National Partner Email to Employees

Sample National Partner Email to Employees (DOC - 556 KB)

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[ORGANIZATION NAME] joins the 2009 National Donation Campus Challenge

[ORGANIZATION NAME] is pleased to announce that we have joined the 2009 National Donation Campus Challenge campaign as a National Partner. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, the campaign brings together National Partners, organ and tissue donation organizations, and their “campus partners” – universities, colleges, and other post-secondary campuses – to help educate employees and campus communities on the importance of organ and tissue donation. The goal of the campaign is to register 60,000 new organ donor designations by November 30, 2009.

Why is this campaign so important? Because each day, 78 Americans receive a life-saving organ transplant, and thousands more benefit from cornea and tissue transplants. These extraordinary gifts have been generously donated by ordinary people of all ages and backgrounds who took just a few minutes in a busy day to indicate their decisions to become organ and tissue donors. But broader awareness of the need for organ donation is crucial, as more than 100,000 people are currently awaiting an organ transplant in the United States and each week, more than 100 people on the national transplant waiting list die because no organ is available.

As a National Partner in this initiative, we are encouraging our employees to partner with local organ and tissue donation organizations, to implement strategies and actions that will educate campus communities on the critical need for organ donation and to provide opportunities for people to sign up as organ and tissue donors. As an element of our commitment to this important campaign, we urge you to learn more about organ and tissue donation, and to register your decision to be an organ and tissue donor. 

Facts about organ, tissue and eye donation:

• Each organ donor can save up to 8 lives, and each tissue donor can enhance the quality of life for up to 50 people.
• The gift of life is ageless – anyone can sign up to be an organ donor, at any age.
• Most people are eligible to sign up on the donor registry – the medical criteria at the time of donation will determine eligibility.
• Cornea transplants have been successful for more than 100 years.
• Organ transplants have been successful for more than 50 years.

 

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