Did you know that you can register to be a ORGAN DONOR online? Visit www.donatelife.net to
find out your state's address. You can also complete a donor card at this website and keep it with you. You can also indicate your wishes on your driver's license or State I.D. when you apply or renew it. You do NOT have to donate all of your organs; you may specify the ones you will offer. Neither age nor medical history should prevent you from becoming a donor. For more information, visit the
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
Second Chance At Life Inc.
32591 Judy Drive
Westland MI 48185
Phone: 734-748-9690
Now accepting applications for grants of $100 to $1,000.
ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES -
You must be a Michigan Resident
You must be an organ transplant recipient
You must prove evidence of financial need
You must be 18 years or older
INSURANCE PREMIUMS ASSISTANCE:
Please submit a completed application to your social worker for consideration. Having health care insurance is important for a successful transplant. Insurance Premiums Assistance is designed
to provide temporary financial assistance to non-Medicare covered patients for the cost of their insurance premiums. Grants are available based on need. Grants are for transplant recipient's
health care coverage only
TRANSPLANT-RELATED EXPENSES:
Please submit a completed application to your social worker for consideration.
DENTAL ASSISTANCE:
Please submit a completed application to your social worker for consideration.
Dental assistance for pre-transplant candidate
National Foundation for Transplants
5350 Poplar Ave. Suite #430
Memphis TN 38119
Phone: 800-489-3863
Financial assistance, advocacy & support to transplant patients.
American Liver Foundation Transplant Fund
21886 Farmington Road
Farmington MI 40336
Phone: 248-615-5768 OR 888-MY-LIVER
Assists in raising & managing transplant funds
National Living Donor Assistance Center (NLDAC)
2461 S. Clark Street, Suite 640
Arlington VA 22202
Phone: 703-414-1600
May be able to pay for up to $6,000 of the living donor's (and his or her companion's) travel
and lodging expenses. Open to donors and recipients who are U.S. citizens or lawfully admitted residents of the U.S.
National Transplant Assistance Fund & Catastrophic Injury Program
150 N. Radnor Chester Road Suite F-120
Radnor PA 19087
Children's Organ Transplant Association
Provides fund-raising assistance for children who need transplants.
Little Hearts
Provides help for families affected by congenital heart defects.
Sean Robert Marsh Pediatric Heart Foundation
PO Box 4820
Stamford CT 06907
Supports research and helps families finance transplant operations.
Kidney & Urology Fund of America
Phone: 212-629-9770 OR 800-633-6628
Financial assistance to end-stage renal disease patients limited to $100 per patient per year for emergency situations such as broken glasses for example. Patients MUST go through their Social Worker to apply.
TRANSPLANT RESOURCES
Matching Donors
766 Turnpike
Canton MA 02021
Phone: 781-821-2204
If you have ever considered becoming a living organ donor or you are someone in need
of an organ transplant, Matching Donors wants you to get together!
Midwest Transplant Network JUST ADDED 3/11/2013
1900 W. 47th Street Suite 400
Westwood KS 66205
Phone: 913-262-1668
MTN is a federally certified not-for-profit Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) and works
with donors, donor families and hospitals to extend legacies, provide hope and give life.
LifeSharers
6509 Cornwall Drive
Nashville TN 37205
Phone: 888-674-2688 OR 888-ORGAN88
LifeSharers operates on the principle that people who are willing to donate their organs after death should join together to donate their organs to each other FIRST before offering them to the general
public on other national lists. They do this through a form of directed donation that is legal in all 50 states and under Federal law. Are you aware that many people who have received organs from these other lists have NOT volunteered to donate THEIR organs after their death? Membership is Free.
Michigan Organ Donor Registry
Donate Life America
700 N. Fourth Street
Richmond VA 23219
Phone: 804-782-4920
Michigan Contact Number: 248-770-5192 Peggy
Offers a variety of services and support.
Transplant Recipients International Organization (TRIO)
2100 M Street NW #170-353
Washington DC 48037-1233
Phone: 800-TRIO-306 OR 202-293-0980
Offers scholarship to transplant recipients and United Airlines Travel Program.
Organ Swap
Enabling Paired Kidney Exchange
Alliance for Paired Donation
3661 Briarfield Blvd. #105
Maumee, OH 43537
Phone: 419-866-5505 OR 877-APD-4ALL
Kidney Mitzvah
OTHER RESOURCES:
Transplant Centers
International Association for Organ Donation
Phone: 313-745-2235
Living Donors Online!
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
National Kidney Foundation
