Email from National Partner Leaders to Association Members

Sample Email from National Partner Leaders to Association Members (DOC - 552 KB)

Email Message Line:
Help save lives – join the 2009 National Donation Campus Challenge

Dear [ORGANIZATION NAME] member,

I am writing to urge your active involvement in a significant effort being launched this year: the 2009 National Donation Campus Challenge. [ORGANIZATION NAME] is proud to announce that we have joined this vital cause as a National Partner.

The 2009 National Donation Campus Challenge is bringing together National Partners, organ and tissue donation organizations, and their “campus partners” – universities, colleges, and other post-secondary campuses – to help educate 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.

Thecampaign, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, will be implemented in two phases between March 1 and November 30, 2009. This flexible timeline is designed to enable organ and tissue donation organizations and their campus partners to tailor targeted campaigns to each campus’s particular schedule and interests. Phase I ran from March through May, while Phase II is planned for August through November.

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.

Through the 2009 National Donation Campus Challenge campaign, campus administrators, staff, faculty, students, alumni, and entire campus communities will become educated on the need for organ donor registration and will be provided with specific details on ways to register.  One key strategy of the challenge is campaign tool kits that have been designed to provide strong support in planning and promoting a successful campaign.

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