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Minority Donation Awareness Week
MyFox Houston He sees the reluctance to donate first hand and does his best to convince other minorities to become organ donors. “It’s like breaking down a wall because I’ve heard it. I’ll tell them my story and ask ‘Are you and organ donor?’ ‘No I’m taking what I … |
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Local Community Members Spread The Word About The Need For Organ Donations
CBS Local On Sunday members of the community lifted their hands in prayer and voices in song at the Mount Airy Church of God in Christ, at a program kicking off National Minority Donor Awareness Week. John Green of the ‘Gift of Life Donor Program’ says the … |
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Organ donation gets a shot in the arm
The Hindu Over the past week, the ‘I Support O’ signature campaign has encouraged more than 15,000 people to pledge their support towards organ donation. The weeklong campaign culminated in a car rally on Sunday for the medical fraternity. Nearly 1,000 people … |
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Rallying For A Cause
The New Indian Express CHENNAI: A car rally aimed at spreading awareness on organ–donation was flagged off by Medicall Healthcare and the NGO Mohan Foundation at Phoenix Marketcity on Sunday. A group of doctors hailing from healthcare centres in the city like SIMS … The ‘I … |
Bundaberg News Mail |
‘Morgan the organ‘ saved Juleighta’s life
Bundaberg News Mail DonateLife Week is an annual awareness week to encourage all Australians to let their family know each other’s decisions about becoming an organ and tissue donor. With about 1600 Australians listed on the organ transplant waiting list at any one time, … |
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Jarrod Fogarty with mum Mandy, and sisters Samantha, 14, Meg, 12 and brother …
Herald Sun This week also marks DonateLife week, which aims to raise awareness about organ and tissue donation. DonateLife Victoria State Medical Director Rohit D’Costa said at any one time there were 1600 people on the organ transplant waiting list. To donate … |
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Rallying for a cause
The Hindu The drive is part of the foundation’s ‘I Support O’ campaign, an initiative to promote awareness about organ donation both among the public, and among healthcare professionals. “Members of the public are very enthusiastic about organ donation,” said … |
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Vic donors told ‘talk to loved ones’
9news.com.au Now in 2015, Victorians are being urged to have the conversation with their loved ones about organ and tissue donation. DonateLife Week, which continues until Sunday August 9, is a national annual awareness campaign that encourages more discussion … |
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Be Healthy – National Minority Organ Donor Awareness Week, August 1-7
Norwood News Vital Stats – 121K: Number of Men, Women and Children in the US in need of an organ transplant.(Source: Montefiore Medical Center). National Minority Donor Awareness Week, celebrated annually from Aug. 1-7, is a nationwide observance to honor the … Encouraging others to give the gift of life through organ donationfox2now.com |
Fairborn Daily HeraldEvent to promote scleroderma awarenessFairborn Daily HeraldWhitney Vickers | Greene County News Wilma Will works out with her brother, Jerry Walk, each week for about 45 minutes at a time. … The event is to promote awareness of t…