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Centennial woman promotes organ, tissue donations – Centennial Citizen, Colorado
For Robin Mitchell, a Centennial resident and mother of five, the unselfish act of registering to be an organ donor has taken on special meaning. At the age of 15, during the process of applying for his driver’s permit, Mitchell’s son Joe had registered to be an organ, eye and tissue donor. Mitchell will remember Joe by walking in the 2013 9NEWS Parade of Lights with Donate Life Colorado’s “Gift of Life” balloon float.
Donor Dash 5K raises awareness for lifesaving transplants – KUSA-TV NBC 9 News, Denver
Organ donation saves hundreds of thousands of lives each year. Hear from six year-old heart recipient Gabriel Vallejos, and his mother Lisa, on why they run the Donor Dash, a 5K run/walk to honor the lives of organ and tissue donors, celebrate the lives of recipients and recognize those who continue to wait for a lifesaving transplant.
Donor Dash highlights need for organ donors – KUSA-TV NBC 9News, Denver
More than 2,000 people in Colorado and Wyoming are in need of lifesaving organ donations. On Sunday, the Donor Dash highlighted the need, and the payoff, of organ donations.
Transplant patient uses ‘Donor Dash’ to encourage organ donations – KCNC-TV CBS 4, Denver
Thousands of people will gather this Sunday in Washington Park for the annual “Donor Dash.” Among them will be Scott Pinkney, a man from Northglenn who is nearly 2 years out from a liver transplant.
Donation awareness walk a success – Casper Star-Tribune, Wyoming
A donation awareness walk hosted by Wyoming Medical Center on April 27 was a success.
How to save a life – Daily Record, Canon City, Colorado
Donor Alliance shares information on organ, tissue donation at St. Thomas More Hospital.
Read more about the event at St. Thomas More Hospital and the lives of locals touched by donation.
Mother saved two lives by donating her daughter’s organs – KRDO-TV News Channel 13, Colorado Springs
Jennifer Sheriff made the decision to donate her baby’s organs when doctors told her the baby had no brain activity. Sheriff said the decision to allow her daughter to help others helped give her daughter’s short life a purpose.
Colorado Conversations with Donor Alliance – KOOL 105 FM, Denver
Hear from Donor Alliance Advocate and donor mom Robin Mitchell on what donation means to her family.
Reminding people to Donate Life – KUSA-TV NBC 9 News, Denver
April marks National Donate Life Month – a time to focus on the lifesaving potential of organ, eye and tissue donations. Tissue transplant recipient Joseph Gutierrez from Littleton spoke to 9NEWS about why transplants are so important.
Donation Conversations – 810 AM Cassandra Perkins Show, Denver
Hear Cassandra Perkins talk donation with donor mom Babette Canacari, kidney recipient Anne Mukhar and Donor Alliance representative Andrea Smith.
Colorado woman awaiting kidney transplant encourages donor registration – Denver Post, Denver YourHub
April, which is National Donate Life Month, has special meaning to one Colorado woman who is hoping that one day her life will be saved and healed by a generous stranger.
Show Your Heart: Supporters of Organ, Eye & Tissue Donation Sweep 16th St. Mall – BioPortfolio
On April 19, in celebration of National Donate Life Month and National Donate Life Blue and Green Day, hundreds of advocates for organ, eye and tissue donation will perform a “sweep” of the 16th Street Mall, delivering the message that donation and transplantation saves lives and reminding Denverites to register as donors.
Read about the NDLM event in the world’s leading biotech, healthcare and medical resource.