2020 Pub lub neej hnub Honorees

Nws yuav siv sij hawm rau peb – ib lub zuj zus thiab communally – ua hauj lwm ua ke, mus cuag qhov LifeSource Tsis pom kev zoo tias sawv daws shares tus phij cuam ntawm lub neej. 2020 yog ib tug tshwj xeeb reminder ntawm no vim hais tias txoj kev sib tw xyoo hais tsom peb tias, nrog rau cov kev them nyiaj yug ntawm peb cov neeg uas nrog ib tug neeg thiab donation advocates, peb yuav overcome obstacles thiab tseem txuag lub neej. 

Ambassador ntawm lub xyoo
Jay Beyer-Kropuenske, Liver-Kidney Recipient 

Jay nkaus tus LifeSource Ambassador Program rau lub Cuaj hlis 2013, nyuam qhuav 8 lub hlis tom qab tau txais ib lub neej-txuag lub raum thiab siab transplant ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv ntawm MN Medical Center. Nws tsis tau tub ceevxwm txij li.

Nyob rau hauv lub 7 + xyoo uas Jay lawm ib feem ntawm qhov LifeSource Ambassador Program, nws siv countless teev sib koom nws zaj dabneeg thiab advocating rau donation ntawm tsav tsheb kev kawm ntawv, kev ncaj ncees, zej zog txheej xwm, seminars thiab tsev kho mob kev kawm ntawv zaug.

Tsis tas li, nrog Jay tus kheej thiab kev keeb kwm yav dhau los, nws kuj yog ib tug ntawm peb "mus" Ambassadors nyob rau hauv peb ua hauj lwm nrog cov neeg legislative thiab tawm outlets. 

Yog tsis muaj Ambassador caij nyoog uas loj heev rau Jay – sib koom nws zaj dabneeg uas 175,000 ntawm peb donate Life Symposium – los yog ib yam nkaus thiab me me – pab assemble thawv rau peb tsev neeg box project.

Jay yog ib tug saib tshiab Ambassadors, pab lawv tau lawv txhais taw wet thiab txhawb lawv raws li qhov uas, nws yog ib tug phooj ywg rau tag nrho. Nws yooj yim-mus demeanor, thiab luag zoo kawg thiab luag, pab tsim ib instant sib txuas nrog lwm tus.

Jay tus immense gratitude rau nws hloov thiab ob sij hawm ntawm lub neej shines los ntawm txhua kev nthuav qhia thiab txhua yam uas Jay tau ua los ntawm nws passion thiab dedication yog immeasurable. 

Zej zog tus khub ntawm lub xyoo
Melvin Giles, Donor partner, zej zog Builder, Peacemaker thiab Selfless volunteer

Melvin Giles yog ib lub zej zog activist thiab organizer, kev sib haum xeeb thiab ntau haiv neeg educator, kev ncaj ncees coj, tsiaj advocate, thiab ib inspiration kiag li inspiration.

Melvin khwb khuav kis tau kev sib haum xeeb qhov twg nws mus xws li tshuab npuas npuas rau kev sib haum xeeb los yog cog kev sib haum xeeb poles.

Melvin txais kev pab nrog Catholic Charities rau 15 xyoos; ua hauj lwm rau 7 xyoo raws li tus thawj coj ntawm Catholic Charities Frogtown Center. Nws muaj kim heev kev ua hauj lwm nrog cov hluas, academia, tsoom fwv cov koom haum, nonprofit cov koom haum thiab tej zej zog.

Notable accomplishments muaj xws li muab rau neeg noj li ib lub zej zog adjunct zej zog faculty instructor hauv Bethel University Anthropology Department, Ib tug nyob hauv AfroEco thiab cov cog zaub mov thiab kev ncaj ncees tag nrho teg num, tswv yim rau pawg neeg Diversity Committee of Ramsey County Master Gardeners, certified facilitator ntawm Haiv neeg Sobriety workshops, los tiv thaiv racism trainer rau cov Minnesota Tri-Council Commission ntawm sawv daws ntawm Churches thiab founding hauv lub St. Paul Pluralism vajvoog. Melvin tau txais heev txeeb xws li cov Martin Luther King "npau suav Keeper" puav pheej nyob rau xyoo 2003 thiab cov "Outstanding ntiaj teb pej xeem" puav pheej nyob rau xyoo 2008.

