Choose to be a donor, choose to save a life: new video encourages life-saving donation
Sacramento Bee | University of Michigan Health System
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 3, 2012 -- Wolverines for Life kicks off annual challenges against Ohio State for blood donation, organ donor registry
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- What would you say to someone who saved your life? In an inspirational new video, U-M patients say thank you to the donors who provided blood, bone marrow, organs and tissues.
The video "Choose to be a donor, choose to save a life" is the cornerstone of this fall's Wolverines for Life campaign that includes a massive donor drive on Nov. 4.
Wolverines for Life is a collaboration between the U-M Health System and other University of Michigan groups, schools and departments, along with the American Red Cross, Be the Match/National Marrow Donor Program, Gift of Life Michigan and the Michigan Eye-Bank.
The video includes messages of thanks from multiple recipients including two men who received lungs from the same donor; a boy who needed 50 units of blood in one night; and children at Camp Michitanki, a summer camp for transplant recipients.
The video includes messages of thanks from multiple recipients including two men who received lungs from the same donor; a boy who needed 50 units of blood in one night; and children at Camp Michitanki, a summer camp for transplant recipients.
With original music by singer/songwriter Ben Neumann, the video is designed to inspire people to sign up as organ donors, give blood and get screened for bone marrow donation.
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{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 3, 2012 -- Wolverines for Life kicks off annual challenges against Ohio State for blood donation, organ donor registry
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- What would you say to someone who saved your life? In an inspirational new video, U-M patients say thank you to the donors who provided blood, bone marrow, organs and tissues.
The video "Choose to be a donor, choose to save a life" is the cornerstone of this fall's Wolverines for Life campaign that includes a massive donor drive on Nov. 4.
Wolverines for Life is a collaboration between the U-M Health System and other University of Michigan groups, schools and departments, along with the American Red Cross, Be the Match/National Marrow Donor Program, Gift of Life Michigan and the Michigan Eye-Bank.
The video includes messages of thanks from multiple recipients including two men who received lungs from the same donor; a boy who needed 50 units of blood in one night; and children at Camp Michitanki, a summer camp for transplant recipients.
The video includes messages of thanks from multiple recipients including two men who received lungs from the same donor; a boy who needed 50 units of blood in one night; and children at Camp Michitanki, a summer camp for transplant recipients.
With original music by singer/songwriter Ben Neumann, the video is designed to inspire people to sign up as organ donors, give blood and get screened for bone marrow donation.
Read more
{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
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