ConnectLife

03/17/2023

Comment below with the emoji that best fits you!

- Donor family: 💚
- Registered donor: ✅
- Healthcare worker: 🌈
- Waiting for a transplant: ⏱️
- Living donor: 🧩
- Transplant recipient:☘️
- Donation advocate: ♻️

03/15/2023

69 years ago, the first kidney transplant was performed in the U.S. In 2022, for the first year ever, more than 25,000 kidney transplants were performed in the US. An incredible number of heroes who helped to save so many lives. 💙👏

03/14/2023

TRUE or FALSE: Donated tissues are used to help grateful recipients heal after burns, ligament tears, and other serious medical situations.

03/13/2023

We all communicate through stories. We would love for you to write down your family's or loved ones organ donation & transplant story and share it with us here or at connectlife.org/honor-your-hero.

Your story can help educate and inspire others and offer hope! 💙💚

03/13/2023

Sit back, relax, and donate blood!

The whole blood donation process takes less than one hour in total, it’s quick, easy and painless. (All blood types needed: 🅾️🅰️🆎🅱️)

03/10/2023

One blood donor can save up to THREE LOCAL LIVES! That's how . 👍👏💙

Thank you, Iroquois High School for hosting a ConnectLife blood drive. Iroquois Central School District

03/07/2023

TRUE or FALSE: There are currently, 1,000 people in the United States are on the national transplant waiting list for a donor kidney.

03/06/2023

Like & share if you agree! 💙💙

03/03/2023

"Westley loved his family and would do anything for them. He adored his daughter Charlotte, and he wanted to give her the world and teach her everything about cars, bikes, hunting, and fishing. He was proud to be a dad even though he had fears that he wouldn't be good enough. The truth is, Westley would have been the best dad out there."

Westley's story is told by his mother, Heather. Read it here: connectlife.org/post/honor-your-hero-westley-quintern

03/01/2023

ConnectLife is offering not only 1 but 2 great giveaways for our blood and platelet donors. Make an appointment to save lives and get a sweet treat as a thank you at ConnectLifeGiveBlood.org or call 716-529-4270. (ONLY March 1-31)

🍫 Fowler's Chocolates
🍻 Fattey Beer Co

02/28/2023

TRUE or FALSE: Nobody would want my organs, I’m too old, too sick, etc.

02/27/2023

This makes our heart full! Students at Williamsville South High School received a red heart balloon after they donated blood. ❤👏 All donations stay here in our community. That's how .

02/24/2023

Looking forward to the Hilbert College blood drive on Monday. Education is a big part of what our team does at ConnectLife. We educate and inspire young adults to increase local blood donations and enrollments on New York’s Donate Life Registry. 💙💚❤💪

02/22/2023

Kenneth does not wish on anyone the despair and hopelessness a person can feel who needs an organ transplant to live.

He did not know there was someone out there who had never met him, yet prepared to bless him with life in the event they lost theirs. Every day, he appreciates and honors the person who donated their liver to him. Read Kenneth’s story here: https://www.connectlife.org/post/black-history-month

02/21/2023

TRUE or FALSE: Every year, approximately 58,000 tissue donors offer lifesaving and healing tissue for grateful recipients.

02/18/2023

THANK YOU to our amazing team of phlebotomists!! The work they do every day plays a critical role in helping ensure lifesaving blood and platelets are available for local patients in need. 💙 Join our team! https://www.connectlife.org/careers

02/16/2023

📣 Now Hiring: Phlebotomists- $500.00 Sign-On Bonus!!
Apply today at ConnectLife.org/Careers

Want more information? Text our HR team at 716-468-4636

02/15/2023

Keith Gooch is a and also the son of a recipient. He participated in the UCLA program, The Chain, where you can Pay it Forward through donation. When Keith donated his kidney, his brother received a kidney from a different donor match.

To read Keith's story visit: https://www.connectlife.org/post/black-history-month

02/14/2023

We be-LUNG together
I love you with every fiber of my BEAN
I would let my HEART be yours
EYE love you so much

Help us celebrate National Donor Day! Share our Valentine's Day cards and learn more at https://www.connectlife.org/heart-to-heart ❤️

02/14/2023

Happy ❤

Share the love and share your wishes to be an organ, eye, and tissue donor with your Valentine.

