Personalized Email from Administrator/Professor to Individual Student/Student Group

Sample Personalized Email from Administrator/Professor to Individual Student/Student Group (DOC - 553 KB)

Dear [Name],

I need your help.

Did you know that more than 100,000 people in the United States are currently waiting for a life-saving organ transplant? And it’s shocking to note that this week alone, 100 people or more on the national transplant waiting list will die because no organ is available.  

But it doesn't have to be that way. Organ transplants can save lives. Each day, 78 Americans receive a life-saving organ transplant, and thousands more benefit from cornea and tissue transplants.  These extraordinary gifts have been selflessly donated by ordinary people – individuals like you – who took just a few minutes in a busy day to indicate the decision to become an organ and tissue donor. 

We can help the hundreds of thousands whose lives would benefit immeasurably from the gift of organ and tissue donation by simply registering as donors ourselves, and then encouraging others to sign up as well. That’s the idea behind the launch of the 2009 National Donation Campus Challenge.

The 2009 National Donation Campus Challenge is bringing together National Partner groups, organ and tissue donation organizations, and “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.

The 2009 National Donation Campus Challenge campaign, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, will be run in two phases between March 1 and November 30, 2009. Through the 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 created to help campus groups get involved and promote a successful campaign.  The Campus Partners Tool Kit and the Campaign Creative Tool Kit include written and visual materials – Web banners, posters, table tents, a fact sheet, and email templates – and are available at http://www.organdonor.gov/campus.

I urge you [or campus group name] to get involved in the 2009 National Donation Campus Challenge by contacting your local organ and tissue donation organization and offering to partner in educating your campus community and helping to register new donors. For details on becoming a Campus Partner and reaching your local organization, please contact Shelly Morningstar at 412/481-9800 or shelly@akoyaonline.com.

Please join us now in this important campaign. In helping to spread this message, you will literally be saving lives.

Thank you for caring – and for your support! 

[Name]
[Title]

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