G.A.V.E. Needs Your Help!

G.A.V.E. is working to unite those who see the advantages of allowing willing inmates to save lives.

Many have asked how they can get involved with G.A.V.E.'s objectives.  Here are some areas where we need help:

G.A.V.E. is currently seeking small contributions to allow us to continue our administrative capabilities and to further our pursuit. 

Even the cost of a letter can have a tremendous impact.  It may actually save a life.

Please click to offer assistance to this cause or see below for other ways to assist.

 

 

 

 

Spread The Word

Word of Mouth 

• Do you enjoy social networking, tweeting, blogging, shouting from rooftops?
  Use what you enjoy, what you do everyday, what you know.  Anything that amplifies our purpose is helpful.

Link To Us

• Help increase our traffic, expand our footprint.

Forward Us

• Feel free to forward any of our research. Share what you find intriguing. 

Lobby the Game Changers

• Informing those who can make a change is vital.
  • Write your local congressperson
    • Suggestions on communicating with legislators 
  • Contact prison directors

Volunteer

Webmaster

• Think this site can use an update?  Be more informative?  Interactive?  We need a knowledgeable site builder to volunteer some time and skills to keep this site as useful as possible.

Typist

• Do you enjoy the keyboard?  Much of the research and correspondence is originating from capable but restricted inmates.  Help is needed to transcribe handwritten documents to a typed format for online publishing and distribution.

Medical Professionals

• A big aim of G.A.V.E. is to make changes which allow healthy condemned inmates the opportunity to save lives.  States are switching to a one-drug lethal injection protocol which makes this feasible. But we need input from anesthesiologists, hospitals, and other experts to advise on technical procedures for proposals to prison directors.
  
  Examine our research and offer expertise.

Information Gathering

• Enjoy mining for information?  We are always in need of research assistance. Currently, we're looking into each state's organ donation statutes as well as each state's prison regulations regarding inmate donation.

 

Recipients

Are You Currently In Need of an Organ?

• Willing inmates are eager to make a difference now.  But due to bias against inmate donors, traditional donor registries are not willing to list inmates.  If you are in need of an organ and are willing to explore the option of inmate donors, please let us know.
  

Inmate Donors

Do you know of an inmate who would like to be an organ donor?

• G.A.V.E. is setting up an informal inmate donor registry to continue to gauge just how many willing inmate donors are out there.
  
  Email inmate's name, prison ID number, state, and release date to us, or encourage inmates to directly communicate their interest to our address below.

Grants

G.A.V.E. is currently seeking small grants to allow us to expand our administrative functions and further our pursuit.

• If you are interested in assisting, or would like to offer suggestions regarding the best ways to accomplish this, please contact us.

Other Ways To Help

OrganDonor.gov

United Network of Organ Sharing

Matching Donors

Organ Procurement & Transplant Network

National Living Donor Assistance Center

IUPUI Bioethics - Death Row Organ Donation

FACEBOOK

Become a 'fan' of the G.A.V.E. group on Facebook

Any assistance, small or large, is of great significance to us.  Please contact us if you would like to be a part of our effort.

Mailing Address (preferred contact method)

Oregon State Penitentiary
Attn: Christian Longo (SID 14509855)
2605 State Street
Salem, OR 97310-0505


Email

[email protected]

Feel free to link to gavelife.org to begin the process of saving lives.