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Raising awareness about organ donations
WCAX Vermont officials say the DMV’s organ donation option on state driver’s licenses has come a long way from when it started six years ago. About half of Vermont drivers are now signed up as organ donors. Officials say the state plays an important role … |
Mansfield News Journal |
Torch Run shines light on organ donation
Mansfield News Journal The “Torch Run for Life” event was meant to raise awareness for organ, eye and tissue donation, and highlight the 2016 Donate Life Transplant Games that will take place in Cleveland June 10-15. The games take place every two years at different … Organ Donation Torch Run For Life In MansfieldNorth Central Ohio Organ donation walk brings awareness to MansfieldRichland Source |
WDAZ |
Up to 100 lives affected by organ donation from Adams girl
WDAZ She has just received her driver’s license and chosen to be an organ donor, a choice her parents were proud she made. “She was able to save between 60 and 100 people with her donations due to her young age,” said Michaela Misialek, Kelsey’s mother. Sanford Medical Center celebrated organ donations Monday afternoonWDAY |
WREX-TV |
Organ donation event raises awareness of gift of life
WREX-TV “That somebody just gave the ultimate gift and because of that other people’s lives are touched. Other people will go on and live.” SwedishAmerican says it hopes when people see the flag flying they’ll think of the importance of being an organ donor. |
DesMoinesRegister.com |
Organ donations help families heal
DesMoinesRegister.com “There are so many things you don’t think about you take for granted,” Boyd said at the flag raising to kick-off national organ donation month at Mercy Hospital in downtown Des Moines April 1. According to the Iowa Donor Network, 58 organ donors saved … |
NephrologyNews.com |
White House to host summit on increasing organ donation
NephrologyNews.com Senior officials in President Obama’s administration will collaborate the the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to host a summit at the White House to highlight the role of innovation in organ donation and transplantation, discuss the … |
The Westmorland Gazette |
Kendal volunteers take to the catwalk for organ donation awareness
The Westmorland Gazette The spring fashion show, organised in association with the Kendal Organ Donor Town, was hosted by Klass Collections and the K Village. Kendal Mayor Cllr Chris Hogg, who recently donated one of his kidneys to his wife Rachael, said the event was … ‘In the blackness, organ donation was the only light in Eamonn’s death’- Irish mum who tragically lost her only son …Irish Independent Cork County Mayor Urges People of Cork To Support Organ Donation Awareness WeekTheCork.ie Chinese people signing up for organ donor plan, increaseChina Christian Daily NTV –NBC Nebraska –Grand Island Independent all 8 news articles » |
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YNHH patient makes historic HIV-positive organ donation
Yale Daily News (blog) In mid-March, the family of a Yale-New Haven patient with HIV, whose personal details have been kept confidential, informed their social worker of their wish to donate the patient’s liver and kidney to another individual living with the infection … |
Bakersfield Now |
JJ’s Legacy decorates Bakersfield trees to encourage organ donation
Bakersfield Now Why not donate life? Why not be a registered donor?” said Lori Malkin, the founder of JJ’s Legacy. Malkin’s son Jeff passed away in 2009 from a head injury. “He saved five lives through organ donation, and over 50 lives he enhanced through tissue … |
WGN Radio |
Dr. Kevin Most: April Is Organ Donation Month
WGN Radio April is organ donor awareness month. This is a great opportunity to get the word out on this very important topic. Each state has it’s own registry, as WGN is heard in many states, we want to make it easy for all of you to sign up. If you go to organ … |