EDUCATORS & COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Together…educate, empower, inspire
There are many ways to partner with Cascade Life Alliance to bring organ, eye, and tissue donation education to your school or organization. Learn more below about our school education programs, our community outreach, and how we celebrate our community partners.
EDUCATORS
Cascade Life Alliance and Donate Life Northwest offer free education programs and resources to provide students and educators information about organ, eye, and tissue donation.
COMMUNITY
Cascade Life Alliance is committed to providing thoughtful, culturally sensitive, and factual education on organ, eye, and tissue donation to our community.
PARTNERSHIP
DMV employees support our mission every day with the simple question: “Would you like to register as an organ, eye, and tissue donor?”
Educators
Cascade Life Alliance and Donate Life Northwest provide a variety of free resources to help educators deliver thoughtful, culturally responsive, and fact-based education on organ, eye, and tissue donation that engages students and supports informed decision-making.
Classroom Presentations
Beginning in the 2025-26 academic school year, the Oregon Revised Statute (ORS 336.474) went into effect, requiring all high schools in Oregon to educate on organ, eye, and tissue donation. Cascade Life Alliance and Donate Life Northwest offer these free resources to schools to meet the new health education standards.
To support Oregon’s donation education requirement, we have transitioned from a guest presenter model to a teacher-led approach. The Teach-It-Yourself (TIY) resources provide educators with ready-to-use lessons, training, and support materials that make it easy to integrate organ, eye, and tissue donation education into existing health classes.
We welcome all educators to use this curriculum, no matter their location or subject.
HB 3234, which creates standards for organ donation education in Oregon High Schools, passed the House yesterday and will move to the Senate for consideration. Thank you to Nisha for all the hard work she has put into this bill over the years – we are so excited to see this life-saving legislation gain support.
Posted by Dan Rayfield for Oregon Attorney General on Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Discover how a high school student’s passion sparked change, inspiring her local representative to introduce House Bill 3234. This groundbreaking legislation is now an Oregon state law, ensuring that all students in the state receive education about organ, eye, and tissue donation.
Student Pages
Are you a student who wants to boost their college application or resume while also educating fellow students about saving lives? Start a SODA chapter or host an event.
- Connections to other life-saving students across the country
- Leadership opportunities to add to your resume
- Scholarships
- Student development to add to your college applications
- Up to $200 per semester for event costs
- Mentorship
Learn more about the SODA program.
Community Outreach
Do you want your local organ procurement organization, Cascade Life Alliance, to come speak to your organization, congregation, or community event about organ, eye, and tissue donation?
DMV Partnership
Without the incredibly powerful partnership with the Oregon DMV, there wouldn’t be so many Oregonians registered to be organ, eye, and tissue donors…Registered Lifesavers! We are grateful to each and every DMV employee that supports our mission to “Save, Enhance, and Heal Lives through Organ Donation and Transplantation.”
Cascade Life Alliance continues to strengthen this relationship by providing donation education and recognizing the DMV’s invaluable contributions.
DMV RECOGNITION PROGRAM
Cascade Life Alliance is excited to launch a quarterly DMV Recognition Program to honor the incredible efforts of DMV staff who go above and beyond in supporting organ, eye, and tissue donation. This program allows DMV employees to nominate their peers who demonstrate exceptional dedication to promoting donation registration. Nominations can be made for individual staff members, management, departments, committees, work groups, or entire DMV offices that have shown a special commitment to donation advocacy.
We also invite DMV staff to make suggestions on how we can support their work in promoting donation. We want to hear from you! Please share any suggestions, feedback, concerns, and/or questions with us.
DMV Recognition Program Nomination & Feedback Form
Our Commitment to You
We Promise…
…to provide thoughtful, culturally sensitive, pressure-free and factual education on organ, eye, and tissue donation.
…to provide students and educators with a curriculum that meets Oregon Board of Education curriculum standards.
…to uphold our commitment to being anti-racist and anti-oppressive by practicing self-reflection and engaging in transparent, honest, and brave dialogues with people of all backgrounds.
…to continually evaluate our department’s areas of growth and ability to deepen community relationships.
We Ask…
…for opportunities to educate on organ, eye, and tissue donation to various communities, students, and organizations.
…for willingness to have open-minded, engaged, and collaborative dialogue surrounding organ, eye, and tissue donation education.
…for honest, direct, and constructive feedback on any areas we can improve, especially regarding education and cultural competency.
…for you to remember our mission is to save, enhance, and heal lives; therefore our approach to education is to provide facts and resources, not to persuade.
Our Donation Partners
Contact Us
Contact our Community Outreach Department with any questions or suggestions.