LFH News

Little Falls, NY—In 2010, Little Falls Hospital is partnering with the Center for Donation & Transplant (CDT) to honor patients and their families that choose to give the gift of life through organ or tissue donation.  Little Falls Hospital will recognize its organ and tissue donors by flying a Donate Life Flag in their honor each time a donation is facilitated at the hospital in 2010.  After the flag has been flown, it will be given to the donor’s family in memory of their loved one, as part of an aftercare packet designed to help families cope with their grief.  Little Falls Hospital will also fly the flag during National Donate Life Month in April to help raise awareness of the life-saving benefits of organ and tissue donation.  “I am thrilled that Little Falls Hospital is recognizing the life-saving benefits of organ and tissue donation by flying the Donate Life Flag in honor of their donors,” said Jeffrey Orlowski, Chief Executive Officer of CDT.  “The flags provide awareness of the importance of donation and also serve as a symbol of respect for those who have given the gift the life.  The families of our donors find it very meaningful to receive the flag in recognition of their loved one.”

To thank Little Falls Hospital’s for its support of CDT’s mission, CDT has dedicated a rose in honor of Little Falls Hospital’s donors that will be placed on the Donate Life Float in the 2010 Rose Parade.  2010 marks the seventh year that the donation and transplant community has participated in the Rose Parade through the Donate Life Float, which is designed to inspire more than 30 million U.S. television viewers to give the gift of life.  Little Falls Hospital’s dedicated rose will join hundreds of others from across the nation to create a living memorial called the “Family Circle Garden” that is incorporated into the float.  For more information about the Donate Life Float, or to read Little Falls Hospital’s rose dedication, visit the Donate Life Float website at www.donatelifefloat.org.