North Alabama Medical Center Celebrates Donate Life Month

FLORENCE, Ala., –North Alabama Medical Center and Legacy of Hope are partnered to celebrate National Donate Life Month on Friday, April 12^th in the hospital’s main lobby.

“This April, we want to remind everyone that they can help save a life. Registering your decision to be an organ, eye and tissue donor takes less than a minute and gives hope to those waiting. The decision to register as a donor is the beginning of a story that may bring life and healing to more than 75 people, their families and their communities,” says Christy Keahey, Executive Director Legacy of Hope. 

National Donate Life Month is about the importance of registering your decision to be a donor, honoring deceased and living donors and celebrating the lives they saved. It is the generosity of donors and donor families that makes saving lives through transplantation possible.

Each April, several hospitals across Alabama fly Donate Life flags as part of their National Donate Life Month activities.  The Donate Life flag serves as a display of unity, remembrance and hope. They are a symbol to honor heroic organ, eye and tissue donors.

NAMC’s flag will be displayed in the cafeteria throughout the month.

In 2023, North Alabama Medical Center produced seven organ donor heroes and had 19 life-saving organs recovered from transplants. There were 20 bone and tissue donors, resulting in up to 2,000 recipients of an enhanced quality of life. NAMC also had 29 eye donors and 58 recipients of new sight.