SEE SCHEDULE O FOR MISSION STATEMENTTHE MISSION OF HONORBRIDGE IS TO BUILD CONNECTIONS THAT SAVE AND HEAL LIVES THROUGH ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION. HONORBRIDGE IS A NON-PROFIT, FEDERALLY DESIGNATED ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGEMENT OF ORGAN DONATION AND TISSUE RECOVERY ACTIVITIES IN ITS SERVICE AREA (78 COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA). HONORBRIDGE PARTNERS WITH DONOR HOSPITALS, TRANSPLANT CENTERS AND TISSUE PROCESSORS TO DELIVER RECOVERED ORGANS AND TISSUE TO PATIENTS IN NEED, AND WITH RESEARCHERS TO FURTHER MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE. HONORBRIDGE IS CERTIFIED BY THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID (CMS), REGULATED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA), WITH CLINICAL OVERSIGHT BY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLANTATION NETWORK (OPTN) FOR ALL ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS (OPOS). HONORBRIDGE IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS, UNITED NETWORK OF ORGAN SHARING (UNOS) AND DONATE LIFE AMERICA.