Dua li ntawm tag nrho nws zoo kawg accomplishments, zej zog organizing thiab cov Disease fact tias sawv daws nyob St. Paul nkawd paub nws, Melvin tsis yog ib tug paub seeker. LifeSource "Kos lub Box" ntxiv cov kev sib tw, peb paub peb tau nug nws mus sab nraud ntawm nws tsam tsam – txoj kev tawm.

Nyob rau xyoo 2019 Melvin muab nws cov lus vam cia thiab tej kev kho mob ntawm lub neej Donate Lub neej Symposium. Cov neeg tuaj saib ntawm 750 hnov zaj dabneeg uas nws tus khub, Mary thiab seb nws khoom plig ntawm organ, qhov muag, thiab cov ntaub so ntswg donation yog pab lwm tus tom qab nws kis.

Peb yog honored paub Melvin thiab yog xav thov ua tsaug rau nws sib koom lub sij hawm, txuj ci, zoo zog thiab muab cov nyiaj qhia.

Donation Advocate ntawm lub xyoo 
Aaron & Caitlin Stromberg, ntxaib lub zos Trade Service 

LifeSource Tau ua hauj lwm zoo nrog ntxaib lub zos Trade Service ze li ntawm 6 xyoo muab cov ntaub so ntswg tsheb thauj mus los rau lub xeev peb-lub xeevLifeSource pab raws li. Ntxiv rau qhov muab round-the-clock ntaub so ntswg hloov tsheb thauj mus los rau LifeSourceNtxaib lub zos Trade Service yog ib tug advocate rau donation. Lawv ua hauj lwm zoo nrog LifeSource collaborators thiab cov neeg uas nrog ib tug neeg los xyuas kom meej tias cov neeg txheej txheem rau tsev neeg donor, feem ntautimes muab rau neeg noj raws li ib qhov chaw muab kev pab rau cov pam tuag thiab tsev neeg los teb cov lus nug raws li lawv arise. Ntxaib lub zos Trade Service li qhia siv kuj tus cwjpwm lawv tus kheej nrog lub upmost professionalism thiab hwm. Cov neeg ua hauj lwm hauv TCTS yog li pleasant heev ua hauj lwm nrog thiab tau txaus siab LifeSource Los ntawm tej nyuaj logistics heev. Lawv yeej ib txwm kam lom ze tej thauj sab nraum peb daim ntawv cog lus, thiab feem ntau, facilitate cov thauj no. Lawv txhawb pam tuag tsev thiab thaum facilitating thauj rov qab mus rau lawv tej chaw raws li thov. Lawv yog tus neeg mob, tus neeg, kev, kev tu thiab zoo advocates rau donation thiab LifeSource. 

Donor Registry tej yam puav pheej
Jaycie Matthews Smith, tsav Licensing Area Supervisor, Western South Dakota

Tshaj 90% ntawm cov neeg uas sau npe ua hloov, ua li ntawd ntawm lub DMV. Yog vim li cas cov neeg uas nrog ib tug neeg xws li Jaycie yog tseem ceeb heev rau peb lub neej-txuag lub hom phiaj. 

Jaycie Matthews Smith yog tus tsav Licensing Area Supervisor rau Western South Dakota. Nws twb tau ua hauj lwm nrog tus tsav tsheb licensing nyob rau sab qab zog Dakota rau kaum xyoo thiab tam sim no oversees tsib chaw ua hauj lwm thoob thaj South Dakota. Nws tau pom firsthand tej yam uas donation los ntawm cov neeg ua hauj lwm yav tas los thiab lwm cov neeg hauv nws lub zej zog uas koom rau hauv txheej xwm xws li Donate lub neej lub hlis thiab xiav thiab ntsuab hnub. Jaycie ntseeg hais tias donation yog ib qho khoom plig zoo kawg thiab pom kev kaj siab lug pab lwm tus ua lub neej-txuag kev txiav txim siab mus xyuas lub thawv thaum lub tsheb tsav tsheb thiab txhawb nws cov neeg ua hauj lwm ua ib yam. Nws lub luag hauj lwm muaj ib feem zoo kawg thiab rau donor designation nqi nyob rau sab qab zog Dakota, thiab LifeSource Yog privileged kom muaj nws ua ib tug khub zoo kawg hauv advancing peb lub hom phiaj.  

