Marietta Memorial Hospital has earned national recognition for its efforts to increase organ, eye and tissue donor registrations through the 2024 DoNation Campaign, Memorial Health System announced.

The campaign challenges organizations to educate their staff, visitors and communities about the critical need for organ, eye and tissue donation, including offering opportunities to register as organ donors. Marietta Memorial Hospital earned Gold recognition for conducting awareness and registry activities between Oct. 1, 2023, and Sept. 30, 2024.

The campaign is a national initiative that unites the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration and the organ donation community with workplaces across the nation to spread the word about the importance of donation. Marietta Memorial Hospital worked with Lifeline of Ohio to leverage its outreach efforts.

More information is available by visiting mhsystem.org.

Lifeline of Ohio was founded in 1984 and is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes and coordinates the donation of human organs and tissue for transplantation. Lifeline of Ohio serves 97 hospitals and facilities in 38 counties in Ohio and two in West Virginia and is designated as an organ procurement organization through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.