Skip to main content Skip to navigation Skip to navigation
  • 844-4CHILDRENS (844-424-4537) 844-424-4537
  • Patient Login (MyChart) Visit our MyChart Guide to learn more about how to create and use your MyChart account.
  • Employee and Provider Login
  • Pay My Bill
  • Careers
  • Donate Now
Visit the home page

No disponible en español

  • Home
  • Treatment
  • Patient Families
  • Visitors
  • Provider Resources
  • Research and Innovation
  • Health and Community Resources
  • Donate or Volunteer
Visit the home page
Call children's health Access medical records by logging in to MyChart Find Bill Pay options here Find Children's Health Locations Find Children's Health Doctors
  • Home
  • Treatment
    • Treatment Home
    • Departments and Programs
    • Conditions and Treatments
    • Preventative Care and Immunizations
    • Primary Care
      • Primary Care
      • Primary Care Home
      • When to See a Primary Care Physician
      • New Patient Information
      • Preparing for Your Appointment
    • Urgent Care
    • Emergency and Trauma Care
    • Outpatient Pharmacies
    • Specialty Pharmacy
    • Remote Patient Monitoring
    • Rehabilitation and Therapy Services
      • Rehabilitation and Therapy Services
      • Rehabilitation and Therapy Services Home
      • Integrated Therapy
    • Virtual Care
      • Virtual Care
      • Virtual Care Home
      • School-Based Programs
      • Virtual Visit
      • Virtual Visit Specialty Clinics
    • Find a Doctor or Provider
    • Find a Location
    • Request an Appointment
    • US News and World Report 2022 - 2023 Ranking

      Proud to be ranked in all 10 pediatric specialties the last five years.

  • Patient Families
    • Patient Families Home
    • Resources for Your Child
      • Resources for Your Child
      • Resources for Your Child Home
      • School Services
      • Transitioning to Adult Care
      • Activities for Kids
      • Child life
    • Parent Resources
      • Parent Resources
      • Parent Resources Home
      • Language and Interpreter Services
      • Hospital Guide
      • Social Work
      • Family Resource Library
      • Medical Records Request
      • MyChart Guide
      • MyChart Bedside
      • Preparing for Your Visit or Stay at Children's
      • Spiritual Care and Education
      • Mobile App
      • Family Advisory Network
    • Travel and Lodging
      • Travel and Lodging
      • Travel and Lodging Home
      • Patient Family Lodging
      • Public Transportation
    • Diversity and Inclusion
    • Billing and Insurance
      • Billing and Insurance
      • Billing and Insurance Home
      • Pay My Bill
      • Family Guide to Billing
      • Billing Dictionary
      • Financial Assistance and Support
      • Common Billing Questions
      • For Patients with Insurance
      • Your Rights and Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills
      • Cost Estimates
    • Write a Review
    • Weather Updates
  • Visitors
    • Visitors Home
    • Policies and Procedures
      • Policies and Procedures
      • Policies and Procedures Home
      • Contacting a Patient
      • Visiting Hours and Policies
    • Hospital Guide
      • Hospital Guide
      • Hospital Guide Home
      • ATM Locations
      • Dining and Food Services
      • Gift Shops and Retail
      • Courtyard
      • Wheelchair and Disability Accessibility
      • Parking
      • WiFi and Internet Access
      • Frequently Asked Questions
      • Guest Relations
      • Amazon Hub Lockers
      • Charging lockers
    • Amazon Lockers Logo with Lockers

      Children’s Health is proud to become the first pediatric health system in the country to offer Amazon Lockers, self-service kiosks that allow you to pick up your Amazon packages when and where you need them most – 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Learn more about Amazon Lockers.

