The National Donor Family Council

Tour and Reservations

Each year, panels of the National Donor Family Quilt travel across the country to promote organ and tissue donation and honor those who have given this most precious gift of life. For more information about a specific event, please call the contact person listed.

Please note that the Quilt travels in sections, is not on display at these events and not all events are open to the public. If you would like to see a specific panel at a listed event or have any other specific questions, please contact us at 800.622.9010 or donorfamily@kidney.org with your request.

Frequently Asked Questions - "Quilt on Tour"

Reserving the Quilt

Display and Care Instructions


Patches of Love: National Donor Family Quilt 2008 Tour Schedule

Dates   Location   Event Information   Contact
January 19-26 Pittsburgh, PA   National Kidney Foundation of the Alleghenies
Kidney Gift if Life Ball
  Maggie Pratt
(412) 261-4115 ext.16
           
January 31 Norwood, MA   National Kidney Foundation of MA, RI, & VT
2008 gift of Life Awards Dinner
  Michael Blazek
(800) 542-4001 ext.121
           
March 3 17 Fairhope. AL   Thomas Hospital
Kidney Awareness Month
  Gayle Fogarty
(251) 990-1572
           
April 4 Westwood, KS   Midwest Transplant Network Donate Life Celebration   Angela Hobson
(913) 262-1668
           
April 13 Los Gatos, CA   MTF Tissue Services
Donor Remembrance Ceremony
  Patricia Black
(408) 859-6587
           
April 13 - 19 Maumee, OH   Life Connection of Ohio
Donor Recognition Week
  Sally Towslee
(419) 893-1618
           
April 18 – 21 Montgomery, AL   Alabama Organ Center
Transplant Picnic
  Jane Geloneck
(334) 271-1690
           
April 23 – 27 San Diego, CA   Lifesharing
Padres Game/Salt Creek Grille
  Sharon Ross
(619) 521-1983 ext. 123
           
April 26 Modesto, CA   California Transplant Donor Network
Celebration & Remembrance Ceremony
  Trace’e L. Harris
209.613.7266
           
April 27 Sun Prairie, WI   Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
Remembering Those Who are Changing Lives Through Tissue Donation
  Andy Bratz
(860) 682-4156
           
May 10 – 17 Nine Mile Falls, WA
Seattle, WA
  SightLife
2008 Donor Family Gathering
  Lois Parker
(206) 682-8500
           
May 31 – June 4 Mt. Laurel, NJ
Seattle, WA
  Association Headquarters
American Transplant Congress
  Kristin Howard
(856) 642-4210
           
July 11 – 16 Pittsburgh, PA   National Kidney Foundation National Office
2008 US Transplant Games
  Marilyn Jones
212.889.2210
         
September 21
October 5
Rochester, NY   Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network
Donor Family Celebration
  Roxanne Morsch
(585) 272-4934
           
October 10 Houston, TX   The Living Bank
Texas Stars for Life
  Lori Roy
(713) 961-9431
           
October 12 Maumee, OH   Life connection of Ohio
Donor Recognition Program
  Tracy Kropp
(419) 893-1618
           

Call the National Donor Family Council at (800) 622-9010 for the most up-to-date tour information. Please note: The entire quilt is not on display at these events, and not all events are open to the public. Please call contact for more information.

* One panel of the National Donor Family Quilt is displayed year-round at the National Donor Memorial in Richmond, VA. (Although this Quilt panel will sometimes be moved for display at other national events.) For more information, contact Marilyn Jones at 800.622.9010.


Back to top