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DENVER, Oct. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In a ceremony held October 4 in Grapevine, Texas, Colorado and Wyoming were among just 10 states awarded with gold medals by Donate Life America in recognition of their respective high percentages of residents who have generously pledged to be organ, eye and tissue donors through the states' donor registries. The medals were presented at the National Learning Congress for the Donation and Transplantation Community of Practice, sponsored by the...
HARRISBURG, Pa., July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its 2012 organ and tissue donor campaign, Donate Life Pennsylvania (Donate Life-PA), a partnership of the state's two organ procurement organizations and the Pennsylvania Department of Health, today unveiled two new videos designed to help debunk the myths around organ and tissue donation. In an effort to engage Pennsylvanians and raise awareness of organ and tissue donation, the videos will be shared through social media...
RICHMOND, Va., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Donate Life America (DLA) announced today that it has partnered with PGA TOUR golfer and two-time heart transplant recipient Erik Compton on a new educational campaign, "Play Through with Erik Compton," which is supported by Genentech, a member of the Roche Group. "Play Through" aims to raise public awareness of organ donation and urge Americans to consider becoming organ donors. "Last year, Donate Life America achieved a...
RICHMOND, Va., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Donate Life America, the national organization dedicated to increasing the number of registered organ, eye and tissue donors that save and heal lives, today announced a major initiative with Facebook. Today, Facebook launched an upgrade to its Timeline structure, which asks users to check their organ donor status and directs them to Donate Life America's National Registration Page -- allowing them to designate a donation decision...
DENVER, April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Donor Alliance, the federally-designated, non-profit organ procurement organization and American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB) accredited tissue bank serving Colorado and Wyoming today announced results from a Colorado initiative designed to study the public's perception of organ, eye and tissue donation. The two-part survey aimed to increase knowledge and overall awareness about reasons people don't register to be organ, eye and tissue...
HARRISBURG, Pa., March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This Sunday is April Fools' Day, and the state's two organ procurement organizations - Gift of Life Donor Program and the Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) - are imploring Pennsylvanians who are not yet registered organ and tissue donors to disregard the common myths associated with organ and tissue donation. According to a recent survey, one in four Pennsylvanians who are not currently organ and tissue donors believe...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Donate Life Pennsylvania, a partnership of the state's two organ procurement organizations, today announced details of its 2012 organ donor campaign - a targeted effort to increase the number of registered donors in the state and across the nation. The announcement was made on the eve of National Organ Donor Day, February 14. A component of the national effort led by Donate Life America, the overall goal of the campaign is to add 20...
VIENNA, Va., Feb. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Currently, there are more than 112,000 patients on the national organ transplant waiting list. These candidates often endure difficult yet necessary life-sustaining treatments while waiting for potential organ matches. Nineteen people die every day while waiting, and those that are eventually transplanted can endure wait times that can extend anywhere from 5-9 years. The need for life-saving organ transplants was recently...
RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today is Jessica Melore's 30th birthday, a milestone birthday she did not always think she was going to have. At only 16 years old Jessica received a sudden and lifesaving heart transplant. Today, Jessica's story of hope helps to launch Donate Life America's bold new initiative, "20 Million in 2012." Donate Life America, the national organization promoting organ, eye and tissue donation in the United States, is launching this...
CENTENNIAL, Colo., Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AlloSource, (www.allosource.org) a leading developer, processor and distributor of bone and soft-tissue allografts for use in surgical procedures around the world, today announced its sponsorship of a living symbol of the evolving possibilities of tissue transplantation as a float rider aboard the annual Donate Life float in the Tournament of Roses Parade®. Susan R. Cossabone, an equine instructor from Egg Harbor City, NJ, was no...
