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LifeShare News & Events

Keep up with news and events involving organ, eye and tissue donation and transplantation in Oklahoma. Read the latest news releases and download the latest LifeShare newsletter.

April 1, 2008

Do you know a transplant recipient?
No matter where you are in this country, you don't have to look far to find someone who’s had an organ transplant. There are more than 400,000 transplant recipients in the United States alone. > MORE

April 1, 2007

Oklahoma among leaders in registering organ, eye and tissue donors
With more than 95,000 Americans waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant a national effort has begun to increase the number of registered organ, eye and tissue donors in the United States to 100 million by 2008, that’s the message of National Donate Life Month in April. > MORE

April 1, 2006

Oklahoma Donate Life Month celebrates record number of registered donors
As Governor Brad Henry proclaimed the month of April Oklahoma Donate Life Month, more Oklahomans had registered to be organ, eye and tissue donors than ever before. The LifeShare Donor Registry contains the names of more than 1.3 million Oklahomans, over one-third of our state’s total population. > MORE

January 1, 2006

Oklahoma donor family to smell the roses
Steve and Kelly Howard, and their 17-year-old son, Kade, of Ringling, have been selected to represent Oklahoma organ and tissue donor families in the 2006 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. Their youngest son, Dalton Steve, became a donor in 2004, at the age of 11, after a four-wheeler accident. The Howards will join other organ and tissue donor families, transplant recipients, living donors and their loved ones across the nation in celebrating a “magical” New Year as the Donate Life Rose Parade Float makes its third appearance in the annual parade. > MORE

June 24, 2005

More Than One-Third of State’s Population Registered to be Organ, Eye and Tissue Donors
The LifeShare Donor Registry, in conjunction with the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety has confirmed that of the 3.5 million residents of Oklahoma, more than 1.2 million are registered organ, eye and tissue donors. > MORE

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

November 15, 2008
National Donor Sabbath
November: National Donor Sabbath National Donor Sabbath is observed two weekends before Thanksgiving as members of faith communities focus on the life-affirming gifts of hope passed to others by organ, eye, tissue, marrow and blood donors. Many faith leaders participate in services and programs to educate their congregations about donation and transplantation and the critical need for donors.

November 23, 2008
Decision Week 2008
Decision Week promotes family discussion of organ, eye and tissue donation. Thanksgiving is a time when families are together, sharing their blessings and their concerns. It's a perfect time to make a decision to be an organ, eye and tissue donor and share that decision with other family members.