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LifeLink of Florida is a division of LifeLink Foundation. As the non-profit organ procurement organization (OPO) designated to 15 counties in west and southwest Florida, LifeLink of Florida helps to facilitate the recovery of organs for transplantation within all hospitals in its donation service area, along with providing public education about the facts of donation and how individuals can save lives by joining the organ, tissue and eye donor registry while obtaining a driver license or online at www.DonateLifeFlorida.org.

LifeLink of Georgia, a division of LifeLink Foundation, is the non-profit OPO designated to the state of Georgia and two counties in South Carolina. LifeLink of Georgia helps to facilitate the recovery of organs for transplantation within all hospitals in its donation service area, along with providing public education about the facts of donation and how individuals can save lives by joining the organ, tissue and eye donor registry while obtaining a driver license or online at www.DonateLifeGeorgia.org.

LifeLink of Puerto Rico, a division of LifeLink Foundation, is the non-profit OPO designated to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. LifeLink of Puerto Rico helps to facilitate the recovery of organs for transplantation within all hospitals in its donation service area, along with providing public education about the facts of donation and how individuals can save lives by joining the organ, tissue and eye donor registry while obtaining a driver license or online at www.DonateLifePuertoRico.org.

LifeLink Transplantation Immunology Laboratory is focused on matching potential donors with waiting recipients, protecting transplant patient safety and improving transplant outcomes. More than 1,000 patients and live donors are tested each year, along with approximately 300 deceased organ donors, resulting in more than one organ transplant a day within the six transplant programs served by the LifeLink Transplantation Immunology Laboratory. 

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LifeLink Tissue Bank is the largest non-profit tissue bank in the southeastern United States and provides annually more than more than 40,000 life-enhancing allografts to orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgical specialists to benefit patients in need. LifeLink Tissue Bank takes pride in maintaining the safest, most clinically effective allografts possible. LifeLink Tissue Bank is accredited and inspected by the American Association of Tissue Banks, registered with the Food and Drug Administration, licensed by the states of Florida, California and New York and holds a permit to provide tissue in Maryland. Hundreds of thousands of patients have experienced renewed mobility and improved lives thanks to the generosity of tissue donors and LifeLink Tissue Bank. Click here to visit the LifeLink Tissue Bank website.

In 1995, LifeLink Foundation established the Endowment for Giving as a separate 501(c) 3 in support of the Foundation’s mission. In collaboration with transplant centers throughout LifeLink Foundation’s three organ recovery service areas, the Legacy Fund supports transplant patients through financial assistance programs. LifeLink Legacy Fund also funds research and other initiatives that positively impact organ donation and the transplant community. Through the generosity of our community, LifeLink Legacy Fund has provided more than two million dollars to fulfill its mission of support.