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Wolverine vs. Buckeye Challenge for Life
The University of Michigan is taking on Ohio State University again this year, to see which school can sign up the most people to its state organ
donor registry before noon on November 21. The winning school gets the trophy and bragging rights for the next year.
You can help Michigan beat Ohio State by signing up on the Michigan Organ Donor Registry.
Check out the scoreboard on the Go Blue page, and encourage your classmates, friends and family to sign up, too!
GO BLUE!
18 Michigan hospitals receive Organ Donation Medal of Honor
from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Nashville, Tennessee, October 24, 2008 - Eighteen Michigan hospitals and medical centers have been awarded Organ Donation Medals of Honor from the
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services for their success in raising organ donation rates.
Click here to read the full release and see the list of winners.
National Donor Sabbath
Faith communities across the country will honor organ and tissue donors, transplant recipients and waiting recipients during National Donor Sabbath
weekend, November 14 - 16, 2008. Free resources for Michigan congregations are available through Gift of Life.
Please download the NDS brochure (which includes a material order form). Additional resources, including sample bulletin messages, are available by downloading the NDS information
packet. The Information Packet is provided in Microsoft Word for easy copying/pasting into your bulletin. For a smaller file in PDF format, please
click here.
The Faith Leader Resource Guide has also been updated for 2008, and can be
downloaded in PDF format.
Gift of Life announces 2008-2009
University Challenge Poster Contest
Details and rules are available by downloading the flier. For more information, contact Jennifer Tislerics at jtislerics@giftoflifemichigan.org or 800-482-4881.
Gift of Life congratulates Team Michigan:
Transplant Games show winning spirit,
success of organ donation
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| Terry Gould (center), a heart transplant recipient, won six
medals at the U.S. Transplant Games in Pittsburgh. He is flanked by Trevor and Lon Coleman; their brother, Chase, was Terry's donor. They and other
Team Michigan representatives were welcomed home by Gift of Life Michigan staff. |
Ann Arbor, July 22, 2008 - Gift of Life Michigan gave a rousing homecoming to representatives of Team Michigan following its winning performance at the National Kidney Foundation's U.S. Transplant Games in Pittsburgh. The transplant recipient athletes brought home 54 medals, proving that organ donation works. They and their donor families also sent a strong message about the wondrous gift.
"Success came from being known as the team that got along with everyone and each other, because we know that the competition is secondary to the real reason we are there: to promote organ donation," Kathy Homan, the team co-manager and a National Kidney Foundation of Michigan representative, told more than 100 Gift of Life employees.
Click here to read the entire press release.
Donation after Cardiac Death fulfills families' wishes, save lives
Donation after Cardiac Death, or DCD, has drawn renewed interest in recent years as a way to help the nearly 100,000 people in the United States who
need a life-saving organ transplant.
Simply put, DCD is the recovery of organs from a donor whose heart has naturally and irreversibly stopped beating. It is the way all donation was done
prior to the establishment of brain death laws. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has set
a goal that at least 10 percent of all organ donations be done by DCD, versus the more standard donation after brain death. Likewise, the Institute of
Medicine has reviewed the practice three times (1997, 2000 and 2005) and found
DCD not only acceptable but has encouraged expansion of its use.
A recent California case in the news has raised questions about the DCD process. At Gift of Life Michigan, and at other organ recovery organizations
across the nation, we follow clear policies and procedures to ensure DCD is done properly and honors the generous, life-saving gift of each donor and
his or her family. Click here for more facts about Donation after Cardiac Death.
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A new initiative to encourage hospital staff and their friends and family to sign up on the Michigan Organ Donor Registry is under way.
