The National Friends Gift of Life Garden

Add a remembrance or tribute

Build a card for someone you love. Their name goes on the front; your note to them goes on the back.

How it works

Build your card Fill in the front and the back below. The preview turns as you type.
Send it to us Your card opens as an email from your own account to support@nationalfriends.org.
We review and place it We read every card, reply to you, and add it to the garden only with your permission.

Build your card

Nothing you type here is saved on our site. It stays on your device until you choose to send the email.

Front of the card

In loving memory of

In honor of (a living donor, recipient, or caregiver)

With gratitude to (a donor or donor family)

Name of the person you are remembering or honoring * Full name, or first name and last initial.

A few words under the name For example: “Beloved mother,” “Organ donor,” or “Living donor to her brother.”

Years (optional) For example: 1951 – 2024.

Back of the card

Your note to them * Write it as if you were speaking to them. A few sentences is plenty.

How to sign it For example: “Your daughter, Ellen.” Leave blank to stay anonymous to the public.

For us only (never published)

Your name

Reply email or phone * We need a way to confirm your permission before anything is published.

I will attach photos to the email for you to consider. Photos are published only with my written consent.

I have the right to share this tribute, and National Friends may publish it on nationalfriends.org. I can ask for edits or removal at any time. *

Prefer to write it yourself? Email support@nationalfriends.org with the same details. We read every message and reply.

In loving memory of

Their name

A few words about them

A note

Your note to them will appear here, on the back of the card.

Who this space is for

This garden is open to anyone whose life has been shaped by the transplant waiting list. That includes:

Families and loved ones of someone who died while waiting for a transplant.
Families of deceased organ donors, those who made the decision to let a loved one pass so that others could live. This space is for honoring the donor, not only the recipient.
Living donors, themselves, and the people who love them and want to honor the gift they gave.
Recipients who wish to honor the donor or donor family whose gift saved their life.
Friends, caregivers, clinicians, and community members who want to remember someone touched by transplant.

What we publish, and what we don’t

Every tribute is reviewed before it is published. We may gently suggest edits; we will never rewrite your voice.
Identifying details (full names, dates, photos) are used only with explicit written consent from the submitter.
Photos are welcome and are only published when you have told us, in writing, that we may publish them.
The submitter may remain anonymous to the public. The person being remembered must be named, at minimum by first name and last initial, so the tribute is about a real person rather than an abstraction.
Families may request edits or removal at any time by writing to support@nationalfriends.org. We will honor those requests without question.
This is not a public guestbook. There are no comments, no reactions, and no social sharing buttons on individual tributes unless the family opts in.

Give in their name

A gift to National Friends helps patients and families on the waiting list today. You can dedicate it in honor or in memory of someone you love.

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Inspired by

We are grateful for the long tradition of public remembrance in the transplant community, including the UNOS Donor Memorial. The National Friends Gift of Life Garden is not affiliated with that organization; it is a small, independent space built in the same spirit.

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