April was National Donate Life Month and Adams County Regional Medical Center, in conjunction with LifeCenter Organ Donor Network, hosted a Donate Life flag raising ceremony on Friday, April 12.
This ceremony is held annually as a way to remember all of those who have selflessly given the gift of life through organ, tissue, and eye donation to others. The flag raising ceremony also helps to honor those who have received the gift of life and to honor those who are still waiting on a transplant.
“Donate Life Month gives us the chance to concentrate our efforts and attention on the most amazing gift anyone can give, the gift of life. This is a special time in which we honor our donor families who make the selfless choice to think of others in their time of sorrow. We celebrate with the recipients who are living their lives to the fullest thanks in part to a stranger. And we thank our hospital partners, who without their help, we wouldn’t be able to make this lifesaving gift possible,” said Barry Massa, executive director of LifeCenter Organ Donor Network.
Locally, more than 600 people are on the waiting list for an organ transplant and nationally, nearly 115,000 people are on the waiting list, according to United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). On average 20 people die every day waiting for a transplant in the U.S., according to UNOS.
For more information, contact LifeCenter Organ Donor Network at (513) 558-5555.
Adams County Regional Medical Center honors National Donate Life Month
