National DMV Appreciation Month
Recognizing the unsung heroes facilitating life-saving opportunities, ensuring the gift of organ donation reaches those in need.
Celebrate DMV workers and drive organ donor registration through gratitude-focused campaigns that honor public servants and save lives.
- Thank a DMV hero: Share stories of DMV staff who've helped facilitate life-saving donations
- Check your license: Simple reminder to verify organ donor status and register if not already enrolled
- Family conversation starter: Use the month to discuss donation wishes with loved ones and update your registry
- Partner with Donate Life America: Co-market organ donation awareness through DMV channels and social media
The first official national registry and donation network in the United States started in the 1980s, but many states had started partnering organ donation with their DMVs even earlier. Today, all fifty states, as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, cooperates with Donate Life America to make organ donation registry possible.
This event was founded by the nonprofit organization, Donate Life America, with the purpose of thanking the DMV and their workers for their commitment to saving lives through organ donation.
Thank a DMV Worker
Have a friend or family member who works at the DMV? Give them an extra special thank-you sometime during this month. Take them out to lunch, write them a card or just give them a big hug! Those who don’t know someone personally who works at the DMV still don’t have to miss out. National DMV Appreciation Month is a good time to post a positive message on the local DMV’s social media account or share a donation story online and tag the driver’s license office in it.
Sign Up as an Organ Donor
Each year, tens of thousands of Americans receive transplant surgeries that save their lives, thanks to a number of different people who rally together to make organ donation possible. But sadly, many people also with their names on a donation list because there simply are not enough donors. An excellent way to honor National DMV Appreciation Month is to take a look at your own driver’s license to find out if it indicates organ donation. In addition to registering through the DMV, it is important to share wishes about organ donation with close relatives so they know and understand your wishes should something happen. Consider celebrating some other events throughout the year related to the topic of organ donation, including National Organ Donor Day in February, National Blood Donor Month in January, and Team Margot Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Awareness Day in October.