CHELSEA: Woman honored with National Donor Memorial Award for Excellence
Chelsea Standard
UNOS President John Roberts, M.D., presents the National Donor Memorial Award for Excellence to Patty Jo Herndon in the National Donor Memorial in Richmond, Va.
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"You have the power to SAVE lives."
To register as a donor in California:
www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org | www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org
Outside California:
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RICHMOND, Va., â€" Patty Jo Herndon of Chelsea, has received the 2013 National Donor Memorial Award for Excellence for her volunteer efforts to promote organ, eye and tissue donation since 1997.
The Award for Excellence was presented during the June board meeting of United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) in Richmond, Va., where UNOS is headquartered.
“Mrs. Herndon serves as an inspiration to all of us who work in donation and transplantation. But more important, she is saving lives by positively influencing those she speaks to and encouraging them to ‘say yes’ to organ donation,†said John Roberts, M.D., president of the board.
In 1997, Herndon’s sister, Ellen Sullivan, suffered a brain aneurysm and became an organ and tissue donor, leaving behind four young children whom Herndon and her husband, Walt, raised, along with their own five children.
Since that time, Herndon has been an active advocate for organ, eye and tissue donation, sharing her sister’s story at heath fairs, community events and other venues.
She is the president of the Michigan Donor Family Council, a non-profit she helped to create, and she also serves on the boards of the Michigan Eye-Bank and the Gift of Life Foundation.
The Award for Excellence was presented during the June board meeting of United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) in Richmond, Va., where UNOS is headquartered.
“Mrs. Herndon serves as an inspiration to all of us who work in donation and transplantation. But more important, she is saving lives by positively influencing those she speaks to and encouraging them to ‘say yes’ to organ donation,†said John Roberts, M.D., president of the board.
In 1997, Herndon’s sister, Ellen Sullivan, suffered a brain aneurysm and became an organ and tissue donor, leaving behind four young children whom Herndon and her husband, Walt, raised, along with their own five children.
Since that time, Herndon has been an active advocate for organ, eye and tissue donation, sharing her sister’s story at heath fairs, community events and other venues.
She is the president of the Michigan Donor Family Council, a non-profit she helped to create, and she also serves on the boards of the Michigan Eye-Bank and the Gift of Life Foundation.
______________________________________________________
"You have the power to SAVE lives."
To register as a donor in California:
www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org | www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org
Outside California:
www.organdonor.gov | www.donatelife.net
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