< April 2010 >

The Capital Coalition meets the first Monday of every month from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM. Location: Gift of Life Hershey office, 867 Fishburn Rd. in Hershey.

The Northern Delaware Coalition meets on the first Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

For more information, check out the Coalition's website here.

To kick off National Donate Life Month in the Keystone State, Donate Life Pennsylvania is holding a very poignant event to highlight just how many people are waiting for their gift of life.

The second annual Candlelight Celebration for Donation will take place at the beginning of April in three locations throughout the state. At each location, nearly 800 people will gather just after dusk with candles, each representing 10 people on the waiting list in Pennsylvania. It will be a very powerfully visual way to show just a small percentage of those who need a life-saving transplant in the Commonwealth.

In addition to this event in Philadelphia, two other Celebrations will take place in Pittsburgh on April 8, and then in Harriburg on April 12.

To sign up and be a part of this event, visit the Donate Life Pennsylvania website.

Gift of Life Donor Program has partnered with Grotto Pizza to celebrate organ and tissue donors and encourage those who have not yet signed up to become designated organ donors. Together Gift of Life and Grotto Pizza are hosting special promotions and community events starting in April-National Donate Life Month.

This event kicks off the partnership with an evening of fun, as part of Grotto's half-priced pizza Tuesdays.

Come and join us!

Please register to join us for our first 'Physician Forum on Donation and Transplantation'. This forum is a key initiative as we collaborate to further optimize our donation practices and pathways, and increase the available supply of transplantable organs.

The agenda and content have been developed to facilitate a robust discussion among the region's critical care and transplant experts. You will also have an opportunity to hear more about the Society of Critical Care Medicine's Donor Management Initiative and how we can improve the science of donation and transplantation.

Physicians

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Institute for the Advancement of Human Behavior (IAHB) and the Gift of Life Donor Program. The IAHB is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA PRA Statement

The IAHB designates this educational activity for a maximum of 4.16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Below follows a list of speakers and moderators:

• Vivek Ahya, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
• Jennifer Axelband, DO, St. Luke's Hospital
• Sandralee Blosser, MD, Penn State Hershey Medical Center
• Tania Burns, MD, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children
• Gerard Fulda, MD, Christiana Care Health System
• Nader Habashi, MD, University of Maryland Medical Center
• Patrick Kim, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
• Jeffrey Marsh, MD Lehigh Valley Hospital
• Michael Moritz, MD, Lehigh Valley Hospital
• Kenneth Wood, DO, Geisinger Health System

Topics for Discussion will include:

• Society of Critical Care Medicine Donor Management Initiative
• Improving the Science of Donation and Transplantation
• Donation After Cardiac Death (DCD)
• Pediatric Donation and Transplantation
• Correlating Donor Management and Organ Yield

The event is free. Please register by visiting www.surveymonkey.com/mdforum

Should you have any questions, please contact Gweneth O'Shaughnessy, Director of Hospital Services, Gift of Life Donor Program: (215) 557-8090, ext. 1225

Objectives:

The participant will be able to…

1. Summarize the required process of making timely referrals of potential organ donors to Gift of Life Donor Program.
2. Explain how to maximize support of the family of the potential organ donor and collaborate in the staging of a timely, sensitive family approach, decreasing the number of family declines and increasing organ donation conversion rate.
3. List ways to optimize clinical management of the potential organ donor, preparing each organ system for organ transplantation, maximizing the quality of the donor’s gifts, increasing the number organs transplanted per donor (OTPD), and saving more lives through organ transplantation.

The Philly Roller Girls have partnered with Gift of Life, to kick off their season opening bout with a life-saving message.

Volunteers will be on hand to pass out information and register attendees as organ and tissue donors, as past of National Donate Life Month.

Intraleague action sees the Heavey Metal Hookers take the track against the Broad Street Butchers!

But first, the Philthy Britches get Philly's first intercontinental derby bout when they face off against the London Rollergirls to get the evening's action underway!

Tickets are available online at phillyrollergirls.ticketleap.com for $12 (General Admission) and $20 (VIP). You can also purchase at local outlets: 700 Club and Crash Bang Boom.

If tickets are still available on the day of the bout, they can be purchased at the door for $15 (General Admission) and $25 (VIP). Discounted General Admission available for $13 at the door for students, children over 5 years old, and rollergirls (must be wearing team/league jersey).

Gift of Life Donor Program has partnered with Grotto Pizza to celebrate organ and tissue donors and encourage those who have not yet signed up to become designated organ donors. Together Gift of Life and Grotto Pizza are hosting special promotions and community events starting in April-National Donate Life Month.

Come and join us!

