Our Mission AOPO represents and serves OPOs through advocacy, support, and development of activities that will maximize the availability of organs and tissues and enhance the quality, effectiveness, and integrity of the donation process.

News and Public Statements As of January 29, 2010, 105,537 people are on the waiting list to receive the Gift of Life. 2010 AOPO ANNUAL MEETING CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS and POSTERS FOCUS ON THE FUTURE We invite you to submit your proposals for a breakout session and/or poster for the 2010 AOPO Annual Meeting, FOCUS ON THE FUTURE. The meeting is June 15-18, 2010, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel, Baltimore, MD. Click here for more information. 2010 Art "Works" for Transplantation Contest "Comforting the mind, body, and soul through the healing force of artistic expression." HRSA is once again accepting submissions to be placed on display at the 6th Donation and Transplant National Learning Congress (NLC6) on November 3rd and 4th, 2010, at the Gaylord Texan Hotel in Grapevine, Texas. AOPO would like to encourage donor family submissions which illustrate the relationship between the donor family and donation. Submissions must be easy to translate into conference graphics. All entries must be received by May 1, 2010, with final judging to occur on June 10-11. For more information, please click here. To see last year's winning entry, click here. Enter the NKF Kidney Art Festival National Art Contest The National Kidney Foundation invites everyone in the kidney community – patients, transplant recipients, organ donors, family members, the professional health care community, volunteers, supporters and friends – to participate. Submit a printable piece of art before January 31, 2010. For more information, click here. New Life Rises Through Donate Life's Rose Parade Float Since 2004, the Donate Life Rose Parade float has been the centerpiece of an annual national media campaign to inspire tens of millions of people throughout the nation and the world to save and heal lives as organ, eye and tissue donors. For more information, please visit http://www.donatelifefloat.org/. Photos from the Parade are available here, here, and here. CBS Highlights Organ Donation With New Show "THREE RIVERS" AOPO Statement On National Minority Donor Awareness Day MORE News and Public Statements...

Upcoming AOPO Meetings AOPO 2010 Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD - June 15-18, 2010

Accredited Organ Procurement Organizations AOPO Accredited Organ Procurement Organizations