A fundraiser for recent heart transplant recipient Kyah DeSimone will be held on Saturday June 15th at Fresh Ketch and Hyannis. See the flyer for details.
RIODAC- Rhode Island Organ Donor Awareness Coalition presented the Pawtucket Red Sox with the Donate Life Champion award last night at McCoy Stadium. Thank you to the Paw Sox for their strong support of organ and tissue donation!
Attention Cape Cod Supporters!
The NEOB Cape Cod Volunteer Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 30th, 6:00-7:30 pm at Cape Cod Hospital (27 Park Street in Hyannis - Room CC5B, Mugar Lobby)
Volunteer opportunities on the Cape to promote organ and tissue donation and places you can share your donation story will be discussed.
Please contact Jenn Cray at jennifer_cray@neob.org if you would like to attend and for more information.
Volunteer and Cornea Recipient, Pamela Ritchie arranged for the Donate Life flag to be flown at Newbury Harbor in NH during the month of April. Pictured are: Pam's cornea transplant surgeon, Dr. Erin Fogel, Dennis Pavlicek, Newbury Town Administrator, Pamela Ritchie and her husband, Alan Ritchie.
A proclamation ceremony was held in Providence RI this week. Pictured are DMV Administrator Tony Silva; Kathy Fahey of NEOB, Matt Boger of NEOB, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras; Sarah Gibb, Donor Coordinator from RI Hospital; Kristin Cutter, Division of Organ Transplantation RI Hospital and Sheila Drew, staff member at RI Hospital and living donor.
NEOB attended the Hadassah New England HealthFest on Sunday, April 21 in Marlborough, Mass. Pictured is NEOB volunteer and transplant recipient Gail Smith with her God Daughter Sophia.
Sebasticook Valley Hospital flies the Donate Life Flag for National Donate Life Month. Thank you Kellie Brooks, Donor Family Member, for submitting this photo.
Rhode Island Hospital celebrates National Donate Life Month. Pictured are Scott Dauphinee,volunteer and liver recipient, and Jim Quinn, RIH employee and liver and kidney recipient.
Carrie Bogie, Donor Wife, celebrates Blue and Green Day with her family.
Volunteer and living liver donor, Deb Shissler set up a Donate Life table at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth, ME where she is on staff.
Tomorrow is Donate Life Blue and Green Day! We can't wait to see all your photos celebrating Donate Life!
The Donate Life flag stands ready for the Boston Marathon on Hopkinton Town Common. NEOB Volunteer Coordinator Jenn Cray and Kidney/Pancreas recipient and volunteer Maria Flannery were on hand (in the heavy rain).
Another great Donate Life Celebration - this time in Waltham, MA Pictured are: Waltham City Clerk Russ Malone, State Representative Tom Stanley, Matt Boger of New England Organ Bank, Waltham Mayor Jeannette McCarthy, New England Organ Bank volunteers Bob Canfield and Mike Lenza.
NEOB volunteer and kidney recipient, Tom Rich arranged for the Donate Life flag to be flown at the fire station and the town common of his town, Phillipston, MA.
A Donate Life Month celebration at the Maine State House. Pictured Left to Right: Karen Knox, Maine Chief Deputy for the Sectary of State Barbara Redmond, Director of Public Services Bureau of Motor Vehicles Rick Desjardins, State Representative Megan Rochelo, Matt Boger, Emily Sherwood, Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, Director of Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention Dr. Sheila Pinette, Alannah Shevenell, Jamie Skolas and Debi Skolas
On April 6, a benefit was held in Foxboro in memory of Mike Melish, a liver transplant recipient who passed away at age 25 after battling liver disease for many years. NEOB’s Jennifer Cray along with volunteers, Penny Brown and Kathleen Covich (pictured) attended to raise awareness for organ and tissue donation.
A Donate Life Month celebration on Beacon Hill. Pictured left to right are: Ed Pomfred of Department of Public Health, Matt Boger of NEOB, Dr. Heung Bae Kim of Children’s Hospital Boston, Alex Glazier of NEOB, Mrs Massachusetts, Misti Nordstrom, NEOB volunteer Eileen Sullivan, RMV Registrar Rachel Kaprielian, NEOB volunteer Bob Canfield, Lt. Governor Tim Murray, Senator Bruce Tarr and NEOB CEO Rich Luskin.
Volunteer Jerry Bumford poses with the Donate Life Table at the Inland Hospital World of Women’s Health Fair held at the Thomas College in Waterville, Maine. Volunteers Penny McKenna, Greg Gelinas and Deb Shissler also attended.
Have a wonderful weekend and #DonateLife !
New England Organ Bank is partnering with Boston Actor’s Theater this April for their production of ‘Thinking of You’. There will be education materials at each performance and a portion of ticket sales will be donated to NEOB. Get your tickets today!
From Girl Scout Troop Number 68147 in Massachusetts. Celebrating Girl Scout Day with a Donate Life message!!
Church sign in Gloucester, Massachusetts. #DonateLife
Feel free to share or to use as your Profile photo in honor of St. Valentine's Day!
Jay Heaps of the New England Revolution was just recognized as a Donate Life Champion for advocacy supporting organ and tissue donation! Join us in congratulating Jay and share the news!
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Donate Life New England is bringing attention to the needs of under-served communities on the national transplant wait list. Although over 34% of the nation's organ donors are minorities, fully 56% of the 116,000 awaiting transplant are also minorities. What will you do today to help provide transplants for all those in need? Learn more about this need at www.mottep.org. Go to www.donatelife.net to register as a donor today.
