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Annual Donor Dash honors organ donor superheroes
On Saturday, roughly 500 people took part in the annual Donor Dash 5K, a run that raises awareness for the importance of organ donation and honors those who gave of themselves after death.
Donor Alliance and St. Mary’s partner together to honor National Donate Life Month
In honor of National Donate Life Month, Donor Alliance partnered with St. Mary’s Regional Hospital on April 23 for a flag-raising ceremony. The ceremony honored donors and their families who donated organs and tissue to save lives.
April is National Donate Life Month
More than 103,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant.
April is National Organ Donor Awareness Month
April is National Organ Donor Awareness Month. With over 1,400 persons in the state awaiting one of eight organs, it is a good time to separate fact from fiction regarding organ donation and encourage listeners to consider becoming donors.
Students at Parker’s Cimarron Middle School learn about the miracle of organ donations
For the three years that Molly Corlett attended Cimarron Middle School, she walked by the flagpole outside of the school every day on her way to class.
Heart transplant recipient Andrea Ogg describes how Donor Alliance has helped her
Donor Alliance is hosting a lighting ceremony at Sculpture Park in Denver. They will be lighting up the dancing figures in blue and green to honor Donate Life Month. CBS Anchor Michael Spencer will emcee that ceremony.
CU student describes being a double heart transplant recipient
Julia Renz spoke about the importance of organ donation. She attends the University of Colorado.
Letter: Organ donation is gift of life
April is National Donate Life Month, and this year I find myself reflecting on a journey that has profoundly reshaped by life.
Local News Raise a flag, shine a light to support organ, eye & tissue donation
April is Donate Life month. Donor Alliance is holding 65 events to raise awareness about organ, eye & tissue donation. Many of those events are flag raisings, where the Donate Life flag is raised outside of buildings.
National Donate Life Month marked by tale of giving
April is National Donate Life Month, and FOX31's Shaul Turner learned about how one man's donation of his organs saved numerous lives, even after his ended.
Denver hospital marks Donate Life Month with flag raising ceremony
HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Luke's in Denver kicked off Donate Life Month, which recognizes the importance of organ donation, with a prayer service, speeches, and a flag raising ceremony.
‘My son was that miracle’: Mother of organ donor highlights importance of donations
Nineteen-year-old Evan Spear was driving home late at night from the University of Arizona in May 2015 to visit his mother in Boulder when his car hit a black bull that had escaped from a farm south of Pueblo.