LifeNet Health

This Pride Month, we celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and reaffirm our commitment to fostering a culture where every individual feels respected, valued, and supported.

At LifeNet Health, our mission of Saving Lives, Restoring Health, and Giving Hope is grounded in compassion, inclusion, and care for one another.

We are proud to recognize the diversity that strengthens our teams, our communities, and the people we serve.

Gunnar Gentry is a nurse, father of three, and a living example of the power of donation.

After a devastating motorcycle accident, multiple surgeries weren’t enough to heal his injured femur. His recovery changed when he received a donated cellular bone graft.

That gift made the difference. Today, Gunnar walks pain-free, cares for patients, and is fully present for his family.

“The hardest decision can sometimes have the greatest impact,” he shared.

Tissue donation doesn’t just save lives, it restores them, helping people return to the moments that matter most.

To read Gunnar's story, visit: https://hubs.ly/Q04jmQfx0

Registration is officially open for the 2026 Race for Hope 5K & 1-Mile Walk.

Join us on October 10 in Virginia Beach as we come together to support donor families and advance awareness of organ, tissue and cell donation.

Whether you run, walk, fundraise, sponsor, or participate virtually, every step helps further the mission of Saving Lives, Restoring Health, and Giving Hope.

Sign up by May 31 to receive 20% off registration.

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Hospitals are where compassion meets action and where the gift of donation begins. To our hospital partners: your leadership in the support of tissue donation continuum ensures that generosity becomes healing, lives are restored, families find meaning, and hope continues forward.

Thank you for your partnership and your profound impact.

During National Police Week, we pause to recognize the extraordinary service, integrity, and bravery of law enforcement officers across our communities. Our partnership ensures that lives can be saved, healing can begin, and legacies of generosity can endure.

To the officers who serve with courage and humanity every day: thank you. Your work makes a profound difference, not only in protecting our communities, but in helping bring hope to others.

This Mother’s Day, we honor the strength of moms and the power of generosity. Dianne, a mother, grandmother, and retired OR nurse, faced breast cancer and a double mastectomy. Because of a donor’s selfless gift, she was able to heal and return to the life she loves.

“It’s very important to have these conversations,” Dianne shares. “I’ve seen how hard it is when families don’t know.”

Today, she carries forward both her own strength and the generosity of someone she’ll never meet. To read Dianne's story, visit: https://hubs.ly/Q04fD-Xm0

Honor a mother. Share your wishes. Register as a donor. https://hubs.ly/Q04fG26n0

We’re grateful to everyone who made the 2026 LifeNet Health Foundation Golf Classic our most successful tournament yet. With a sold-out field and incredible support, this year’s event made a meaningful impact on our mission.

A special thank you to our sponsors for going above and beyond:
• Presenting Sponsor: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
• Dinner Sponsor: Truist
• Lunch Sponsor: Global Transplant Solutions
• Platinum Sponsors: ePlus inc., Floors To Go - Virginia Beach, The Garcia Companies, USI Insurance Services, WTKR News 3
• Contest Sponsors: Thalhimer, iFLY, Trane, Sentara Health, Wolcott Rivers Gates

We also extend our appreciation to all Foursome, Driving Range, Practice Green, Tee Box, and Hole sponsors. Your partnership fuels our mission, Saving Lives. Restoring Health. Giving Hope.

To the nurses who show up with compassion, strength, and unwavering dedication, thank you. You guide patients and families through some of life’s most difficult moments, and through your care, healing continues, lives are restored, and hope carries forward.

We are honored to partner with you.

Honoring the partners behind every gift of donation. This Donate Life Month, we’re spotlighting the dedicated teams who make hope and healing possible every day. Thank you for standing with us and with the families and patients we serve.

Celebrate Donate Life Month by supporting our mission all month long:

Dine at The Stockpot in Norfolk, Chesapeake, or Virginia Beach – a portion of proceeds from select beverages and entrées benefits the Foundation. Learn more https://hubs.ly/Q0493clm0

Order from Papa Johns at 27 Hampton Roads locations using code LNH2026 in the app – 15% of your order will be donated! Order here https://hubs.ly/Q0493pJh0

Shop with Kroger Community Rewards – select “LifeNet Foundation” and a portion of your purchases will be donated at no extra cost. Sign up here
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For more LifeNet Health Foundation events, visit: https://hubs.ly/Q0492-xb0