UNOS (United Network or Organ Sharing) has launched a new National Donor Memorial site. This new site gives donor families and others the opportunity to see the National Donor Memorial located in Richmond Virgina. The purpose of the Memorial is to honor those that have given the gift of life through donation. It is also through the experience of the memorial and the educational opportunities to hopefully one day end the shortage of organs for transplant that is a reality today.
The website provides photos and a virtual tour of the actual memorial site, but what could be seen as the most powerful is the tributes. Donor Families are able to submit a tribute in honor of their loved one which includes a photo. In the spirit of honoring the donors it is the first thing you see on the website and the tribute changes every time you visit the website. When I visited the website I found it very easy to be pulled in by the stories of those that gave the gift of life through donation. You end up wanting to read just one more before you go onto something else. Check out this new resource to learn more about donation and those that make it possible through giving generously of themselves.
Take care,
John LeMay
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New Donor Memorial Website « I am. Are you? // January 26, 2009 at 9:33 am |
[...] Donor Memorial Website As reported by our friends up at LifeSource in MN, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) has recently launched a new National Donor [...]