 Deceased S.C. Organ Donor
to be Depicted on Jan. 1
Donate Life Rose Parade Float
A floragraph (floral portrait) of the late Ronald Snipes of Green Sea, S.C., will be displayed Jan. 1, 2010, on the national Donate Life float New Life Rises, to commemorate his gift of life as an organ donor.
Snipes was the first person in South Carolina to donate his organs after registering his legal consent on the S.C. Organ and Tissue Registry launched in December 2008.
Snipes’ family attended a Dec. 11 event in Myrtle Beach, S.C., in his honor, and finished decorating the floragraph there before it was sent to California.
The honorable Tracy Edge, a S.C. House Representative, who was instrumental in supporting the Donor Registry into law, was awarded the Donate Life South Carolina 2009 S.C. Legislator of the Year Award during the Dec. 11 event.
The New Life Rises float is Entry #10 in the 121st Rose Parade.
Read more details in our press release. >>
 HHS Honors 10 South Carolina Hospitals for Organ Donation
Ten South Carolina hospitals received awards from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Sept. 30, 2009, for their success in increasing the number of organs available for transplantation. Three out of every four medically eligible donors in those hospitals became donors. One S.C. hospital, Palmetto Health Richland – Columbia, also had 3.75 organs transplanted per donor.
See the complete list of HHS award winners. >>
Read more details in our press release. >>
A Message from Our Director
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Thanks to the hard work of our many dedicated employees, volunteers, and professional associates, LifePoint continues to make great progress in advancing organ and tissue donation in South Carolina.
Through the generosity of our donor families, hundreds of lives have been saved and enhanced. Yet, the need for donation continues. We are privileged, humbled and honored to have a part in this life-saving work. Please help us with your commitment to be a donor.
Sincerely,
Nancy A. Kay
CEO/President of LifePoint, Inc. |
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