Episode 76: MAY 2023 Appreciation and Community Impact Events

It’s been a minute! April was National Donate Month, and we honored and celebrated our donor heroes across the region. Now sliding into May, we extend our gratitude to nurses and teachers, Happy National Nurses Week, National Transplant Nurses Week, and National Teacher Appreciation Week! 

Episode Highlights:

• Life Center partnered with Hospitals across the region to honor donors, healthcare teams, and recipients. 
• They also celebrated the donor heroes from 2022 with the Anual Donor Family Recognition ceremony.
• Life Center also partnered with the Center For Closing the Health Gap to discuss generational health and the Black Community at the Annual Health Expo
• A partnership with the Cincinnati Reds also kicked off by honoring a donor hero 
• Sliding into May, we extend our gratitude to nurses and teachers, Happy National Nurses Week, National Transplant Nurses Week, and National Teacher Appreciation week! 
• 103,871 Men, Women, and Children need life-saving organ transplants, and 21 people will die because what they need isn’t available.
• Learn the importance of registering to be a donor, and why it matters!

3 Key Points:

1. Life Center partnered across the Region to honor and celebrate donors, healthcare teams, and recipients.
2. May will be a month of gratitude towards Nurses and Teachers!
3. We must learn the importance of registering as a donor, why it matters, and the truth about organ donation. 

Tweetable Quotes:

• “Today, 103,871 Men, Women, and Children need life-saving organ transplants, and 21 people will die because the organ they need isn’t available.” - Andi
• “Take a moment to learn why donation matters, and why registering to be a donor absolutely matters.” - Andi

Resources:

https://lifepassiton.org/

https://lifepassiton.org/board-of-directors-leadership/

https://www.facebook.com/LifeCenterOH

https://www.youtube.com/user/LifeCenterOH

https://aopo.org/