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Dash’s Donor Wall Honors Organ Donation Heroes
The sea of green will form on July 13 in downtown Columbus as the Dash for Donation 5K honors the heroes of organ, eye and tissue donation. For a special tribute to each life-saving donor, the event features a Donor Remembrance Wall where families can post posters commemorating their loved ones who gave the gift […]
Lifeline of Ohio Celebrates National Blue and Green Day
On April 19, 2013, Donate Life National Blue and Green Day honored heroes who said “yes” to organ, eye and tissue donation by registering their designation in the Ohio Donor Registry. Lifeline of Ohio and the public gathered at the Ohio Statehouse for a House of Representatives Proclamation declaring it Blue and Green day in Ohio. […]
Have you said yes? A whiteboard asks the question
A dry erase marker and a whiteboard helped us celebrate our volunteers who said “yes” to donation at our Level I Workshop on Wednesday, May 8. Donate Life Ambassadors said living donors, donor family members, and recipients were their inspirations for registering as organ, eye and tissue donors when they arrived at the volunteer workshop.One […]
New Comfort Kit Supports Donor Families in Tragedy
Lifeline of Ohio’s new support program for donor families hopes to shower them with some of life’s essentials during their loved one’s sudden tragedy. Donor families are frequently subject to an unexpected, traumatic brain-death circumstance such as a car accident, heart attack or suicide that leaves loved ones paralyzed with grief. Summoned to the hospital […]
Heroes on Foot: Be the Inspiration, Be the Dash Sea of Green!
The 2012 Sea of Green photo of nearly 4,000 Dash participants IS inspiration in action. Whether running or walking, you will be among thousands of miracles in motion: those who have received the Gift of Life through a heart, liver, lung, kidney, pancreas, small bowel, eye or tissue transplant; those families whose deceased loved one generously gave the gift of life; and those who have given unselfishly as living donors. Picture yourself as part of such an amazing sea of people—the Dash for Donation Sea of Green!
Gold Medal Partners for Life
By: Marilyn Pongonis, director of communications Donate Life Ohio recognizes that continuing to grow an effective Ohio Donor Registry can’t happen without the support of two key partners in state government — the Ohio Department of Public Safety and the Ohio Department of Health.
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