The Iowa Donor Network

DRC After Hours Sponsor: Diana Morrow

Morganne Reinholdt is a Community Engagement Coordinator for the Iowa Donor Network (IDN). She will be meeting with the Rotary After Hours group to provide information and insights into the IDN and rationale for participation. She will cover considerations for becoming an organ or tissue donor, the legalities of signing up to be a donor, how to register, and the impact that organ and tissue donation has across the state.

The IDN serves as the cru­cial con­nec­tion between organ and tis­sue donors, health­care pro­fes­sion­als, com­mu­ni­ty part­ners, donor fam­i­lies, and those await­ing trans­plant. It is Iowa’s sole organ pro­cure­ment orga­ni­za­tion and is one of only 55 fed­er­al­ly cer­ti­fied non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tions that make up the nation’s organ dona­tion net­work. IDN operates as the primary contact for organ, tissue, and eye donation services. Currently there are over 600 Iowa residents on the waiting list for a life-saving organ transplant.

To learn more about the IDN please see their website at https://www.iowadonornetwork.org/.

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