August 16, 1993 – Establishment of the Volunteer Organization as an association.
1994 – First vehicle authorized for plasma and organ transport.
April 18, 1994 – First transplant logistics service, transporting biological material for donor/recipient compatibility testing.
June 1994 – Collaboration with Careggi Hospital, Florence, for transplant logistics.
November 1994 – January 1995 – Participated in flood relief in Piedmont, managing volunteers and radio communications.
1995-2006 – Provided radio communication services for the Foemina Cup, part of the European professional women’s skiing circuit.
January 1996 – Began collaboration with Cisanello Hospital, Pisa, for liver transplant logistics.
March 1996 – Began collaboration with Careggi Hospital, Florence, for surgical team transport.
April 26, 1996 – Officially registered in the Tuscany Regional Volunteer Register.
October 8, 1996 – Listed as a volunteer organization in the Department of Civil Protection at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
1996 – Launched training courses for volunteers, ensuring expertise in national and international bone marrow transport.
January 1997 – First intercontinental bone marrow transport mission from Calgary, Canada, to Florence.
1997 – Assisted in Albanian refugee hospitality, earthquake relief in Umbria, and implemented an emergency medical system funded by Canale5 and Corriere della Sera.
1998-1999 – Expanded transport logistics, including cardiac, orthopedic, and pediatric transplant operations.
1999 – Collaborated in digitalizing liver transplant coordination at Cisanello Hospital, Pisa.
1999-2003 – Partnered with multiple Italian hospitals for international bone marrow transport.
2000-2002 – Assisted in high-risk events, including NATO summits and Italy-USA conferences.
2001 – Established a sister organization in Milan.
2003 – Expanded operations to San Giovanni Rotondo Hospital and Ancona Hospital for transplant transport services.
September 2003 – Began collaboration with Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, for national and international bone marrow transport.
November 2003 – Lectured at the course “Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplant Process”, held by Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies.
November 2003 – Began collaboration with Istituto Tumori, Milan, for bone marrow transport.
April 2004 – Partnered with Telefono Azzurro for the “Fiori d’Azzurro” event.
May 2004 – Supported AOU Careggi in organizing National Organ Donation Day.
July 2004 – Began collaboration with Istituto Clinico Humanitas for bone marrow transport.
September 2004 – Partnered with San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, for national and international bone marrow transport.
October 2004 – Collected and delivered supplies to the Italian Red Cross for the Bulgarian Red Cross.
November 2004 – Began collaboration with Policlinico Modena, Moscati Hospital (Taranto), and Le Scotte Hospital (Siena) for bone marrow transport.
February 2005 – Partnered with Sapienza University – Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, for bone marrow transport.
April 2005 – Tragically lost our volunteer Franco Terreni in an accident while transporting organs, which were still successfully transplanted.
September 2005 – Collaborated with Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Udine, for bone marrow transport.
November 2005 – Received recognition from the Tuscany Regional Council. Began collaboration with Policlinico Gemelli, Rome for bone marrow transport.
January-March 2006 – Expanded transplant logistics support to San Biagio Hospital (Alessandria), General Hospital Bolzano, and Sant’Orsola Pediatric Hospital (Bologna).
June 2006 – Conducted our first international pediatric organ transport from Florence to Basel.
November 2006 – Participated in the “Arnus 2006” documentation exercise.
January-March 2007 – Partnered with Niguarda Hospital, Milan, and IBMDR for worldwide bone marrow transport.
May 2008 – Included in the Regional List of Civil Protection Volunteer Organizations.
May 2008 – Awarded recognition from Organizzazione Toscana Trapianti for transplant logistics activities.
June 2008 – Began collaboration with Avionord Milan (service provider for North Italian Transplant) for transplant logistics and organ retrieval team transport in Lombardy.
June 2008 – Documentation center participated in the “Segugio 2008” exercise in collaboration with the Province of Florence.
August 2008 – Began international bone marrow transport collaboration with REDMO (Spanish Bone Marrow Donor Registry) in Barcelona.
August 2008 – Started working with Complejo Hospitalario Universitario of Santiago de Compostela, Hospital Clínico of Barcelona, and other Spanish hospitals for bone marrow transport.
September 2008 – Urgent blood transport from hospitals outside Tuscany to Careggi Hospital for emergency procedures.
October-November 2008 – Expanded international bone marrow transport collaborations with several hospitals across Spain.
2008-2009 – Occasional bone marrow transport missions to Athens Hospital.
January 2009 – First pediatric bone marrow transport from Tenri (Osaka, Japan) to Pisa, marking the first such mission from Japan to Tuscany.
February-March 2009 – Special bone marrow transport missions from Australia to Spain and various Spanish hospitals.
May 2009 – Abruzzo earthquake relief: documentation center assisted rescue operations.
