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Are You an Organ Donation Advocate?
Apply to Our Advocacy Scholarships

We are so excited to be providing three scholarships this year to upcoming and current college students across the country who are passionate about organ donation advocacy!

We are proud to celebrate the 2023 scholarship recipients!

HBCU Organ and Tissue Donation Advocacy Scholarship:

Chelsea Agyei​

Hampton University

Kianna Lanier

Howard University

School of Law

Devi Fuller

Prairie View A&M University

Najiya Shakir

Tuskegee University

Jasmine Windham

 Morgan State University

Student Advocacy Scholarship:

Contessa Bledsoe

Mountwest Community and Technical College

Alyson Pollard

University of Massachusetts Lowell

Madison Glass​

Coastal Alabama Community College

Emily Thomas

University of Pittsburgh

Alexis Weyandt

Temple University

Laurie Smith Memorial Scholarship

Jerry Lai

The George Washington University

2023 Scholarship Offerings

HBCU Organ and Tissue Donation Advocacy Scholarship

Sponsored by Hearts for Russ

 

We are awarding five $1000 scholarships to HBCU students who have an interest in organ donation advocacy.

 

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must be enrolled at a Historically Black College or University for the 2023-2024 school year.

Student Advocacy Scholarship

Sponsored by Second Chance Fundraising

 

We are awarding five $1000 scholarships to college students who are organ and tissue donation advocates.

 

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must be interested in saving lives through organ donation advocacy.

Laurie Smith Memorial Scholarship

Sponsored by Second Chance Fundraising

 

We are awarding one $1000 scholarship to a student who is a transplant recipient, in honor of Laurie Smith, the mother of a heart transplant recipient.

 

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must be a transplant recipient.

SODA wants to express special thanks to our scholarship partners!

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