Cowra GuardianCowra mum of a very special patient encourages organ donationCowra GuardianHer mum, Heidi and dad James, from Cowra, will appear on The Project this week to encourage Australians to register as organ donors. Heidi has has been a regular a…
WTVY, Dothan |
Mother of organ donor speaks to Dothan Rotary Club
WTVY, Dothan DOTHAN, AL (WTVY) — Chances are when you got your license, you were asked if you’d like to be an organ donor. That little sticker on your license can do so much for so many people. June Faircloth lost her son, Dylan in a car accident in 2014. He was … |
WPVI-TV |
Medical staff line hospital walls in ‘Walk of Respect’ for organ donor
WPVI-TV Medical staff stopped what they were doing to line the walls of a hospital in Idaho, joining family and friends in a powerful show of respect for an organ donor. Video of the moment shows dozens of people paying silent tribute to the 53-year-old man in … |
Knoxville News Sentinel |
Opinion | You can #BeTheGift that saves lives with organ donations
Knoxville News Sentinel Here’s why: 115,000 Americans are on the organ transplant waiting list; 20 die each day, still waiting. More than 90 percent of Americans believe registering as an organ and tissue donor is the right thing to do, but only 38 percent of eligible … |
KAIT |
VIDEO: Hospital pauses for organ donor’s “Walk of Respect”
KAIT MERIDIAN, ID (KAIT) – Staff and hospital visitors lined the halls of the ICU at St. Luke’s Meridian in Idaho to honor a patient making a “life-saving gift of organ donation.” The hospital shared the Walk of Respect video on its Facebook page on … |
euronewsSwitzerland launches electronic organ-donation registereuronewsBy early afternoon, this figure had risen to 2,700 and was growing every minute, Dr Immer, President of the Swiss National Foundation for Organ Donation and Transplantation, told Eu…
amppob.com |
Governor’s Address: Save 8. Donate: The Importance of Organ Donation
amppob.com A hundred folks gathered in the rotunda at the Capitol this week as the Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency launched “Save 8. Donate,” its campaign to encourage Arkansans to sign up as an organ donor. The name is perfect for the cause. One donor … |
Allentown Morning Call |
Readers React: Organ donations a ‘wonderful gift to leave’
Allentown Morning Call Approaching the one-year anniversary of my brother’s death has been weighing heavily on me as I opened The Morning Call Wednesday and read the column about more organ donors needed. My brother was 60 years young and enjoying retirement when a … |
WCPO |
Two rival families — one Elder, one St. X — are of one school of thought following organ donation
WCPO Mock, a LifeCenter Ambassador, continues to spread the word about organ and tissue donation through social media while helping the Schnieders family. He likes to live by the mantra “Men for others,” in the Jesuit tradition. But he can’t help wear the … |
10k people run marathon to create awareness about organ donationTimes of IndiaTrichy: More than 10,000 men, women and children participated in a marathon event organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here on Sunday morning to create awarene…