Please join us at Jack's Firehouse Restaurant in Philadelphia on Sunday April 11, 2010 (one week before the DASH) for a delicious brunch buffet sponsored by the Multi-Cultural Affairs Committee of Gift of Life Donor Program.

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Ticket are $25.00 each. There will be two seatings for the breakfast buffett. The first seating is at 11am and the second seating is at 12:30pm.

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For Tickets, please call Ruth Cooper at 215-563-1874, ext. 130

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Or purchase online

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Click here to purhase tickets for the 11:00am seating

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Click here to purchase tickets for the 12:30pm seating

To kick off National Donate Life Month in the Keystone State, Donate Life Pennsylvania is holding a very poignant event to highlight just how many people are waiting for their gift of life.

The second annual Candlelight Celebration for Donation will take place at the beginning of April in three locations throughout the state. At each location, nearly 800 people will gather just after dusk with candles, each representing 10 people on the waiting list in Pennsylvania. It will be a very powerfully visual way to show just a small percentage of those who need a life-saving transplant in the Commonwealth.

In addition to this event in Philadelphia, two other Celebrations will take place in Philadelphia on April 5, and then in Pittsburgh on April 8.

To sign up and be a part of this event, visit the Donate Life Pennsylvania website.

The Central PA Coalition meets Occurs the second Tuesday of every month from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM.

For more info, check out the Coailition's page here.

Liaisons meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month at the Gift of Life Donor Program office. The group's active committees schedule additional meetings to plan events and promotions.

For more information, visit the group's webpage here.

The Lehigh Valley Coalition meets the second Wednesday of the month, at 7:00 pm.

For more information, visit the Coalition's page here.

Special speaker Janet Hensenne-Rosiak will join us again to speak about "Signs from Our Loved Ones." Do we receive signs? How do we know it’s a sign? What do we look for? How can I be more open to receiving a sign from my loved one?

Hearts of Gold meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month at the Gift of Life Donor Program office.

For more information about Hearts of Gold, visit the group's webpage here.

The Northeast PA Coalition meets the third Thursday of every month from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM.

For more info, check out the Coailition's page here.

This is a one day, highly interactive program that focuses on the role of critical care staff in utilizing and sharing best-demonstrated practices for referring potential organ donors to the organ procurement organization, providing support for families of potential organ donors, and maximizing clinical donor management.

Attendees will be given focused information to allow him or her to become a Donation Champion, one who role-models and shares key information to assist colleagues in carrying out these best practices in real time.

• This program has been approved by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) for 6.5 Contact Hours, Synergy CERP Category B, File number 00015877.
• This program has been approved for a maximum of 6.5 contact hours Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100 Irving TX 75063, Course #202092002.

Who Should Attend? ICU and ER Nurses, Nurse Leaders, Respiratory Therapists, and Anyone Who May Care for a Potential Organ Donor.

Register to attend this event http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/april

This session is free.

Dust off those dancing shoes - THE Party, sponsored by Donors Are Heroes, is scheduled to take place Friday, April 16 at the Park Hyatt at the Bellevue in Philadelphia. Stay tuned to the Donors Are Heroes webpage for more details about the event and ticket information.

Gift of Life primary sponsor for Wellness forum and speakers with materials about Organ and Tissue donation

Our 15th annual Dash for Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness is set to take place on Sunday, April 18. You can get involved in many ways - either by asking your employer to become a corporate sponsor or by organizing a team.

Register for the Dash now.

Multicultural Affairs meets at 6:30 PM on the third Tuesday of each month at the Gift of Life Donor Program office.

For more information, visit the committee's webpage here.

Celebration of Life Dinner

Join us as the Fashion Club of Upper Dublin High School takes to the runway to showcase some of Bloomingdale's finest spring fashions!

Bloomingdale's will donate a percentage of same day receipts to Gift of Life Family House.

Help support the Gift of Life Family House and...SHOP! SHOP! SHOP! All day on April 22!

The Southern Delaware Coalition meets on the third Friday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

For more information, check out the Coalition's website here.

Organ recipients and members to present information about donation

Gift of Life Donor Program has partnered with Grotto Pizza to celebrate organ and tissue donors and encourage those who have not yet signed up to become designated organ donors. Together Gift of Life and Grotto Pizza are hosting special promotions and community events starting in April-National Donate Life Month.

Come and join us!

The South Central PA Coalition meets at 7 p.m. on fourth Monday of each month, except for January, August and November.

For more info, check out the Coailition's page here.

Join us for a day of golf while we celebrate the life of Anthony Jensen. Anthony's donations of corneas, bone, heart valves and veins touched so many lives - and through this event, he continues to help others.

For more information or to register online, click here.

The Cape Atlantic Support Group meets the fourth Wednesday of each month at 4:30 pm.

For more information, visit the group's webpage here.