Gift of Life College Challenge
Students save lives! Join the Gift of Life Donor Program College Challenge to make a difference in our community.
What is the College Challenge?
Gift of Life Donor Program encourages college clubs, organizations, and PRSSA Chapters across our region to help save lives by raising awareness and encouraging their campus communities to register as organ donors.
The College Challenge is open to all higher education institutions in Gift of Life’s service area – the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware.
The College Challenge is an award-winning program and an exciting way for students to plan, promote, and execute virtual and grassroots campus outreach efforts aimed at registering new organ, tissue, and cornea donors. Participating student groups will keep track of their efforts and submit a scorecard for their chance at first, second, and third prizes, as well as a prize for the most newly registered donors.
Gift of Life College Challenge has won multiple awards from PRSA (Public Relations Society of America) Philadelphia chapter.
The 2025 College Challenge coincides with Gift of Life’s 50 years of service and our campaign to register 50,000 more organ donors. Each registered organ donor provides hope to the thousands waiting for a transplant!
Sign up to become an organ donor today!
Gift of Life College Challenge Sign Up Form
Cash Prizes!
The top schools will be awarded cash prizes and bragging rights for resume building!
Resources:
Rules & Regulations
Download the attached PDF for a full list of Gift of Life College Challenge rules and regulations. To navigate to the registration page and sign up to become an organ donor, click here.
Rules, Regulations & Submissions
Digital Toolkit
Everything you need to get started with the Gift of Life College Challenge can be found in this digital toolkit.
Printable Flyer
View and download a printable flyer you can use to raise awareness on campus and in your community!
We have an 11 x 17 version and a 8 1/2 x 11 version.
Brand Assets
Download Gift of Life brand assets that you can use while planning your College Challenge events.
2025 Participants
The 2025 College Challenge includes clubs, organizations, and PRSSA Chapters from the following institutions of higher education.
- PSU Harrisburg
- Misericordia University
- University of Scranton
- Drexel
- Pennsylvania College of Technology
- Northampton Community College
- Rowan University
- Susquehanna University
- Temple
- Penn
- Millersville University
- Elizabethtown College
Congratulations to our 2024 College Challenge Winners!
Gift of Life Donor Program is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Students Save Lives College Challenge. Over 10 schools completed this year’s challenge, bringing awareness of the life-saving importance of organ donation to thousands of students and faculty through live events and programs.
Here are the winners:
First place: Arcadia University 1853 Communications
Second place: Susquehanna University PRSSA
Third place: University of Scranton COMM 435: Social Media Campaigns
Most registered organ donors: Temple University Student Nurses Association
Review the first-place submission from Arcadia University 1853 Communications
Previous Submissions
Check out the campaigns that Alvernia University, Millersville University, Shippensburg University, Susquehanna University, Temple University and University of Scranton helped execute to bring awareness to organ donation and register students, faculty and staff at their campuses.