02Dec/15

Las Vegas 8-month-old Ellie gets new heart – Las Vegas Review-Journal


Las Vegas Review-Journal

Las Vegas 8-month-old Ellie gets new heart
Las Vegas Review-Journal
“We had just completed an interview with a local news channel on the awareness of organ donation and were talking to each other in the back of her room and her cardiology doctor came to the door,” Lim told the Review-Journal. “We spoke to her in the

02Dec/15

Zuckerberg’s unusual method of charitable giving – CNBC


CNBC

Zuckerberg’s unusual method of charitable giving
CNBC
Nonprofits are also restricted in the types of investments they can make, usually adhering to investments that are “program related” to their charitable mission. The Zuckerberg LLC will … And most rich donors want the income tax exemption. But
Zuckerberg’s huge pledge reflects a new era in philanthropyKTAR.com

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02Dec/15

Organ donor law change sought – Hopkinsville Kentucky New Era


Cadiz Record

Organ donor law change sought
Hopkinsville Kentucky New Era
An area couple wants language in organ donation laws changed to ensure donors’ final wishes are fulfilled. … However, Courtney’s desire to become an organ donor upon her death was never fulfilled because she died at the wreck scene, not in a hospital.
Family seeks organ donor legislation changeCadiz Record

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02Dec/15

Blood Assurance offering Star Wars movie T-shirts for blood donations – Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)


The Chattanoogan

Blood Assurance offering Star Wars movie T-shirts for blood donations
Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)
All community members who make a blood donation from Dec. 7 to Dec. 20 will receive a customized Star Wars themed donor T-shirt and will have the chance to win one of five Star Wars themed gift baskets valued at $200 each that will be given away at the …
Blood Assurance Asks Star Wars Fans To Help Save Local Patients’ LivesThe Chattanoogan

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02Dec/15

Wales begins controversial ‘opt-out’ organ donation – The Christian Institute


The Christian Institute

Wales begins controversial ‘opt-out’ organ donation
The Christian Institute
Wales has become the first part of the UK to introduce presumed consent organ donation, in a controversial move. From yesterday, adults over the age of 18 who have lived in Wales for more than a year will be assumed to have consented to donating their …
Wales: New Law To Increase Organ DonationHealth Aim
Transplant leader facing embarrassment over evidence error as MSPs consider Glasgow Evening Times
Presumed donor organ consentWebMD.Boots.com
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