Loud and Proud
Drag Queen Bingo!
Saturday, June 1 · 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Thomas Hooker Live
1 Sequassen Street Hartford, CT 06106
June 1 kicks off Pride Month 2024, and what better way to celebrate than having fun and raising money for Donate Life Connecticut?
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Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Games begin at 8:00 p.m. The bingo event includes the show and five bingo cards! There will be five prizes for bingo winners, and the sixth game will involve purchasing a 50/50 cash bingo card. We will have extra cards and daubers for purchase.
Thomas Hooker Live has a full bar and a selection of small plates for purchase. There is free parking at the venue. Don't forget to dress in all the fabulous colors of the rainbow! Let's have some fun for a good cause!
Gentle Strength Transplant Stories
In honor of National Donate Life Month in April, Donate Life Connecticut created a series of photos of donors, recipients, and donor families that tell their beautiful, individual stories. To read more about each person featured in the video, visit our Gentle Strength page.
Learn more about the types of organ donation and the organs that can be transplanted.
Living donation is an opportunity to save a life while you are still living. Learn more here.
Myths and misinformation exist around organ donation. Learn the facts here.
Transplants offer patients a new chance at healthy, productive, normal lives.
Meet some organ recipients..
More than 1,000 people in Connecticut alone are awaiting a life-saving organ donation. They may be your neighbors or co-workers. View the video below to hear how lives have been changed and people just like you have been given a second chance at life.
Request a Speaker
Donate Life Connecticut representatives and volunteers are always willing to speak about donation. There are many appropriate ways to discuss donation in a public setting, such as during:
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elementary, middle school, or high school classes
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teacher's conferences
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driver's education classes
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religious group meetings
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staff meetings
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civic and service group meetings
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health fairs
If you are interested in having a DLC representative speak at your event, please contact us. Thank you.
VISION.
This volunteer-based coalition believes that working together with a common voice is the best way to reach the goal of increasing the donor registry, which will inevitably impact the number of transplants that give new life and hope to people suffering from fatal illness or life threatening injury.
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MISSION.
Donate Life Connecticut is dedicated to the purpose of public education and awareness for all Connecticut residents concerning the lifesaving benefits of organ and tissue donation and increasing the number of registered donors.
Connecticut Donation Statistics
Time Frame | Total Organs | Deceased Organs | Living Organs |
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2023 | 533 | 415 | 118 |
2022 | 193 | 116 | 77 |
You too can save lives. Register to be a donor today!
