Today we are pleased to offer this story as a part of Donate Life America’s “I Am Hope” initiative, in which a new story about donation or transplantation is shared each day of 2012. This story shows how donated tissue can truly change and enhance someone’s life. It was the Sunday after Thanksgiving when Kathryn [...]
A large part of who Cameron had become was likely over. Competing as a student athlete on the lacrosse field was what he loved most. As team captain, he had every intention of leading his team throughout his senior year. Additionally, he was planning to continue playing the sport he loved in college. “When I [...]
Are you willing to do anything to support organ and tissue donation? Guy Vroom certainly is! Guy is working with Donor Aliance as the Colorado drivers license spokesman to raise awareness for donation. Check out just how far Guy is willing to go for the cause!
U.S. Marshall John Perry was shot and killed in the line of duty while serving his community. After his death, Perry continued to serve his community by saving and enhancing over 100 lives through organ and tissue donation. See the following video to hear about his legacy in life and in death.
Go Michigan! In February alone Michigan had nearly 41,000 residents sign up to be donors. Michigan is already 77 percent ahead of last year at this time, and it’s only March. See how they’ve expanded their outreach efforts here.
After losing his step father in a tragic fall, Brandon Witt and his mom made the split-second decision to donate his tissue. That decision, made in the midst of tragedy, led to a life-long friendship between Brandon and the young ballplayer who received his step father’s tissue. Hear their stories and watch their first in-person [...]
National Donor Day is set aside to increase donor awareness and honor those who have already donated. Yet, in the midst of a tragic situation, it is the donor’s family that has to make the hard decisions. Those whose lives are saved or enhanced by that decision are often inspired and touched by the families [...]
February 14th is all about love. Not only is it Valentine’s Day, but it’s also National Donor Day. So while you’re remembering to show love for those closest to you, show love to your community by becoming an organ and tissue donor. In the past, Allograft Possibilities has honored donors by telling their stories. National [...]
Arizona tissue donors number in the thousands as the state reports record donation highs. The Donor Network of Arizona says 477 lives were saved in 2011 through organ donation while tissue donations restored mobility and sight to thousands. Arizona stands as a great example of the lives that can be saved and enhanced through active and informed [...]
Pop sensation Justin Bieber increases organ and tissue donations while helping a young girl in need While awaiting a lung transplant, 20-year-old Helene Campbell decided to take action and increase donor awareness. Campbell and friends focused on a Twitter campaign with a specific goal in mind: getting Justin Bieber to take notice and spread the word to [...]
Congratulations to Donor Alliance, the federally-designated organ procurement organization serving Colorado and Wyoming, which this week reported that it increased driver’s license office donor registration in 2011. This maintains Colorado’s position as one of the highest donor designation rates in the country. (At the close of 2011, 67 percent of Colorado’s licensed drivers and ID card holders [...]
“Ryan died April 7, 2007. My head knows this as fact, but my heart is still waiting for my boy to come home.” Ryan’s mother Pat cries for him every night. They shared a special closeness and a love of people, especially small people. Ryan never met a stranger and his friends said his constant [...]
Each year, in addition to sponsoring a float rider, non-profit tissue bank AlloSource selects two employees, and an executive leader to attend the Rose Parade and experience the Donate Life Float first-hand. Employees compete for the positions with essays describing what participating would mean to them. The AlloSource participants chosen this year, Heather McDowell and [...]
Once again the Donate Life Float was a tremendous success and particularly moving addition to the Tournament of Roses Parade. Check out some excellent photography from the day, done by Scott Weersing.
This week ESPN’s Rick Reilly wrote a poignant story about a handful of athletes who became organ and tissue donors after their deaths, and will on Monday be celebrated with floragraphs on the Donate Life Float in the annual Tournament of Roses Parade. Reilly says about the tradition of the float: “It’s a lot for a [...]
Susan Cossabone set to show the nation the possibilities of cellular bone transplantation in 2012 Tournament of Roses Parade® AlloSource, a leading developer, processor and distributor of bone and soft-tissue allografts for use in surgical procedures around the world, will this year sponsor a living symbol of the evolving possibilities of tissue transplantation as a float [...]
As Thanksgiving approaches, please pause with us to give thanks for the selfless tissue donors and their brave families who make the choice to give the gift of life. Each year, life-saving and life-enhancing tissue is provided by approximately 30,000 tissue donors. Just one tissue donor can enhance the lives of more than 50 people. [...]
National Donor Sabbath is a time for faith leaders of all denominations across America to alert their communities to the pressing need for organ and tissue donations to save lives. It takes place two weekends before Thanksgiving each year, making it November 11-13 this year. Most major religions practiced in the United States have stated positions on the subject [...]
We are excited to see army veteran and burn survivor-turned actor J.R. Martinez bravely putting a public face to the topic of burn treatment, via his starring role on Dancing with the Stars this season. The story of this skin recipient is a great source of hope for other burn survivors around the country struggling [...]
A thought-provoking look at the decision to become an organ and tissue donor. Take a few minutes to watch this somewhat humorous video (which parodies Nike’s LeBron James advertisements) that tackles a serious topic. Compiled by a student group at Ohio State University and Lifeline of Ohio. The clip stars former OSU football player Dane [...]
A great editorial from Slate encourages readers who are looking to honor and celebrate Steve Jobs to help the next Steve Jobs by becoming organ and tissue donors. Two years ago, Jobs got a liver transplant to prolong his life. Says the article: Steve Jobs made machines. They’re machines you can type on, or talk on, [...]
This is fantastic news! Donate Life America announced this month that a key goal set by the donation and transplant community in 2006 has been reached: the United States can now boast that 100 million Americans – roughly 42 percent of the adult population – are registered as organ, eye and tissue donors in state [...]
We are so excited to announce that AllograftPossibilities is the winner of two marketing awards from the American Association of Tissue Banks, (AATB), the only national tissue banking organization in the United States. The AATB said: “AllograftPossibilities is an outstanding example of an AATB member utilizing its marketing budget for the overall betterment of the [...]
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