Show Your Heart: Supporters of Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation to Sweep 16th Street Mall April 19
The Sacramento Bee | Donor Alliance
National Donate Life Month celebration comes to Colorado with public event in Denver and activities in other communities
DENVER, April 9, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- On April 19, in celebration of National Donate Life Month and National Donate Life Blue and Green Day, hundreds of advocates for organ, eye and tissue donation will perform a "sweep" of the 16th Street Mall, delivering the message that donation and transplantation saves lives and reminding Denverites to register as donors. National Donate Life Month honors the generosity of organ, eye and tissue donors and their families and commemorates all transplant recipients in the United States throughout the month of April.
During the 16th Street Mall sweep, advocates will all be adorned in the designated blue and green Donate Life colors. Mall patrons will be asked to "show their hearts" on their driver's licenses to receive a 20% discount at the Hard Rock Café, where the celebration will begin at 11 AM and culminate at 2 PM. Anyone who joins the sweep wearing the blue and green of Donate Life will also receive the discount.
"We invite everyone to join the mall sweep during their lunch hour on April 19 for a moving display as a sea of blue and green makes its way down 16th Street in celebration of organ, eye and tissue donation," said Sue Dunn, president and CEO of Donor Alliance, the federally-designated, non-profit organ procurement organization serving Colorado and most of Wyoming. "Especially during National Donate Life Month, we like to remind Coloradans that there are still 2,200 people here in our area awaiting a lifesaving transplant. We encourage all residents to consider giving the gift of life by registering to be organ, eye and tissue donors."
Local residents who are not yet registered donors will have the opportunity to sign up during the sweep, or receive more information about donation and transplantation. Local radio stations KOSI 101, Alice 105.9 and 99.5 The Mountain will be hosting remote broadcasts from the Hard Rock Café during the event, and helping to spread the word about organ, eye and tissue donation on air. Participating groups have also combined to offer free giveaways throughout the event, including an iPad 2™.
Donor Alliance will be hosting additional events around the state throughout National Donate Life Month:
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{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
National Donate Life Month celebration comes to Colorado with public event in Denver and activities in other communities
DENVER, April 9, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- On April 19, in celebration of National Donate Life Month and National Donate Life Blue and Green Day, hundreds of advocates for organ, eye and tissue donation will perform a "sweep" of the 16th Street Mall, delivering the message that donation and transplantation saves lives and reminding Denverites to register as donors. National Donate Life Month honors the generosity of organ, eye and tissue donors and their families and commemorates all transplant recipients in the United States throughout the month of April.
During the 16th Street Mall sweep, advocates will all be adorned in the designated blue and green Donate Life colors. Mall patrons will be asked to "show their hearts" on their driver's licenses to receive a 20% discount at the Hard Rock Café, where the celebration will begin at 11 AM and culminate at 2 PM. Anyone who joins the sweep wearing the blue and green of Donate Life will also receive the discount.
"We invite everyone to join the mall sweep during their lunch hour on April 19 for a moving display as a sea of blue and green makes its way down 16th Street in celebration of organ, eye and tissue donation," said Sue Dunn, president and CEO of Donor Alliance, the federally-designated, non-profit organ procurement organization serving Colorado and most of Wyoming. "Especially during National Donate Life Month, we like to remind Coloradans that there are still 2,200 people here in our area awaiting a lifesaving transplant. We encourage all residents to consider giving the gift of life by registering to be organ, eye and tissue donors."
Local residents who are not yet registered donors will have the opportunity to sign up during the sweep, or receive more information about donation and transplantation. Local radio stations KOSI 101, Alice 105.9 and 99.5 The Mountain will be hosting remote broadcasts from the Hard Rock Café during the event, and helping to spread the word about organ, eye and tissue donation on air. Participating groups have also combined to offer free giveaways throughout the event, including an iPad 2™.
Donor Alliance will be hosting additional events around the state throughout National Donate Life Month:
Continue reading
{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
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