National Donate Life Blue & Green Day

Blue and Green Lights to Shine in Fort Worth, Houston and Lubbock/Amarillo

As part of the NDLM observance, LifeGift is partnering with organizations in Houston, Fort Worth and Lubbock/Amarillo to shine a light of hope in April.

In Houston, HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland shined bright the first week of April. On April 22^nd, blue and green lights will illuminate the Seven Wonders in Sesquicentennial Park, George R. Brown Convention Center, Partnership Tower, Nora’s Home, Brookside Funeral Home & Memorial Park, CHI Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center and Memorial Hermann Hospital Buildings in the Texas Medical Center, The Woodlands, Northeast, Southwest and Memorial City. Houston’s Airport System, including George Bush Intercontinental, William P. Hobby Airport, Ellington Airport and Houston Spaceport will also light up on April 22^nd. In addition, Young’s Daughters Funeral Home & Bereavement Center’s staff will dress in blue and green on April 22^nd.

In Fort Worth, Texas Christian University presented on organ transplantation April 5^th. On April 14^th, Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center flew a Donate Life flag. General Worth Square’s trees were adorned in blue and green on April 17^th. Fort Worth City Hall, 7^th Street Bridge, Avenue of Lights and Pioneer Tower were immersed in blue and green on April 18^th. Additionally, Cook Children’s Medical Center and Tarrant County College – Trinity River Campus’ Allan Saxe Waterfall will be lighting up April 16^th – April 22^nd. Ronald McDonald House’s Light of Love Tower will be displaying its blue and green for the entire month of April.

In Lubbock/Amarillo, Neighborhoods throughout the community will be lighting up in blue and green during the month of April and Amarillo’s Northwest Texas Healthcare System raised a Donate Life flag on April 4^th. Southcrest Christian School and Randall High School will share donor information with their students and businesses in the community will display mini donation stations to promote organ, eye and tissue donation.

• What: National Donate Life Blue & Green Day

• When: April 22, 2021

• Where: Southeast, North and West Texas

• Why: National Donate Life Month, a month-long observance honoring those who have received or continue to wait for life-saving transplants and those who have given the generous gift of life through organ and tissue donation.

For more information about the annual NLDM observation, please click here.

The state’s donor registry, Donate Life Texas, provides an easy, online option to become a registered donor. To learn more and to register, please click here.