April 3 registration effort features stories of organ donors’ families
CROWN POINT Real-life stories of people who have given of themselves so that others might live will be told April 3 during a Saint Anthony Medical Center program in observance of National Donate Life Month.
The program will begin at 10 a.m. near the hospital entrance, with raising of the national Donate Life flag.
As part of the ceremony, members of the Saint Anthony family will describe how organ donations have touched their lives. A Mass will follow in the hospital’s Corpus Christi Chapel, as will a Donor Registration Drive, which will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside the cafeteria, located in the main lobby.
Participants will join Indiana’s donor registry, ensuring their decision will be honored at the time of death, without need for additional consent.
“No act is more selfless or more generous than donating an organ so another person might enjoy a better life. In that way, the donor’s legacy truly lives on. Saint Anthony is proud to be part of this effort and is especially proud of its employees, their families and community members who participate,” said David Ruskowski, Saint Anthony president.
“We look forward to a strong turnout for the registration drive and for the National Donor Life Month observances here on April 3.”
Saint Anthony partners with Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network, Donor Services of Indiana and the Indiana Lions Eye & Tissue Transplant Bank to facilitate organ, eye and tissue donations.
Prospective donors also may register online at www.DonateLifeIndiana.org or at Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles sites.
For general information about organ donation, call Alice Jenkins at (219) 793-3904, or visit www.giftofhope.org.
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