02/13/2023

We 💙 ConnectLife blood donors!!

02/12/2023

The national transplant waiting list has more than 100,000 people waiting for a second chance at life, which is almost more than double the seats at State Farm Stadium.

Register your decision to be an organ, eye and tissue donor at ConnectLife.org/Register.

02/10/2023

“I was on the list." For 20 years, Karyn had systemic lupus, resulting in end-stage renal disease. After four years of waiting, she received a kidney in March of 2022.

Karyn understands that being on the waiting list is hard, and to those still waiting, she says, "Think positively. Talk to people when you're feeling down. Just don't give up."

She wants everybody who needs a kidney to get one. She is positive the reason why she received a kidney is to get the word out about organ donation.

02/09/2023

"The phlebotomists told me that all blood donated through ConnectLife stays here in Western New York and goes to help patients at our local hospitals, including Oishei Children's Hospital. It changed my whole outlook on donation. Also, because I have O negative blood, it is always needed," says Patti F.

Read Patti's story here: https://www.connectlife.org/post/blood-donor-highlight-patti-fee

02/08/2023

Share your wishes this ❤

Have a heart to heart with your loved ones and tell them you want to be an organ donor: https://www.connectlife.org/heart-to-heart

02/07/2023

TRUE or FALSE: If you agree to donate your organs, the hospital staff won't work as hard to save your life in the event of an emergency.

02/06/2023

Should you drink alcohol before you donate blood? NO ❌
Should you eat iron-rich foods? YES ✅

Learn more ➡️ https://www.connectlife.org/post/prepare-for-your-donation

02/03/2023

To celebrate on February 14, we have created some cute Valentine's inspired cards! Start the conversation about wanting to be an organ, eye, and tissue donor with your Valentine and your loved ones!

Download and share from https://www.connectlife.org/heart-to-heart

Use the hashtag and tag

02/02/2023

"It was May 2021, and my body began to feel different. I couldn't walk from my bedroom to my kitchen without feeling like I had just run a marathon,” says Angela - heart transplant recipient.

When Angela went to the doctor, it took them two weeks to find out about her failing heart. Doctors told her that her heart was operating at less than 20%. Only a few months later, she was declining and her heart was operating at 14%. She was too sick to go home from the hospital and was told she needed a heart transplant.

Angela was on the national transplant waiting list for four days before she got the call. They told her that they found her a heart!

02/01/2023

ConnectLife - Donor Portal

Give blood. 💪 Get tickets! 🧡 Donate blood or platelets February 1-28 for Buffalo Bandits home game tickets.

Welcome to the online portal. If you are a blood donor, select the Donor Login option above. If you are a blood drive coordinator, select the Coordinator Login option above. If you have any questions, please contact the blood center.

01/31/2023

TRUE or FALSE: One whole blood donor can save up to 3 lives.

01/30/2023

ConnectLife blood donors are local heroes (and so are our staff!) ❤✌️

📸 Cambria Fire Company

01/29/2023

As comes to a close, we want you to never forget - no matter where you live in Western New York you can give with ConnectLife. 🩸💪

Visit ConnectLifeGiveBlood.org to find a blood drive near you.

01/28/2023

About 100,000 people in the U.S. have sickle cell disease and people with sickle cell disease may need as many as 100 units of blood each year.

Your blood donations could help alleviate the symptoms of someone living with sickle cell disease, or even help save their life.

01/26/2023

Local patients at local hospitals rely on blood donors like YOU every day. Which means, we need a constant flow of blood donors to meet the need. Will you answer the call?

01/25/2023

Meet, Zoey! (She found out being O positive blood type makes her a great candidate to donate platelets)

This is her story:

01/24/2023

TRUE or FALSE: When there is a requirement, blood can be manufactured.

01/23/2023

Honor Your Hero, Stephanie Moore Verratti

"After Stephanie sadly passed, it was determined by her husband and our family that we should donate her organs. Her heart went to someone in New York City, and many other organs and tissues were used." says Stephanie's father, Ken.

Read Stephanie's story here as our Hero of the Month: https://www.connectlife.org/post/honor-your-hero-stephanie-moore-verratti

Stephanie is our January Hero of the Month. Her dad, Ken, shares his daughter's story.