Media partner xyoo
Alex Jokich, Reporter, Fill-in Anchor, KSTP

Tawm tus khub puav pheej pom tau hais tias ib tug neeg uas tau ua ib lub dag zog teem caij muab dab neeg txog organ hloov thiab cov neeg tau txais kev pab los ntawm tawm, xeeb 175,000 txhiab tus neeg.

Alex Jokich yog ib reporter thiab anchor rau KSTP 5 Eyewitness xov xwm. Nws ntseeg hais tias nyob rau hauv lub hwj huam ntawm journalism – kom cov neeg qhia txog lawv cov zej zog thiab, tig, ua rau cov zej zog muaj zog. Nws tau khwv ntau txeeb thaum nws lub sij hawm ua ib journalist, Xws li ib lub regional Emmy rau 'Zoo Documentary,' ib Edward R. Murrow puav pheej rau 'Excellence hauv kev tawm' thiab ib michigan Association of Broadcasters puav pheej rau 'Zoo Investigative zaj dabneeg.'

Nws muaj ib tug muaj peev xwm ntes tau tus tig tau ntawm ib zaj dabneeg thaum kho hloov tsev neeg uas zoo kawg thiab hwm. Nws haib thiab heroic dab neeg ntawm Tristan, Thon, Jerry, Wyatt, Jan Sandy thiab lwm cov neeg tau mus txog 175,000 txhiab tus neeg. Nws ua hauj lwm muaj tseeb inspired neeg ntawm peb lub zej zog sau npe ua hloov thiab ua advocates.

Tsev kho mob nrog ib tug neeg ntawm lub xyoo

Qhov puav pheej no honors cov neeg los ntawmLifeSource Tus khub tsev kho mob uas mus saum toj no thiab tshaj ntawd los pab txhawb lub hom phiaj ntawm organ, qhov muag thiab cov ntaub so ntswg donation. 

Thawj ob honorees ua tej yaam num los txheem donation processes hauv EPIC, lub platform siv los ntawm ntau lub nruab nrog cev kom ua kom tus neeg mob.  

Tammy Burke, Senior Application Analysts, Monument Health Rapid City

Tammy yog nominated los ntawm LifeSource Clinical tsev kho mob Coordinator, Emily Larimer. Tammy coj ib qhov project los tsim templates hauv EPIC uas pubLifeSource Los tsim peb ua hauj lwm nyob rau hauv ib npaum thiab streamlined manner tsis zoo xwb nyob Monument Health, tiam sis kuj nyob Regions tsev kho mob nyob st. Paul, MN qhov twg koj templates muaj tau eagerly tau txais.

Fleta (Mandy) Martinez, Senior Application Analysts, Monument Health Rapid City

Mandy pom tau hais tias nws dedication hauv kev ua hauj lwm alongside LifeSource Los ua ib daim ntawv qhia referral Criteria report thiab Referral Notification process uas twb tau integral los advancing donation. Tsis zoo xwb muajLifeSource Thiab Monument Health benefitted los ntawm nws innovation, tab sis tus txheej txheem nws tsim muaj kuj tau generously sib koom nrog lwm lub tsev kho mob ua ib 'zoo xyaum'.

Abdul Ali, Respiratory Therapist, North Memorial health tsev kho mob 

Ua ib Respiratory Therapist, Abdul tsis cia li txhawb nws cov neeg mob nyob rau hauv lub tsev kho mob. Nws yog empathetic, compassionate thiab tsaug ua phem rau nws ua hauj lwm. Nws lub tswv yim nyob bridging tus khoom plig ntawm lub neej los organ neeg tau tos ib lub neej-txuag transplant yog pom tau hais tias yog tag nrho thiab nws lug txhawb cov miv yuav pom zoo – maximizing tej donation sawv daws yog nws kub siab thoob plaws hauv lub donation txheej txheem.

