Support TRIO :

To support TRIO financially ...
click here to use your Credit Card on-line to make a tax deductable contribution, or click here to Download a paper Contribution Form (PDF 60k) and mail in your contribution.

Join a TRIO Chapter

first, locate a TRIO Chapter near you by clicking on this title, then join that TRIO Chapter by Downloading a Membership Form (PDF 76k) or if there is no local chapter in your area...

click here to Join TRIO as a member-at-large

Volunteer with your local chapter or on a National Committee

Become an organ donor

Contribute through the Combined Federal Campaign and the United Way

Donate your frequent flyer miles! United Airlines frequent flyer miles are urgently needed to provide FREE transplant-related air travel to donors and recipients

What Can TRIO do for YOU?

Click this title to find out.

TRIO Liaisons

The national TRIO  Board of Directors has established liaison roles for ongoing contact and communication wth major transplant organizations.  Contact them [Visit Liaisons] if you can help or need their services in communicating with those organizations.

Communication Guides

Guidelines for both Recipient/Donor Communications as well as a new Sensitive Terminology for Organ Donation guide are available under Communications. Please review these guidelines for your use in your presentations and discussions.

TRIO needs YOU!

The national TRIO  Board of Directors is composed of TRIO members who take the  cause to a new level of dedication and active participation, providing leadership at the national level (...while maintaining active roles in their local TRIO Chapters).  If you have the skills and interest, use the "Contact" link on bottom of this page to ask for more information.

PS: There are also many opportunities to participate on national committees, so please consider that too when you contact us.  For a current list of TRIO committees, their aims and committee member names, download the Committee 2007 PDF document here.

TRIO Chapter Activity Reports

On the Active Chapter list click on each Activity Report link for ideas and best practices.

Participate in our TRIO Survey

You can help TRIO create a more accurate profile of the everyday economic and healthcare realties facing the transplant-related community. Please take a few minutes to fill in the TRIO Survey.

TRIO Schedules Fall '08 Conference

Block out your calendars for a September trip to St. Louis MO where TRIO will join with the ITNS (International Transplant Nurses Society) Sept 25-27th, 2008 at the Millennium Hotel for an exciting convention filled with educational workshops. Read the full story...

TRIO Board of Directors Meeting to be Held in NYC May 3
The next Quarterly Board of Directors meeting will be held at Mt. Sinai Medical Center on Saturday, May 3. The meeting, which begins at 9 a.m., will be held in the Hatch Auditorium, on the 2nd floor of the Guggenheim Building. All TRIO members are welcome to attend. Come and find out what TRIO National is doing for you! (Watch this space for more information.) TRIO expresses appreciation to Larraine De Pasquale, President of the TRIO Manhattan Chapter, and the Chapter members, for their assistance in making arrangements.

UNOS Calling for Public Comment on Proposed Policies
"Your chance to be heard!"  Ten policy proposals are now being offered by UNOS for public comment in a more user-friendly format. These proposals highlight proposed changes by the Kidney Transplantation Committee, Pancreas Transplantation Committee, Living Donor Committee, Membership and Professional Standards Committee, Operations Committee, Executive Committee, and the Pediatric Transplantation Committee. After the public comment period ends on April 30, 2008, the sponsoring committees will review all feedback and make necessary modifications. The OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors can review and vote on these proposals at its June 19-20, 2008 meeting. Comment now! Click to read proposal detail and comment
Thank you,
 Mike Sosna

Donate Life Rose Bowl Parade Float

"Happy New Year!"  Did you see the great coverage the Donate Life float got in the Rose Bowl Parade on New Year's Day?  You can still catch the video of it on the web at: Rose Bowl Parade video part 3 (float coverage begins at 12:28 and lasts for 1:20)  You can also see more of the float story in the Fall issue of TRIO's Lifelines newsletter.

TRIO 2008 Scholarship Application Now Available
In our Communications section, the just released scholarship is available for download with a submission due date of June 30th.  Do you know of a worthy student who could qualify for scholarship support?

Transplant Book Reviews Now On-line
There are so many excellent educational and inspiring books both about transplant and patient stories, what to read (of give as gifts)?  In our Communications section there are now almost forty transplant related book titles, including a constantly growing list of newly released excellent reads, reviewed by a transplant patient as a guide to your own reading interests.

    New reviews added include:
           

    Also, contribute to the discussion and add your own comments about these and other books on the TRIO Bulletin Board.

TRIO Recognizes Mayo Liver Program 10th Anniversary:

TRIO Jacksonville helped celebrate their local Mayo Liver Transplant Program's 10th Anniversary by sending a photo card and cake.  Check out their photos in our mediacenter photo gallery.

TRIO's Past News Items . . .
(click on titles below to read their full story)

TRIO Board Holds Meeting at Cleveland Clinic
   October Board meeting...
TRIO Carepages now available
   Reach out to share ...
New Communications Section
   Your opinion counts!  Reach out to help others... 
Transplant Movie Nights
   TRIO Philadelphia co-sponsors transplant movies..
Transplant Resource Links
   Over 700 links...
TRIO Bulletin Board
   Log in and post your questions, ideas and topics. Communicate with other transplant recipients, donors and families.  Check out our new topics and add your own suggestions.  Help build this community with your own postings to help others.  Add your own questions and thoughts.