July-September 2009 – Additional international collaborations with hospitals across Spain, Switzerland, and Italy for bone marrow and organ transport.
October 2009 – Participated in Civil Protection Day in Sesto Fiorentino.
December 2009 – Coordinated airport arrivals and departures for surgical teams from England, France, and Spain, involved in a multi-organ donation from a nine-month-old child at Meyer Pediatric Hospital, Florence.
2010 – Expanded collaborations with hospitals across Italy and Spain for tracheal tissue transport, including an exceptional case of tracheal transplant in London.
December 2010 – Despite a severe Tuscany snowstorm, completed seven transplant missions between December 17-19.
2011 – Extraordinary bone marrow transports from Taiwan, Germany, Hong Kong, and New York, saving critically ill infants.
April 2011 – Received a letter of recognition from the President of Tuscany for our services.
2012 – Expanded intercontinental collaboration with REDMO Barcelona, receiving priority for bone marrow transports from the U.S..
February 2012 – Organization featured on RAIUNO’s show “I Soliti Ignoti” as the identity for “organ transport for transplants.”
September 2012 – 12 international and intercontinental bone marrow transport missions completed during Bone Marrow Donation Awareness Week.
October 2012 – Documentation center participated in Sesto Fiorentino’s Civil Protection Day.
November 2012 – Despite Hurricane Sandy, volunteers completed three bone marrow transport missions from the U.S. to Europe without significant delays.
April 2013 – Easter organ retrieval missions: coordinated the transport of four surgical teams for organ donation.
April 2013 – Participated in Florence’s traditional “Scoppio del Carro” festival with the documentation team.
April 2013 – Speaker at Bolzano’s transplant conference, “What Life After Transplant?”.
May 2013 – Assisted in evacuation drill at Diaz School, Florence, simulating an earthquake.
June 2013 – Honored at the Transplant Patients’ Celebration in Pisa for dedication and logistics support.
2013 – Began collaboration with MOLMED for transporting research samples for new therapies.
July 2013 – Our bone marrow donation photo won a national photography competition.
August 2013 – Urgent cell transport from England to Pamplona, Spain, for transplant.
September 2013 – Provided documentation support at World Cycling Championships.
December 2013 – Speaker at a road homicide conference.
May 2014 – Assisted in defusing and removing a WWII bomb in Sesto Fiorentino.
July 2014 – Supported Careggi Hospital’s centennial celebrations.
August 2014 – Documented World Scout Gathering in Pisa.
September 2014 – Conducted three urgent bone marrow transport missions from Israel to Italy and Spain.
October-November 2014 – Flood response documentation in Genoa and Carrara.
December 2014 – Volunteers received the title of “Ambassadors of Solidarity of the Province of Florence”.
December 2014 – On Christmas Day, volunteers flew to Germany and Spain, delivering bone marrow for two life-saving transplants.
February 2015 – Despite a severe U.S. snowstorm, successfully transported bone marrow to Spain for a leukemia patient.
March 2015 – Celebrated nine years since Sara’s transplant, a child saved by donated marrow.
2019 – Received the “Fiorino d’Oro” honor from the City of Florence.
2020 – Collaborated with Ixaka on sample transport for scientific research.
2020 – Award-winning short film “Il Dono” at the Venice Film Festival.
January 2020 – Volunteers received the Merit of the Republic Honor from President Mattarella.
2021 – Featured on RAI 1’s “Unomattina” and RAI 3’s “Nuovi Eroi”.
2021 – Speaker at “50 Years of Transplants” in Pisa and at Carreras Foundation’s “Imparables” conference.
October 2022 – Featured on Elisir, Rai 3.
Festival dell’Italia Gentile – Participated as speakers.
Pantheon event “365 Hugs” – Regular guests for at least four editions, hosted by Linfoamici Association.
Book Presentation – “Vite per la VITA anche in Pandemia – i volontari del NOPC raccontano”.
Carreras Foundation’s “Imparables Against Leukemia” – Event participation in Barcelona.
Flood Relief – Assisted the Campi Bisenzio population during flood emergencies.
Donation & Transplant Conference – Participated at the University of Salento.
Docufilm “Il Dono” – Presented at multiple events as featured protagonists.
Docufilm “Valeria, a Gift from Heaven” – Story of Valeria Favorito, recipient of a bone marrow donation from Fabrizio Frizzi.
Historical Soccer Matches – Participated in several editions of Calcio Storico Fiorentino.
Cantù Charity Match – Raised awareness with Italy’s National Transplant Soccer Team.
September 2023 – New headquarters inaugurated in Florence, granted by the Municipality.
November 2023 – 30-year anniversary celebration at the Salone dei 500, Florence.
13,000 Transports Milestone – Achieved since founding.
TG1 Feature – Covered 1,000 transports in a single year.
Bone Marrow Transport – Major mission from Melbourne to Buenos Aires.