE
​HEART TRANSPLANTS SAVE LIVES OF FATHER AND DAUGHTER
LIFESHARE CELEBRATES NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH - ENCOURAGES OKLAHOMANS TO REGISTER AS DONORS

MARCH 2016
YOUNG MAN GIVES THE GIFT OF SIGHT
​INTEGRIS GROVE HOSPITAL HAS PARTNERED WITH LIFESHARE FOR THE WORKPLACE PARTNERSHIP FOR LIFE PROGRAM
​LIFESHARE CONTINUES FOCUS ON EDUCATION WITH NEW HIRE - NAMES NEW CLINICAL EDUCATION DIRECTOR
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​JANUARY 2016
LIFESHARE HAS ANOTHER RECORD BREAKING YEAR SAVING 438 LIVES IN 2015
releases 2015