We welcome June and the start of Summer! This month also celebrates LGTBQ+ pride and history. In the #DonateLife community, love is love. Who you love doesn't change your ability to save lives through organ donation. The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland is happy to continue our series of beautiful designs coming your way over the course of 2021. We wanted to share these messages of hope and gratitude while also making them accessible to you so each image is available to d

Here's to a marvelous month of May! We're excited to show our gratitude to our amazing nurses during National Nurses' Week from 5/6-5/12 and also celebrate Older Americans Month, which recognizes and celebrates older Americans for taking charge of their health, getting engaged in their communities, and making a positive impact in the lives of others. What's the best way to do all three? Register as an organ, eye, and tissue donor! The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland is h

It's officially Donate Life Month! Observed in April each year, National Donate Life Month helps to encourage Americans to register as organ, eye, and tissue donors and to honor those that have saved lives through the gift of donation. Join us all throughout the month for a variety of virtual activities (like our #In1Word campaign) and events to help raise awareness for our cause. Download the engagement calendar and learn more at www.in1word.org/donatelifemonth. The Living L

Happy March! We’re celebrating Women's History Month, National Kidney Month, AND National Eye Donor Month, which promotes the need to donate corneas, recognizes donors and their families, and celebrates the gift of sight to recipients. The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland is happy to introduce a series of beautiful designs coming your way over the course of 2021. We wanted to share these messages of hope and gratitude while also making them accessible to you, so each imag

Happy February! We’re celebrating Black History Month as well as National Donor Day on the 14th; a day dedicated to raising awareness for all types of donation–organ, eye, tissue, blood, platelets, and marrow– and the different it can make for those in need. The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland is happy to introduce a series of beautiful designs coming your way over the course of 2021. We wanted to share these messages of hope and gratitude while also making them accessib

Today’s guest blog comes from a very special contributor. Amanda Wright is the sister of Patrick Owen Murphy, a young man who became an organ donor after passing away at the age of 16 this past June. While out in Federal Hill over the Thanksgiving holiday, Amanda had a chance meeting with another young woman connected to donation – Tiffanie Reilly. Thank you to Amanda and Tiffanie for sharing their stories with us! Tiffanie Reilly (left) and Amanda Wright (right). Where: Moth

The Donate Life Family Fun Run is a few months away! Are you registered? If not, what are you waiting for? Here are the top 10 reasons to stop procrastinating. 1. It gets you moving! Baltimore, Maryland – September 09, 2017: The 2017 Living Legacy Foundation’s Donate Life Family Fun Run at the Camden Yards Sports Complex in Baltimore, Md., Saturday September 9, 2017. CREDIT: Matt Roth Whether you haven’t worked out in a while or you want a new fitness challenge, our 5K course

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Liz Arango – Howshall shares her story of hope to educate and inspire her community. Liz Arango-Howshall loves life and seizes each moment of every day. A visual artist and owner of an art supply store, she splits her time between teaching classes, working at a local community college, and caring for Shelby—her beloved dog. But in July of 2016, Liz’s vibrant life was threatened when she slipped and fell down a set of stairs. Liz’s injuries

This slideshow requires JavaScript. On the brisk morning of September 9th 2017, people from all across Maryland and beyond gathered at the Camden Yards Sports Complex for the 9th Annual Donate Life Family Fun Run. Donor families, transplant recipients, living donors, and supporters laced up their sneakers to raise awareness for organ, eye, and tissue donation. The Donate Life Family Fun Run celebrates the lives of donors and transplant recipients, supports those currently on

This slideshow requires JavaScript. All across America, hospitals celebrate Donate Life Month with a flag raising. The raising of the Donate Life flag honors all those whose lives have been affected by organ, eye, and tissue donation. The University of Maryland Medical Center held a flag raising on April 4th, 2017. Speakers included Katherine Badders, a donor mom; Ralph Davis, a transplant recipient; and oThe LLF’s CEO, Charlie Alexander. All around the event area, blue and g

This slideshow requires JavaScript. In April 2017, donor families, recipients, and supporters gathered at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) to unveil the new donor memorial wall. The Tree of Life Donor Memorial Wall, a project by The Living Legacy Foundation and GBMC, was dedicated to commemorate the lives of organ, eye, and tissue donors and their families. Speakers included recipients James Hillman, who needed tissue to recover from severe burns, and Olivia Jones,

To Our Supporters, It has come to our attention that September 30th, the date we had originally scheduled for the 2017 Donate Life Family Fun Run, is Yom Kippur, a very significant holiday in the Jewish tradition. We are deeply sorry for this oversight on our part. Out of respect to those that honor this holiday, including our Jewish donor families, recipients, staff, and supporters, we will be changing the date of this year’s Fun Run. Our new race date is Saturday, September