(L-R) Steve, Lacey, Secretary White, Astellas representative and Joey
A loving brother and son. An active donor advocate. A lung recipient. Joey Mayer was a true inspiration.
Our condolences go out to Joey’s family and his friends.
You may view Joey’s appearance in the Life Goes On PSA here.
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Posted by Hammin' It Up
Another successful National Donate Life Month comes to an end today. Throughout the month, we’ve heard amazing stories and staggering statistics to encourage people to donate life and to honor donors and the lifesaving gifts they have shared.
The Washington Regional Transplant Community (WRTC) produced an excellent series of videos that highlights many of these personal stories. “30 Days, 30 Stories” shared a new video each day during the month of April. In the videos, people affected by donation discuss their own experiences. It’s so powerful to view and listen to these 30 stories in one place. You may view the videos on WRTC’s YouTube channel.
Although National Donate Life Month is ending, we all know encouraging others to become donors is a nonstop effort. Everyone’s connection to donation is unique and each person’s story is different. But as a community we come together to celebrate the gift that is organ/tissue donation.
-Nick
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Donate Life Organ & Tissue Donation
Social Media Resource Guide
This post is intended to provide a comprehensive list of links to official Donate Life affiliated organizations that have a presence on the social media platforms designated below. This post can also quickly be accessed by using the following URL:
http://budurl.com/DonationSocialMedia
NOTE – This post will be updated regularly as we are made aware of new resources, profiles and sites. If you are a representative from an organization affiliated with Donate Life America and would like us to add your site or profile to our listings, please leave a comment with a link to your site or email us at donatelifeillinois@gmail.com. Thanks!
-Nick
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Web sites
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Facebook Pages
American Transplant Foundation
Washington Regional Transplant Community
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Facebook Causes
American Transplant Foundation
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Facebook Groups
Additional Resources:
2009 National Donation Campus Challenge
Awareness About Tissue & Organ Donation
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YouTube
Washington Regional Transplant Community
Additional Resources:
American Transplant Foundation
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MySpace
Intermountain Donor Services (Utah)
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Gift of Life (Pennsylvania, Deleware, New Jersey)
Washington Regional Transplant Community
Heartman (Gift of Life Mascot)
Additional Resources:
American Transplant Foundation
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Blogs
Donate Life Illinois – I am. Are you?
Donate Life Minnesota – The Source
Donate Life Organ & Tissue Donation (Donate Life California)
Additional Resources (Active Donation Blogs):
Merv Sheppard’s Transplant Network
The Transplant Awareness Daily
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Additional Discussion Boards/Forums/Social Network Communities
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Organ Donation Mascots
Morgan D' Organ
Heartman
Heartman (Donate Life PA) – Facebook Profile
Dottie T. Dot
Dottie T. Dot (Donate Life WI) – Facebook Profile
Honey Bee
Donorsaur
Social Media Resources
How to Use Facebook for Business
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Posted by Scott Meis
We’re proud to announce that our video about double lung transplant recipient Steve Ferkau and his donor Kari (Steve’s Story – The Circle of Life) has placed second in the “online shorts” category for the first annual Donate Life Hollywood Film Festival!
In addition, HUGE congrats to Steve for being awarded with the Health and Human Services Medal of Honor for his commitment to helping promote organ and tissue donation.
-Scott
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