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Causes: Health, Organ & Tissue Banks
Mission: To save, enhance and change lives through organ and tissue donation by: serving with the highest standards of honesty, trust, integrity and ethics. Striving to be the standard of excellence for donation organizations. Engaging continuously in collaborative innovation with our partners. Creating an environment of respect, opportunity, and accountability for employees. Working for the day when everyone believes that donation is a responsibility, not an option.
Programs: To provide service to the community through the procurement and distribution of kidneys and other organs, to educate the medical and lay community concerning organ and tissue procurement, and to provide technical, medical, administrative and social service to persons giving or receiving organs for transplant. In 2017, lifecenter managed 53 organ donors, 451 tissue donors and 124 imports of organs in order to save, enhance and change the lives of numerous individuals in need of an organ or tissue transplant. Additional services offered by lifecenter include bereavement services for donor families, volunteer opportunities and donor registry drives for area businesses and organizations in order to assist in the enrollment of donors. Lifecenter provides 24-hour service for referrals, case management and organ placement. Lifecenter serves southwest ohio, northern kentucky and southeast indiana and works with all of the hospitals in this area to coordinate donation.