Philanthropy puav pheej

Alison Robertson thiab tsev neeg Mueller, Donor tsev neeg

Tsev neeg Mueller yog li inspired los ntawm lawv tus kheej kev donation, uas Alison approached LifeSource Nyob rau lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav 2018 nrog nws lub tswv yim los host ib "Rub rau Papa" kev tshwm sim uas yuav honor nws txiv thiab nws hlub ntawm sab nraum zoov.

Alison tus txiv, Jim Mueller tuag rau hlis ntuj nqeg 2017. Nws muab cov khoom plig rau peb cov neeg los ntawm organ donation. Jim dim ntawm nws tus poj niam thiab tsev kawm ntawv qib high school sweetheart, Beth. Lawv tsev neeg muaj Xws li Alison, Sarah thiab Matthew thiab xya xeeb ntxwv.

Thaum lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav xyoo 2019, tsev neeg tau ntsib Allen, tus txiv neej uas tau txais Jim lub plawv. Tom qab lub rooj sab laj Allen, thiab kev kawm txog nws kev nrog lub transplant, Alison yog inspired los host ib tug mobile ntshav tsav nyob rau hauv kev koom tes nrog Memorial Blood Center thaum lub ob pull rau Papa kev tshwm sim rau lub Cuaj hlis 2019.

Hnub no, Alison thiab nws tsev neeg tau tsa ceg ntau tshaj $29,000 thiab hosted ntau yam ntshav drives. Alison thiab nws tsev neeg tau pom hais tias nws zoo kawg li advocacy rau donation nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov ntaub ntawv. Yog li ntawd, lawv yuav tsum hwm Jim thiab txojsia ntawm lub neej uas nws muab rau lwm tus.

Jim thiab Marilyn Opp, Donor tsev neeg 

Rau ntau tshaj 20 xyoo, Jim thiab Marilyn Opp, thiab lawv tus ntxhais Debbie thiab Becky, muaj keeb rog nrog LifeSource Los ua ntau dua awareness ntawm organ donation thiab qhov xav tau ntau tus neeg los tsim lawv tus kheej li hloov. Lawv tus ntxhais, Terri, yug nrog ib lub plawv congenital defect thiab nws tuag tos ib lub plawv transplant. Nws yog 26.

Kubsiab los ntawm lawv tsev neeg txoj kev, Jim thiab Marilyn muaj tau steadfast nyob rau hauv lawv txiav txim los tsim lub ntiaj teb uas tsis muaj leej twg xyuas tos ib lub neej-txuag organ transplant. Ib xyoos twg golf tawm nrog cov phooj ywg thiab coworkers ntawm 3M uas muas thaum chiv thawj koom tes nrog Terri, loj hlob los muaj ib tug tswv tsev tshiab champions ntawm organ, qhov muag thiab cov ntaub so ntswg donation – cov neeg uas tau pab dawb rau lawv lub sij hawm, sponsored cov kev sib tw, los yog ntaus qhov txuas – tag nrho sau nyiaj uas thaum kawg educates peb lub zej zog, thiab inspires ntau tus neeg sau npe raws li organ hloov. Ntau tshaj $2 lab (million) duas muaj tau tsa ceg txhawb txoj kev kawm ntawv outreach.

Nyob rau hauv cov mus-90s, thaum lub sij hawm uas Terri yog tos rau ib lub plawv, tsuas 40% ntawm cov neeg laus nyob rau hauv peb thaj av ntawd tau sau npe ua organ hloov. Txij thaum ntawd los, pej xeem kev kawm ntawv los ntawm cov txheej xwm xws li cov golf kev sib tw thiab tsav tsheb txoj kev kawm ntawv, thiab raws li pawg teg num, tau coj mus ntau tshaj 95% ntawm cov neeg tam sim no hais tias lawv txhawb donation thiab 70% ntawm cov neeg laus muaj khwb khuav noj kauj ruam mus sau npe lawv qhov kev txiav txim siab mus ua ib lub txiv kab ntxwv hloov. Peb twb tuaj ib txoj kev ntev ua ke, tab sis peb yuav tsis ua li cas.