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The Living Bank is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to the enhancement of organ and tissue donation. Our mission is to educate the community about the urgent need for donors so no one will die or suffer for lack of a donation; to support organ recipients and their families; and to honor donors.
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Stipends Available Now
Travel, Lodging and Subsistence to Organ Recipients
The Living Bank (TLB) has established a fund to provide travel, lodging and/or subsistence stipends up to $1,000 to organ recipients and their families and to living donors and recipients who must travel to the Texas Medical Center for transplant surgery.
Click here for guidelines
Click here for Application for Reimbursement
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Click here to read Fall/Winter 2008 Newsletter
Gavin has a new heart
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Gavin Morgan has a new heart. An organ donor made it possible. His mother and father, Heather and Wade Morgan, have a "personality kid." On February 6, 2006, at the age of 3 months, Gavin received his heart at Texas Children's Hospital (TCH).
Now age 2, Gavin loves the camera, flashing his deep dimples and blowing kisses to all the women recently at a photo and video shoot for The Living Bank at the Houston Museum of Natural Science's Cockrell Butterfly Museum. The Living Bank is an educational organization and registry that encourages organ donation.
"Every day is a gift," said Heather Morgan. "He is a happy, healthy child, but it's hard for parents, no matter what. We know our lives will never be normal."
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National Critical Data
December 12, 2008 |
| All Organs |
100,559 |
| Kidney |
78,155 |
| Liver |
15,954 |
| Pancreas |
1,586 |
| Kidney/Pancreas |
2,253 |
| Heart |
2,705 |
| Lung |
2,029 |
| Heart/Lung |
93 |
| Intestine |
215 | |
FOR STATE STATISTICS CLICK HERE
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The Tree of Life Program
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The Living Bank is establishing a program to enhance the environment, honor organ donors and recognize their families. The “Tree of Life Program” will plant a tree to celebrate the selfless donation of the greatest gift - the gift of life.
We are seeking donor families to work with us to identify honorees. The Living Bank will provide the tree and facilitate the planting in a place of the family’s selection, such as a park or other community site.
Please contact: mspell@livingbank.org for information or to arrange for a “Tree of Life.”
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