  • Provider Resources
    • Provider Resources Home
    • Refer a Patient
      • Refer a Patient
      • Refer a Patient Home
      • Direct Admit
      • Request Medical Transport
      • Contact my Provider Liaison
      • Email Sign up Provider Newsletter
      • Login to Provider Portal
      • Provider Tools
      • Infusion Therapy Referrals
    • Education and Training
      • Education and Training
      • Education and Training Home
      • Fellowship and Subspecialty Training Programs
      • Pediatric Residency
      • Administrative Residency
      • Vizient/AACN Nurse Residency
      • Continuing Education
      • Pharmacy Residency
      • Clinical Pastoral Education
      • Child Life and Music Therapy Training Opportunities
      • Pediatric Emergency Services Network
      • Student Affiliations
      • Student Internships
      • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
      • Scholarships
      • Andrews Physical Therapy Residency
      • Community Partner
    • Medical Staff Services
    • Nursing Services
      • Nursing Services
      • Nursing Services Home
      • Our Nurses
      • Our Nursing Model
      • Nursing Annual Report
      • Nursing Transition to Practice Programs
      • Nurse Externship
  • Research and Innovation
    • Research and Innovation Home
    • Clinical Trials
      • Clinical Trials
      • Clinical Trials Home
      • Research FAQs
      • Why is Research Important?
      • Research Glossary
      • Pediatric Clinical Trials & Experimental Medication
    • Research Focus Areas
      • Research Focus Areas
      • Research Focus Areas Home
      • Cardiology
      • Endocrinology
      • Gastroenterology
      • General Surgery
      • Hematology & Oncology
      • Neonatal/Perinatal
      • Nephrology
      • Neurology/Neurosurgery
      • Pulmonology
      • Urology
    • Publications
    • Research Library
    • Innovation
      • Innovation
      • Innovation Home
      • PEDS Score
      • Hackathons
      • Telemedicine
      • Center for Clinical Simulation
      • Mobile Resources
  • Health and Community Resources
    • Health and Community Resources Home
    • Health & Wellness Library
    • Community Resources
      • Community Resources
      • Community Resources Home
      • Family Education
      • School-Based Partnerships and Programs
      • Children’s Health Care Network
      • Resources for Transgender Youth and Their Families
    • DFW Children's Health Assessment
      • DFW Children's Health Assessment
      • DFW Children's Health Assessment Home
      • Beyond ABC Symposium
    • Podcasts
    • Expansion Projects
    • Fight Seasonal Allergies

      Fight seasonal allergies in kids. Learn more.

  • Donate or Volunteer
    • Donate or Volunteer Home
    • Volunteer
      • Volunteer
      • Volunteer Home
      • Adult Volunteer Program
      • Student Volunteer Program
      • Volunteer Dogs
      • Group Service Projects and Events
    • Donate
      • Donate
      • Donate Home
      • Donate Items
      • Make a Financial Gift
      • Handcrafted Items
    • Share Your Story
{}
Solid organ transplant events
  • Treatments
  • Departments and Programs
  • Pediatric Transplant
  • Transplant patient resources
  • Solid organ transplant events

Solid organ transplant events

The Solid Organ Transplant team at Children’s Health℠ hosts several events aimed at bringing children and families impacted by transplants together. From our annual holiday event to summer camp at Camp John Marc, learn more about opportunities to find support and friendship.

  • National donate life month

    April is national donate life month

    During national donate life month, encourage others to sign up as donors!

    donatelife.net

    donate to life button

  • Holiday party

    SOT holiday party

    Each December, the Solid Organ Transplant Programs host a holiday party for transplant recipients and their families.

  • National events

    (content from organdonor.gov)

    January: National Volunteer Blood Donor Month
    A time to highlight the importance of giving life through the donation of blood and to honor past and present donors and encourage new ones. The theme, Give Blood…The Gift of Life, is as constant as the need for blood.

    February 14: National Donor Day
    Focused on five points of life: organs, tissues, marrow, platelets, and blood. Many nonprofit health organizations sponsor blood and marrow drives and organ/tissue sign-ups across the nation. National Donor Day was started in 1998 by the Saturn Corporation and its United Auto Workers partners with the support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and many nonprofit health organizations.

    April: National Donate Life Month
    Organ procurement organizations, transplant centers, national donation organizations and other organizations sponsor special awareness events and donor recognition ceremonies to promote donation awareness and registration. National Donate Life Month was established in 2003. Every day in April, people across the U.S. make a special effort to celebrate the tremendous generosity of those who have saved lives by becoming organ, tissue, marrow, and blood donors and to encourage more Americans to follow their fine example.

