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Will you need a liver transplant?
If you anticipate that one day you may need a liver transplant, you can begin raising funds immediately to prepare for your future costs. ALF offers the Transplant Fund Program as a service to help you in this task.
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Request a Donor Card
ALF provides Uniform Donor Cards free of charge. Contact Joy Gordon, Distribution Center Coordinator.
(212) 668-1000 ext. 234
Help Someone You Know
If someone you know has an ALF Transplant Fund, you can donate to his/her cause by:
• Mail. Please make your check payable to the American Liver Foundation Transplant Fund. Write the transplant patient’s name in the memo line of the check. Mail your donation to
American Liver Foundation
1425 Pompton Avenue
Cedar Grove, NJ 07009-1000
• Phone. Please call Joan Gallagher at 212-668-1000 ext. 224 and be ready to provide a valid credit card number.
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Become an Organ Donor
The human body is a storehouse of valuable tissues and organs that can save many lives. Yet there is still a severe shortage of donor organs in the United States.
Becoming an organ donor means that in the event of death, you are willing to allow your organs and tissues to go to saving the lives of others. When you register to be an organ donor, you perform an invaluable service for thousands of people in need.
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Organ donation is an important decision that should be considered carefully. If you decide to become an organ donor, sign a Uniform Donor Card in the presence of two witnesses and carry it with you at all times. Talk to your family about your choice to be an organ donor and discuss with them what it means.
When is a liver transplant necessary?
Read our section on liver transplants to learn more about liver transplant surgery, the circumstances under which it is necessary, and its long-term effects.
Donate Life America
Donate Life America is a not-for-profit alliance of national organizations and local coalitions across the United States dedicated to inspiring all people to save and enhance lives through organ, eye and tissue donation.
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Gift of a Lifetime
The Gift of a Lifetime is an educational documentary about organ donation, tissue donation and organ transplants in the United States. Through audio slideshows, and illustrated animations, this unique production provides invaluable insight into the medical miracle that is organ and tissue transplantation.
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