Ryan Harris, Super Bowl 50 Champ & Registered Organ, Eye & Tissue Donor

CHECK THE BOX to Save & Heal Lives.

You can make a difference like Ryan did, and register as an organ, eye and tissue donor the next time you are at the DMV. Your decision can save up to 8 lives and heal up to 75 more.

Who Can’t Be an Organ, Eye and Tissue Donor?

Donor Alliance is often asked who can’t be an organ, eye and tissue donor. The short answer is, everyone has the potential to be an organ, eye and tissue donor!

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1 person could save 8 lives through organ donation

And heal up to 75 lives through tissue donation

When you say “Yes” to the donor registry, you're not just checking a box on your driver license. You’re bridging hope from one life to the next. You’re saving up to eight lives. You’re empowering families to heal. There’s so much power in a “Yes” because it can ripple across time and space forever. By saying “Yes” and joining the donor registry, you are bridging hope from one life to the next.

How organ and tissue donation works

There are nearly 1,300 people waiting for a life-saving organ transplant in Colorado, Wyoming and the United States.

When a registered donor passes away, Donor Alliance meets with the family and medical professionals to help honor the donor’s decision.

A nationwide database quickly identifies the best match for an organ and a transplant recipient.

Donor Alliance helps facilitate the recovery and transportation of the donor’s gifts to transplant centers in a safe and timely manner.

Donor Alliance walks alongside families and honors their loved one’s lifesaving and healing gifts.

Who is Donor Alliance?

You can help save and heal lives.

Our mission is to save and heal lives through organ and tissue donation and transplantation throughout Colorado and most of Wyoming. Donor Alliance honors a person’s decision to give the gift of life by respectfully working with the families of organ and tissue donors and maintaining partnerships with hospitals. Donor Alliance also educates residents in Colorado and Wyoming on the lifesaving benefits of organ and tissue donation. In addition, Donor Alliance manages the Donate Life Colorado and Donate Life Wyoming registries. The registry is a confidential, first-person authorization list of a person’s decision to give the gift life. By registering your decision, you are giving hope to those who are awaiting lifesaving and healing transplants.

Stories of Hope

“It was a great way for us on transplant row to share the message and show our gratitude for our gifts, especially the ability to get back to doing something that we love and has been a part of our lives for so long,”

“We are so thankful for our donor family’s gift to Lella,” said Lyndall, Lella’s mother. “Our goal as a family is to help someone else, if possible. To see Lella make that choice to register as an organ, eye, and tissue donor filled our hearts with overwhelming pride and hope.”

“It’s like life flashing before your eyes,” he explains. “You’re in the surgical trauma ICU, and you can’t leave without a liver. Everything is dependent on someone else’s yes.”

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