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Why should you consider becoming an organ and tissue donor?
Your decision to be an organ and tissue donor:
-May save or enhance the lives of up to 50 people.
-Will not cost you or your family anything.
-Need not interfere with funeral arrangements, since donation does not change the body’s outward appearance.
-Is an act of caring and love supported by all major religions in the U.S.
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Gift of Life Proudly Names New Executive Director Richard Pietroski and Bids a Fond Farewell to Thomas Beyersdorf
Ann Arbor, April 4, 2008 —Richard E. Pietroski of Ann Arbor will serve as the newly appointed Executive Director at Gift of Life Michigan beginning Friday, April 4. He will replace Thomas M. Beyersdorf, who will retire as Executive Director, after serving for more than 15 years with vision, skill and compassion.
Read the full release.
Michigan law renamed to honor infant who saved lives
through organ and tissue donation
Lansing, March 20, 2008 — Little Kyle Ray Horning will forever be a hero to the transplant recipients he saved through his gifts of organ and tissue donation, to their families and to those who knew him. Now the name of the five-month-old donor from Vassar also will live on in Michigan law. Gov. Jennifer Granholm has signed a bill that puts Kyle’s name on Public Act 176 of 2005. The infant was the first organ donor under the then new law, which upholds the ability of Michigan residents to save lives through organ donation while respecting the need of county medical examiners to conduct investigations.
Read the full release.
Michigan Strengthens Organ Donor Rights, Joins National Momentum to Bring
Uniformity to Organ Donation Laws.
Lansing, March 14, 2008 —This morning, Governor Jennifer Granholm signed six bills that enhance donor rights while clarifying all aspects of the donation process in Michigan . Effective May 1, 2008 , the laws completely revise the Uniform Anatomical Gift Law (UAGL) in Michigan to more accurately reflect the current donation and transplantation environment. The laws will further uphold a person’s ability to make a binding personal decision for or against organ, tissue and eye donation at the time of death.
Read the full release.
Donation after Cardiac Death fulfills families' wishes, save lives
Donation after Cardiac Death, or DCD, has drawn renewed interest in recent years as a way to help the nearly 100,000 people in the United States who
need a life-saving organ transplant.
Simply put, DCD is the recovery of organs from a donor whose heart has naturally and irreversibly stopped beating. It is the way all donation was done
prior to the establishment of brain death laws. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has set
a goal that at least 10 percent of all organ donations be done by DCD, versus the more standard donation after brain death. Likewise, the Institute of
Medicine has reviewed the practice three times (1997, 2000 and 2005) and found
DCD not only acceptable but has encouraged expansion of its use.
A recent California case in the news has raised questions about the DCD process. At Gift of Life Michigan, and at other organ recovery organizations
across the nation, we follow clear policies and procedures to ensure DCD is done properly and honors the generous, life-saving gift of each donor and
his or her family. Click here for more facts about Donation after Cardiac Death.
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Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Law
[UAGL] HB 4940 - 4945
Six bills, which completely revise the Uniform Anatomical Gift Law in Michigan, were recently introduced. The package of bills clarifies and defines all aspects of the donation process while strengthening donor rights.
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Michigan Donor Drive launches
 A new initiative to encourage hospital staff and their friends and family to sign up on the Michigan Organ Donor Registry is under way.
The Michigan Donor Drive debunks many of the myths surrounding organ donation. It is being led by Gift of Life Michigan, the Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA), the Secretary of State, the Michigan Eye-Bank and others. Although designed specifically for Michigan hospitals, the campaign has the potential to reach far beyond the medical community.
Here's what makes it special: The Michigan Donor Drive offers posters, e-Hearts, Web banners stickers and more designed by the national agency network, Campbell-Ewald, through its association with the University of Michigan Health System. The materials are all free and easy to use.
Learn more about the Michigan Donor Drive.
Best Practices, Best Results hospital report
This report highlights the best practices in organ donation and transplantation at Michigan hospitals and profiles key hospital advocates. It also includes a “dashboard” of annual and semi-annual outcomes at the state hospitals that have the most organ donation potential. If you have story ideas, call your Gift of Life Michigan hospital development associate at 800-482-4881 or contact us
View the report.
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Tom Beyersdorf past Executive Director and Richard Pietroski Executive Director.
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