Archive for Jul 2010

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National Donate Life Month

National Donate Life Month is a time set aside to honor the generous gifts of organ and tissue donation. It’s also the perfect time to register as an organ and tissue donor and to encourage your friends and family to do the same. Many of our volunteers and donor family members use this month-long observance to share their story [...]

Recipient Challenges Upper Midwest to Register Most Donors

Mike Greiner received a kidney-pancreas transplant seven years ago, after a 30 year battle with diabetes. His gratitude for the gift of life inspired him and his family to sell their home in Illinios and hop in the car to travel the country encouraging people to register as organ and tissue donors. Mike and his [...]

Donate Life Day

Donate Life Day is our annual volunteer training and recognition event. This year we will again be hosting the event at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Save the date! More details to follow. 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Science Museum of Minnesota 120 West Kellogg Blvd. St. Paul, MN 55102

Donor Family Gathering

The Donor Family Gathering is our annual remembrance event, featuring a candle-lighting ceremony, commemorative photo presentation and sharing session. A tribute table will be provided for the display of pictures or special keepsake items. It’s an opportunity for donor families to gather with one another and share memories and tributes of their loved ones who [...]

National Donor Sabbath

National Donor Sabbath is observed Friday through Sunday, two weekends before Thanksgiving. This three-day observance is intended to engage faith leaders in the life-saving message of donation and transplantation. Many volunteers and donor family members work with their church, synogogue or mosque to share their story. You can find more information about Donor Sabbath, including available resources, [...]

Join us for a picnic!

Donor families, transplant recipients and their families are invited to join us for a casual evening of food, fun and conversation! Please join us for an informal gathering of individuals within the LifeSource region who have been impacted by donation and transplantation. Our hope is that this gathering will provide the opportunity for donor families and transplant recipients [...]

LifeSource welcomes new board members

I am excited to share that LifeSource now has two new members on its Board of Directors, the group that guides the organization’s life-saving operations – Mark Ritchie and Tim Bjork. You may know Mark Ritchie in his role as Minnesota’s Secretary of State. What you might not know is that he is also a [...]