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Month: January 2018
Meet the New Team
Meet the New Team WRTC would like to introduce you to the latest additions to our team. Coming from a diverse background, each of these new assets are raising the bar and helping WRTC achieve new heights. The end ofRead More …
2018 Donate Life Transplant Games
2018 Donate Life Transplant Games Every two years, thousands of people in the donation and transplantation community come together for a very special event – the Donate Life Transplant Games. An Olympic-style competition, the Games are open to recipients and living donors who participate in a multitude of sports,Read More …
Connection to Purpose
Connection to Purpose Working in the donation field can take a toll when dealing with the emotional and physical strains of the job. But when you open a letter from someone who received a donation because of the life-saving work you do, it brings purpose back to the job… revitalizingRead More …
Maximizing the Gift
Maximizing the Gift Washington Regional Transplant Community (WRTC) is one of the leading organ procurement organizations (OPOs) in the country for its activities and contributions to organ, eye and tissue research. Since 2010, WRTC has increased the number of organs allocated for research by 300%. This increaseRead More …
VolunteerHub Has Launched
VolunteerHub Has Launched WRTC officially launched WRTC.VolunteerHub, a simple – yet, dynamic – online platform that helps to better announce, schedule and organize our community events. But, more importantly, WRTC.VolunteerHub allows us to effectively recruit, strengthen and engage our most important assets – the Donate Life Ambassadors. AllRead More …
WRTC’s Record Breaking 2017
FALLS CHURCH, VA – For the second year in a row, Washington Regional Transplant Community (WRTC), the Washington D.C. area’s non-profit organ procurement organization, surpassed expectations by recovering and allocating 444 life-saving organs in 2017 – an organizational record. These organs (consisting of hearts, lungs, pancreases, kidneys, intestines, and livers)Read More …
WRTC Breaks Organ Recovery Record
FALLS CHURCH, VA – For the second year in a row, Washington Regional Transplant Community (WRTC), the Washington D.C. area’s non-profit organ procurement organization, surpassed expectations by recovering and allocating 444 life-saving organs in 2017 – an organizational record. These organs (consisting of hearts, lungs, pancreases, kidneys, intestines, and livers)Read More …