News

April 3, 2024
Giannoulias Shines Spotlight on Organ and Tissue Donation “SuperStar” Donors Recognized During National Donate Life Month Campaign Adler and Planetariums in Joliet, Normal, Peoria and Carbondale to Sign Up New Donors

April 1, 2024
Giannoulias Launches Statewide Organ and Tissue Donor Registration Campaign
Ads Highlighting Organ Recipient Tonisha Daniel’s Story Will Air Throughout April

August 8, 2023
Giannoulias Highlights Need For Organ Donation Among Minorities During National Minority Donor Awareness Month

April 6, 2023          Versión en Español
Giannoulias Joins Organ Donor Recipients and Families to Highlight the Need for Donation
Secretary Marks National Donate Life Month with Campaign to Boost Donor Registration

August 1, 2022
Jesse White Encourages Organ/Tissue Donation for Virtual National Minority Donor Awareness Month

December 27, 2017
White Expands Organ/Tissue Donor Registry; 16- and 17-Year-Olds Can Become Donors as of Jan. 1

August 11, 2017
Jesse White Encourages Organ/Tissue Donation for National Minority Donor Awareness Week
Chicago Police Superintendent awaiting kidney transplant in attendance

April 3, 2017
Jesse White Unveils New Organ/Tissue Donation Campaign; Featuring Recipients Whose Lives Were Saved Due to Organ/Tissue Donation
PSA Features Chicago Cubs World Series Win and Song by Five for Fighting

February 24, 2017
Jesse White's Legislation to Expand the Organ/Tissue Donor Registry Passes House Committee

February 2, 2017
White Pushes to Expand Organ/Tissue Donor Registry; 16- and 17-Year-Olds Could Become Donors

August 11, 2015
Jesse White Encourages Organ/Tissue Donation during National Minority Donor Awareness Week

April 30, 2015
Jesse White Honors "Be A Hero" Community College Winners
White recognizes top three schools for their efforts to encourage organ/tissue donation

April 1, 2015
Jesse White Unveils New Organ/Tissue Donation Campaign; Featuring Daughter who Donated Cornea to her Mother

November 14, 2014
Jesse White Joins First Ladies Health Initiative and Religious Leaders to Show Support for National Donor Sabbath
Jamell Meeks, Monica Moss and LaTonia Lambert featured in radio PSA

August 8, 2014
Jesse White Encourages Organ/Tissue Donation during National Minority Donor Awareness Week

August 5, 2014
Jesse White Encourages Organ/Tissue Donation during National Minority Donor Awareness Week

May 7, 2014
Jesse White Urges Illinoisans to be Heroes by Joining the Organ/Tissue Donor Registry
White honors Kennedy-King College for its commitment to registering new donors

May 5, 2014
Secretary of State Jesse White and White Sox Players Alexei Ramirez and Alejandro De Aza Encourage Organ and Tissue Donation for National Donate Life Month

April 1, 2014
Jesse White Unveils New Organ/Tissue Donation Campaign; Urges Illinoisans to Be a Hero by Becoming Organ/Tissue Donors

November 15, 2013
Jesse White Joins Various Religious Organizations to Show Support for National Donor Sabbath
Two sisters affected by donation featured in radio PSA also in attendance

April 16, 2013
Jesse White Joins Salem Baptist Church -- Holds One of the Largest Organ/Tissue Donation Registration Drives

April 16, 2013
Jesse White Visits Stroger Hospital to Encourage Organ/Tissue Donation

April 1, 2013
Jesse White Unveils New Organ/Tissue Donation Campaign Featuring Donor Advocate Who Died Waiting for a Kidney

April 2, 2012
Jesse White Unveils New Organ and Tissue Donation Campaign Featuring Donation Advocate Now in Need of Kidney-Kicks Off Donate Life Month

March 28, 2012
Secretary of State Jesse White Honors Organ/Tissue Donor Poster Contest Winners

News from the Web

April 26, 2013
Our View: Sign up to be an organ donor and save a life (Rockford Register Star)

April 25, 2013
Late organ donor advocate Vikki Tulcus remembered (WREX 13, Rockford)

April 23, 2013
Organ donation ceremony Thursday at Rockford museum (Rockford Register Star)

April 23, 2013
IL Secretary of State Jesse White and the Rock River Valley Life Goes On Committee to Dedicate Memorial to Friend and Colleague Vikki Tulcus, Thursday, April 26 at 1:30pm (PR Web)

April 16, 2013
Jesse White fights myths of organ donation (CI News Now, Peoria)

April 11, 2013
Urging Residents to Become Organ Donors (Cook County Health & Hospitals System)

April 9, 2013
Memorial Honored For Organ Donation Rate (News Channel 20 Springfield)

April 5, 2013
Jesse White to visit Good Samaritan Hospital to promote organ donation (mysuburbanlife.com)

April 5, 2013
Illinois Secretary of State, Jesse White, will speak at Memorial Medical Center (State Journal-Register, Springfield)

April 1, 2013
National Donate Life campaign features woman who died waiting for kidney (WLS Chicago)

April 1, 2013
Jesse White Urges More African Americans To Become Organ Donors (CBS Chicago)

April 1, 2013
'Compelling story' of late organ donor featured in ad (Chicago Tribune)

March 26, 2013
Decatur Derby Dames to raise funds for organ donation group (Herald and Review, Decatur)

January 9, 2013
Longtime organ/tissue donor advocate Vikki Tulcus dies awaiting a kidney transplant (Chicago Sun-Times)

April 10, 2010
Jesse White speaks at Bloomington Library in support of organ/tissue donation (Pantagraph.com, Bloomington-Normal)

April 5, 2010
Jesse White honors woman for organ donation efforts (Rockford Register Star)

April 9, 2009
Jesse White: Cleaning up organ donation misconceptions (State Journal-Register, Springfield)