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NewsletterLifeSharers Members
Newsletter MEMBERSHIP UPDATE As of October 31, 2008:
Please let us know if you are on the United Network for Organ Sharing waiting list for an organ. We will make available to relatives of deceased members the names of LifeSharers members who have qualified for preferred access to their loved one’s organs. Please tell your friends, family, and colleagues about LifeSharers. Every new member decreases the chance you’ll die waiting for an organ. Membership is free and open to all at http://www.lifesharers.org or by calling 1-888-ORGAN88. HAVE YOU TOLD YOUR DOCTORS ABOUT LIFESHARERS? The membership materials given to all new LifeSharers members include a letter you can send to your doctors. The letter explains that you want to be an organ donor and that you want to offer your organs first to other LifeSharers members. It asks your doctor to help make sure that your wishes are carried out. If you haven’t already done so, please send this letter to your doctors. Your wishes are more likely to be carried out if your doctor knows about them. You can download additional copies of your LifeSharers membership materials at http://www.lifesharers.org/packet.doc or http://www.lifesharers.org/packet.pdf. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS LifeSharers has public service announcements available for radio in 30-second and 60-second formats. We’ve just added versions with background music. You can listen to the PSAs, and read the scripts, at http://www.lifesharers.org/psa.htm. We’re very grateful to B.Z., a famous voice actor, for recording and producing our public service announcements. Check him out at www.vocalizm.com and BZ.voices.com. We’d appreciate your help in distributing these PSAs. Please call your local radio station and ask for the email address where you can send public service announcements. Then send them the following email: Subject: Public Service Announcements I represent LifeSharers, a 501(c)(3) network of organ donors. Our mission is to save lives by increasing the number of registered organ donors. We would appreciate it if you could air our public service announcements. Scripts and sound files for 30-second and 60-second PSAs are available at http://www.lifesharers.org/psa.htm. Thank you, Your Name MEDIA COVERAGE OF LIFESHARERS Daily American KIMA Yakima TV Channel 29
(video) Southtown Star CKLW Radio Windsor (audio) KTRF Thief River Falls (audio) COMMENTARY A way to reward organ
donors Don’t die waiting LIFESHARERS PRESS RELEASE U.S. Transplant Waiting
List Hits 100,000 – America Needs Two Waiting Lists, Not One OTHER NEWS Total artificial heart to
be ready by 2011: research team 40 years of heart
transplants South Africa pioneers
HIV-positive transplants Post-transplant steroid
therapy: Unneeded? Scientists freeze, thaw,
and transplant a pig’s liver University of Toledo group
uses computers, economics to make transplant more effective LIFESHARERS BLOG For breaking news and
commentary about LifeSharers, please subscribe to the LifeSharers blog. You can
see it here: Recent posts: Sad U.S. transplant waiting
list hits 100,000 – America needs two waiting lists, not one FREE LIFESHARERS BUMPER STICKERS If you’d like a free LifeSharers bumper sticker for your car or truck, email us at info@lifesharers.org. Just tell us how many you want and where we should send them. LIFESHARERS GIFT SHOP The LifeSharers gift shop is open at http://www.cafepress.com/lifesharers. Please help spread the word about LifeSharers by buying and using products that carry our logo and message. Clothing, tote bags, mugs, buttons, magnets, and more are available. If there are other products you think we should add, please email us at info@lifesharers.org. We’ll add them if we can. When you make a purchase from the LifeSharers gift shop, $1 per item goes to support LifeSharers. The rest goes to CafePress.com. LIFESHARERS DISCUSSION GROUP You can communicate with
other LifeSharers members by joining the LifeSharers discussion group on Yahoo!
The purpose of the group is to facilitate discussion about organ donation and
the LifeSharers organ donors network. You can join here: PLEASE HELP SUPPORT LIFESHARERS LifeSharers is staffed by
unpaid volunteers, and we rely on financial support from our members to cover
our operating expenses. Please send us a financial contribution. We’ll put it
to good use recruiting new members and maintaining our web site and member
database. To see how easy it is to contribute to LifeSharers go here: LifeSharers is a qualified 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Contributions to LifeSharers are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. TO CHANGE YOUR EMAIL SETTINGS If you want your LifeSharers newsletter delivered to a different email address, or if you want to stop receiving it, log in to the Member Services page of our web site at http://www.lifesharers.org/login.asp. Then follow the link for changing your member profile. If you have any questions, email us at info@lifesharers.org.
Thanks again for your support. Dave Undis |
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