As the mascot for the University of Missouri and a big fan of registered organ donors, Truman the Tiger is showing a new kind of team spirit this month.

Midwest Transplant Network celebrates lives saved in 2018, continues momentum with Green Ribbon Campaign WESTWOOD, Kan. (March 28, 2019) — In honor of National Donate Life Month (April), Midwest Transplant Network is kicking off the second year of its Green Ribbon Campaign to increase the number of registered organ, eye and tissue donors in Kansas […]

Now in his second year as a Green Ribbon Champion for organ donation, Jeff Jones continues to lead by example WESTWOOD, KAN. (March 5, 2019) — It was a milestone year for Jeff Jones personally: 2018 marked the 15th anniversary of his father’s lifesaving kidney transplant, and Jeff’s first year as a Green Ribbon Champion […]

WESTWOOD, KAN. (November 1, 2018) — Alonzo Jamison is intimately familiar with the highs and lows of being an elite athlete. But nothing could prepare him for the lows of a life-threatening illness, nor the highs of restored health made possible by the kindness of a stranger—his living kidney donor. When asked to compare his […]

WESTWOOD, KAN. (October 8, 2018) — The number of registered organ and tissue donors in Kansas and Missouri has grown significantly in 2018. So far this year, Kansas has welcomed nearly 80,000 new registered donors, and Missouri has signed up more than 83,000. Leaders at Midwest Transplant Network, the organ procurement organization that serves both […]