    July: National Donor Recognition Ceremony & Workshop
    Donors and their families from across the country are honored in the Nation's Capital by the Federal government and the transplant community for giving the Gift of Life. Includes Saturday workshops and a donor recognition ceremony on Sunday.

    July: U.S. Transplant Games (even-numbered years)
    At the games, organized and presented by the National Kidney Foundation and its many Affiliates/Divisions, transplant recipients compete in Olympic-style athletic events and celebrate the life-enabling gifts of organ and tissue donors. Medals are awarded to winning transplant recipient athletes. Living donors and donor family members receive medals of a different kind at separate recognition ceremonies. The Transplant Games illustrate the ability of transplantation to extend and enhance life.

    August: National Minority Donor Awareness Week
    Heightened minority-focused outreach activities bring accurate donation messages to minority communities, encouraging donor registration and promoting healthy living and disease prevention to decrease the need for transplantation. Observances have included prayer breakfasts, health walks, and donor drives.

    November: National Marrow Awareness Month
    A special nationwide effort to recruit volunteer marrow, blood stem cell, and umbilical cord blood donors and to increase patient awareness of the option of unrelated transplantation.

    November: National Donor Sabbath
    On Friday through Sunday, two weekends before Thanksgiving, faith communities across the Nation focus on the critical need for organs, tissues, marrow, and blood, and their life-enhancing capabilities. Faith leaders and donation professionals lead discussions of issues concerning donation, and faith communities sponsor donation awareness activities, donor registrations, and speakers during this 3-day celebration of life.

  • Family picnic

    Solid Organ Transplant Family Picnic

    Each April, the Solid Organ Transplant Programs host an afternoon picnic for transplant recipients and their families.

  • Red Balloon Run & Ride

    Red Balloon Run & Ride Camp SOAR Team

    Last year's Red Balloon Run & Ride was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who participated.

    We look forward to the next race, and, as always, will have the Solid Organ Transplant Camp SOAR team there!

    More on the Red Balloon Run & Ride

  • Summer camp

    Transplant: Camp Soar (Some Organ Assembly Required)

    Camp SOAR is a weekend retreat held at Camp John Marc in Meridian, Texas, traditionally on the last weekend in March. Campers include teenagers (13-18 years old) who have had a solid organ transplant (heart, kidney, and/or liver). Staff members from Children's Health attend the camp including a physician, a child life specialist, nurses and other trained volunteers. Indoor and outdoor activities are offered including a ropes course, arts and crafts, sports and games. Camp SOAR is funded completely by grants and donations and offered to campers free of charge.

    Since 1993, Camp SOAR has provided teens an opportunity to develop supportive relationships with other teens, discuss relevant adolescent issues and strengthen their relationship with their medical teams. For more information, call the Solid Organ Transplant Program child life specialist at 214-456-8600.

    All camper applications must be approved by the transplant nurse coordinator and primary transplant physician prior to participation. Participation in Camp SOAR does not disqualify campers from participating in other camp opportunities such as Camp Reynal or Camp Moss.

Share:
1a3854c3-d712-41f3-9c5a-c606aa6fc4b5
  • Finding an Organ
  • Preparing for Surgery
  • Patient Education
  • Post-Treatment and Organ Rejection
    • Heart Rejection
    • Kidney Rejection
    • Liver Rejection
  • Transitioning to Adult Care
  • Events
  • Financial Counseling
​
Follow Children's Health on social media
Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Linked In
Subscribe to our email newsletter
1935 Medical District Drive Dallas, Texas 75235 844-4CHILDRENS 844-424-4537
  • Why Children's Health
  • About Us
  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • Our Difference
  • Our People
  • Sustainability Program
  • Working at Children's Health
  • Careers
  • Employee Resources
  • Billing and Insurance
  • Cost Estimates
  • Policies and Procedures
  • Patient Rights and Responsibilities
  • Notice of Privacy Practices
  • Terms of Use
  • Quality and Safety
  • Complaint Resolution
  • International Patient Services
  • CHNA Report
  • Supplier Portal
  • Media Toolkit
  • Newsroom
  • Gain template information in the Brand Center
  • Shop Children's Health
  • Contact Us
  • Sitemap
  • Accessibility
Badge: Institutional member - Children's Hospital Association

© 2022 Children's Health. All rights reserved.