News

1. June 2, 2013- CDT Donor Family and Recipient Picnic

   05/09/2013 - The annual CDT Donor Family and Recipient Picnic will be held on Sunday, June 2 at the Columbia Pavilion at the Saratoga Spa State Park from 1-4pm. For more information or to register, contact Denise Floeser at 518-262-5606. 2013 CDT Picnic Invitation

2. Education Day and Awards Dinner on April 23, 2013

   04/05/2013 - CDT is excited to offer online registration for the first time for our annual Education Day and Awards Dinner to be held on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at the Holiday Inn in Saratoga Springs.  Educational session will run from 1-5pm, with dinner and awards immediately following from 5-8pm. To register, please visit our event page. Please call [...]

3. Three CDT Partner Hospitals Win National Awards

   09/04/2012 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is honoring three hospitals in upstate New York and western Vermont for excellence in support of organ donation.  The hospitals will be officially recognized October 5, 2012 at the 7th National Learning Congress for the Donation and Transplantation Community of Practice in Grapevine, Texas. The HHS Medal of [...]

4. Facebook Update 2012

   05/02/2012 - Donate Life America, the national organization dedicated to increasing the number of registered organ, eye and tissue donors that heal and save lives, has announced a major partnership with Facebook today, which aims to draw attention to the need for life saving transplants in the United States. Using the new “Timeline” feature, Facebook subscribers can [...]

5. CDT Joins Facebook and Twitter

   10/21/2011 - Social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter are increasingly a way of life for many people.  In an effort to be as accesible as possible to our collegues, community and followers CDT has launched both a Facebook page and a Twitter account.  Like us at:  https://www.facebook.com/#!/CDTNYVT  Follow us at:  @DonateLifeCDT

6. Lives Can Be Saved

   06/02/2011 - An interesting editorial highlighting the need for changes that will help make the operation of the New York State Donate Life Registry more efficient. Do you think allowing people to sign up to be donors online (without having to print and mail a form to the Department of Health) would help increase enrollment rates? http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial-page/buffalo-news-editorials/article440001.ece

7. A Great Family Event- to benefit CDT

   04/13/2011 - May 7, 2011 is the 4th Annual kLaVoy5k to be held at the Saratoga Springs State Park. This is a community event for the whole family, held in memory and in honor of transplant recipient Kristen LaVoy. The purpose of the race is to help raise awareness about organ and tissue donation and [...]

8. Vermont Social Media Campaign

   02/24/2011 - In November 2010, Donate Life Vermont was proud to announce the launch of its new online organ and tissue donor registry, www.DonateLifeVT.org. Along with the launch of the new registry website, CDT initiated a ground-breaking awareness campaign involving outreach through multiple social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter and others. The state of Vermont is in critical [...]

9. Register Today!

   02/23/2011 - Donate Life Vermont has made February 23, 2011 the official day to make a HUGE change in Vermont by increasing the number of organ and tissue registrants in the state!! We’re calling it the Register Rally. Help us promote February 23rd as the day to log onto www.DonateLifeVt.org and register as an organ and tissue [...]

10. Donate Life Vermont Offers Exclusive Black Friday Deals to Organ Donor Registrants

    11/22/2010 - In alignment with the launch of Vermont’s new online organ donor registry, Donate Life Vermont has partnered with select Vermont businesses to offer exclusive discounts to organ donor registrants on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. In an effort to increase organ donor registrants in the state of Vermont, Donate Life Vermont is offering exclusive Black Friday [...]