NEWS
For Immediate Release…
NEWS CONTACTS:
Sarah Diina (ConnectLife) at 716.400.7249 / sdiina@ConnectLife.org
Peter Cutler (ECMC) at 716-898-6505 / pcutler@ecmc.edu
Joe Cirillo (ECMC) at 716.898.4300 / jcirillo@ecmc.edu
MEDIA ADVISORY – PHOTO OP – MEDIA ADVISORY
ECMC & ConnectLife
National Donate Life Month Event
WHAT: ECMC and ConnectLife to emphasize importance of Organ, Eye, Tissue & Blood Donation: The Regional Center of Excellence for Transplantation & Kidney Care at ECMC is a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to comprehensive patient care. ConnectLife is WNY’s ONLY organ, eye, tissue, and community blood center. Together, ConnectLife and ECMC are teaming up during Donate Life Month (April) to stress the importance of, and need for, organ, eye, tissue, and blood donations. New York State currently has the third highest need for donors in the country and the third lowest percentage of registered donors nationwide. It’s important that ECMC and ConnectLife continue to collaborate and concentrate on increasing the community’s knowledge and understanding about the need for donation and transplantation.
WHEN: Friday, April 19, 2024
10:30 AM: Flag Raising (Outside Hospital Main Entrance)
11:00 AM: Donate Life Month Celebration (Media Escort from ECMC Front Desk will be provided)
11:30 AM: Donor Wall Plaque Dedication during Reception (Media Escort from News Conference location will be provided)
WHO:
Emcee: Phyllis Murawski, MS, RN, Vice President, Transplant and Renal Services, ECMC
Andrew L. Davis, MBA, Chief Operating Officer, ECMC Corp.
Dr. Samuel D. Cloud, Chief Medical Officer, ECMC Corp.
Kevin Gramlich, Chief Executive Officer, ConnectLife
Bob Lester, ECMC Donor Dad
Stacy McIntyre, Living Donor
Nicole Dell, Kidney/Pancreas Recipient
Macy Alexander-Childs, Small Bowel Recipient
Mickey P. Kearns, Erie County Clerk
Benediction: Dr. Garney Davis Jr., Director of Pastoral and Spiritual Care, ECMC
WHERE: ECMC, Main Hospital, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, NY
WHY: To recognize those who have donated organs and to create greater awareness of the need for organ donation. There are currently over 100,000 people waiting in the U.S., and 10% of these people are from New York.
ATTN. NEWS MEDIA: Suggested arrival by 10:15 AM for Flag Raising Outside ECMC Main Hospital Entrance; Suggest arrival by 10:45 AM at ECMC Lobby Front Desk for escort to inside event location(s).
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