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April 1, 2008
Dear Resident:
It is with great pleasure that I
announce that my office has joined the U.S. Health and Human
Services’ Workplace
Partnership for Life campaign, a nationwide effort to increase
the number of organ and tissue donors in the United States and
specifically, in the Greater New York metropolitan area.
The goal of this partnership is to
educate Harrison
residents and their families about organ and tissue donation and get
them registered.
I have been working closely with the
New York Organ Donor Network to increase enrollment in the New York
State Organ and Tissue Donor Registry and to raise awareness among
Harrison
residents. All
information is maintained by the State Department of Health to
record one’s intent to donate and is strictly confidential.
As professionals, we can collectively
help to save more lives through organ and tissue donation.
Through this cause, we can help 8,000 New Yorkers in the
metropolitan area, who are awaiting organ transplants and thousands
more, who need tissue transplants.
By saying “yes” to donation, you could be giving someone the
gift of life.
Organ donation has been a big part of
my life. I made a promise that if I ever became a public official I
would do everything I could to promote the donation of life and now
is my chance. I received a kidney transplant 8 years ago when I was
a senior in high school. My mother also received a kidney transplant
from my father in 1992.
Organ and tissue donation saves lives
and I wholeheartedly endorse its cause. Please join me on Monday
April 21st at 7pm in Town Hall when I co-host an
informational session with the NY Organ Donor Network. Also, on
Friday April 25th I will be co-hosting a blood drive with
Chief Joseph Bilotto of the Harrison EMS at EMS Headquarters on the
corner of North Street
and Pleasant Ridge Road.
For more info click on the link below
to take you to the New York Organ Donor Network website and Donate
Life!
Regards,
Joe
http://www.donatelifeny.org/
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