How to Use TNet (Donor Families)

1. Register and Verify Account

• On the User Portal, click on the “family member of an organ donor” button. This will take you to the login page. Here, you enter your email address and password.
• If you do not have a TNet account yet, you can register a new account by clicking “Register now”.
  • To register, you will need to enter an email address. If you don’t have one, you can make a free one with Gmail).
  • You will also need to know your loved one’s OPO and date of donation.
  • Fill in all of the fields, read and accept the terms and privacy policy, and hit the “Submit” button at the bottom.
  • After you submit the form, our system will send you an email from “TransplantNet Portal” with a link (gro.tentnalpsnart@ylperon). This email could take up to fifteen minutes to reach you, so please be patient.
  • If the confirmation email does not come for a while, you may want to check your spam box. Once you receive and open the email, click on the link or copy and paste it into your address bar. Our system should then tell you that your account was verified and that you may now log in.
  • If you still cannot find the confirmation email, please email admin@transplantnet.org.

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2. Log into Your Account

• Head back to the donor family login page and enter your email address and password.
• Hit “Submit.”
• Note: if you ever forget your password, there is a link to create a new one on the login page.

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3. Write Your Letter

• Write your electronic letter to the transplant recipient(s) on a word processor like Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, Notepad or TextEdit.
  • We recommend that you do this on your computer first so that you won’t accidentally lose what you have written by writing directly on our “Send a Letter” page and then leaving the page by mistake.
  • Remember to keep our guidelines and suggestions in mind.
• Once you have written your letter, copy and paste your letter into the big text box on the “Send a Letter” page that you reach after you log in.
  • Click here if you do not know how to copy and paste.
• With the text box toolbar, you may add formatting to your letter if you would like. You may also hit the print icon to print your letter.
• The letter input box should look like it does in the screenshot here.
  • If it does not show up correctly for you, try refreshing the page and/or restarting your internet browser.
  • If it still does not work, please contact support.
• If there is more than one recipient of your loved one’s gift of life, you may specify for whom your letter is intended in the text box under the letter input box.
  • For example, you could write “Please send this letter to the kidney recipient.”
  • If you leave this field blank, the coordinators will assume that your letter is intended for all of the recipients.
• You may then select and insert up to three image files (with extensions .jpg, .png, or .gif) from your computer to include with your letter. Click here for information on including a photo of yourself or your loved one.

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4. Decide If You Would Like to Publish Your Letter

• If you decide that you would like your letter to be posted on our website, click the corresponding “Yes” option.
• If you would like to only allow a certain part of your letter to be public, click “Yes, but only a certain excerpt of my letter.”
• A text box under the option will then appear — paste your desired excerpt here.

Please note that all public letters will have any and all potentially identifiable information (full names, locations, contact information, etc.) about their author and their intended recipient removed prior to being posted. They may be shared by particularly moved visitors on social media platforms like Facebook, Google+ and Twitter.

We have made the option to publish your letter available because we believe that your words, more than any others’, will give the public a heartfelt and compelling view of how much organ donation impacts both donor and recipient families. Public letters written by real transplant recipients and donor families could very well inspire many to become donors and alleviate the donor shortage. However, we do not expect most users to feel comfortable with sharing their letter with the public — the default choice is no.

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5. Send Your Letter

Once you are ready, all you need to do is hit the “Send my letter” button. Your letter will then be sent to your OPO’s TNet inbox.

Please check over your letter before sending. There is no way to “take back” a letter on the website once it is sent; if you wish to do so, you must contact your OPO. Additionally, you may want to review our terms and conditions agreement.