- Children's Organ Transplant Association
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The Children's Organ Transplant Association (COTA) is a 501(c)3 (charitable, not-for-profit) organization based in Bloomington, Indiana that helps children and young adults who need a life-saving organ, bone marrow, cord blood, tissue or stem cell transplant by providing fundraising assistance and family support.
COTA was founded in Bloomington, Indiana in 1986 and has assisted over 1700 families with over $60 million (U.S.) raised since that time. Approximately 150 families per year receive assistance annually through COTA and COTA is the only organization of its type that charges no fee for its services.
Any individual under the age of 22, as well as those patients who are older but suffer from a single-cell genetic disorder http://reproductivegenetics.com/single_gene.html are eligible to receive help from COTA. Once engaged, a fundraising team is organized comprising a Community Coordinator, a Webmaster and a Public Relations Coordinator who then recruit other volunteers. COTA provides on-site training as well as unlimited marketing assistance to the fundraising team. Funds raised are donations to COTA, but donated "in honor of" particular patients and funds raised are held in trust for those patients until such time as they are needed for their transplant-related expenses.
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