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Donate Life Illinois Campus Challenge – Week 5 Update

November 11, 2009

Thanks to student involvement on campuses across the state, we have registered more than 1,000 lifesaving organ/tissue donors in this year’s Challenge!

One week remains and Kankakee Community College still holds on to the top spot. Following very close behind is University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Eastern Illinois University. We’re definitely in for a close race to the end!

This past week, The Journal Gazette in Mattoon published this excellent story and this great great editorial that discusses EIU’s involvement in the Challenge, mentioning a recent campus presentation from Joslyn Osten, senior public education coordinator with Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network.

Stayed tuned for final results next week and the announcement of the winning schools!

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Total = 1,008 lifesaving registrations!

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Donate Life Illinois Campus Challenge – Week 2 Update

October 20, 2009

The 2009 Donate Life Illinois Campus Challenge continues to steamroll ahead! Kankakee Community College has jumped into the lead with Eastern Illinois University currently in second place.

Some nice media stories are also continuing to help spread the word on the Challenge. Last week, the Champaign News-Gazette did a nice follow up story about UIUC’s involvement as did the Daily Illini. EIU’s Daily Eastern News also did a great editorial supporting the issue as did Loyola University’s Phoenix editorial board.

Currently, 354 students have registered as part of the Challenge. Keep your eyes peeled as we have some more exciting Challenge outreach initiatives coming up in the weeks ahead.

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Kankakee Community College students gear up for some registration action.

-Scott

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Donate Life Illinois Campus Challenge – Week 1 Update

October 14, 2009

The 2009 Donate Life Illinois Campus Challenge started off with a bang last week as colleges across the state tallied up 168 total registrations. It’s a close race as Eastern Illinois University, Western Illinois University and Kankakee Community College have taken the top three spots. Check out the graph below for a full breakdown.

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In addition, the Daily Eastern News wrote an excellent article about Carissa Coon’s (yes, sister of Bill Coon) campus outreach efforts. We’ve included a few photos below of Carissa and team in action.

The Champaign News-Gazette also did a nice story about the University of Illinois’ Challenge involvement and the Loyola Phoenix published a stellar editorial today in support of the issue.

Carissa Coon registering fellow EIU students.

Registration table.

Keep up the great work everyone!

-Scott

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2009 Campus Challenge Launch Day!

October 5, 2009

Today marks the launch of the Donate Life Illinois 2009 Campus Challenge!

Students and student groups across the state have been preparing for our six week registration challenge which will last through November 13.

Below is a list of the 18 colleges and universities where various students have agreed to help with outreach. Stay tuned to our campus campaign page or Challenge Facebook group for weekly updates and current registration standings.

We’ve added a bit of a twist this year with some fun giveaways to those that register, become a fan of our Facebook page and do a Facebook status update tagging our page and providing a link for others to register (details here). We’ll also have some fun online outreach efforts throughout the Challenge.

Good luck to all our participants and feel free to direct anyone our way that would be interested in participating!

-Scott

Augustana
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=151147191778

Bradley University
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=136458443339

College of DuPage
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=177566283760

Columbia College
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=161364870228

DePaul University
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=135488108379

Eastern Illinois University
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=138024662974

Heartland Community College
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=159828565020

Illinois State University
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=121454188769

John A. Logan College
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=141942332180

Kankakee Community College
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=158236826302