ORGAN INFO

Currently, there are 107,811 patients on the national waiting list. See how you can help....

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TISSUE INFO

One tissue donor has the potential to help an average of 50 people. Learn how you can be that ONE....

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CORNEA INFO

Eye donors give sight back to two people through the miracle of corneal transplantation. See how you can become someone's miracle....

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Give the Gift of Life Through Organ, Tissue and Eye Donation Make Your Wishes Known...
And Leave a Lasting Legacy.

When you donate your organs, tissue and eyes to save the life of a stranger, you leave a lasting legacy that will be cherished by all who are touched by your precious gift. Sadly, too few of us make our wishes known, either formally through donor registration and consent – or informally, through conveying our wishes to next of kin.

Patients suffer and die needlessly every day because of the disparity between those in need and those willing to donate. Some 85% of Americans support organ, tissue and eye donation, yet fewer than half choose donation when a loved one dies – often because they do not know the wishes of the deceased.

Talk to your family. Make your wishes known. Ask your loved ones if they wish to make a donation as their final legacy.

This site is designed to help. Here, you can learn more about becoming a donor and you can register. Here, we dispel the myths and misconceptions about organ donation. Here, we offer education and other support so that barriers such as language, misinformation and culture do not impede donors’ ability to choose the lifesaving, life-enhancing, indescribably generous gift of organ donation.

The Give Texas Life Website was created through a grant awarded by the State of Texas to the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center – for the purpose of educating and offering resources to prospective organ, tissue and eye donors. The site is maintained and powered by South Texas Blood & Tissue Center and is a joint venture of South Texas Blood & Tissue Center and the State of Texas Department of Health Services.

Meet these amazing families whose lives have been touched by their selfless decision to donate a loved one’s organs, tissues or eyes. And meet individuals whose lives have been transformed by a lifesaving organ, tissue or eye donation. These compelling stories of real people lend poignant testimony to the true meaning of donation.

Soukup Family:

Nathan, my husband and I see donation as a great opportunity to help others and more completely bond the string of humanity together, giving others a better chance at life.
Read Nathan's Story 

 

O'Rourke Family:
Ryan was a fun-loving 20-year-old who loved poetry and music.  He delighted in playing the piano and guitar for his friends and family.
Read Ryan's Story 

 

Salinas Family:
Sonia call the moment "indescribable".  In the midst of all this euphoria and joy, she realized, "We were crying for joy and someone, somewhere was mourning their loss."
Read Sonia's Story 

 

Rivera Family:
"I thank every donor family I meet.  What a difference this donation makes to us as parents.  Now my son can walk, run and play.  He's doing very well.  Somone gave my son life."
Read Ricky's Story