 In 1981, the Sacramento chapter of the American Red Cross transferred their program and small amount of Vial of Life supplies over to Jeff Miller the Founder and CEO of Vital-Link, Inc.In the following years, Miller and his distributors kept the program going by giving free Vial of Life kits to their medical alert system subscribers as part of the service.In 1998, Jeff Miller turned the program into a California Public Charity (which later gained 501(c)(3) status) called the Vial of Life Project.