Donate Life flay flying at Old Lyme Town Hall

Donate Life Flag Raising in Old Lyme, CT – 2018

April 6, 2018 Leave a comment

Towns across Connecticut are flying a Donate Life flag in celebration of National Donate Life Month. On April 6, 2018, there was a ceremony at Old Lyme, CT’s Memorial Town Hall to commemorate the occasion and to raise the flag.

Donate Life Flag Raising Ceremony
Flag raising in Old Lyme, CT. Those pictured include a heart recipient, 2 kidney recipients (one also a pancreas recipient), a kidney donor and a liver donor.
Bonnie Reemsnyder
Old Lyme First Selectwoman Bonnie Reemsnyder takes on raising awareness about organ donation as a personal pet project.
Dr. Caroline Rochon
Dr. Caroline Rochon of Hartford Hospital discusses the growing need for organ donors.
Dr. Richard Jones of MCCD
Dr. Richard Jones of Mentoring Corps for Community Development (MCCD) thanks those in attendance and explains why MCCD got involved in raising awareness for organ donation. MCCD is currently working with the school system to include the topic in the Health curriculum.
Living Kidney Donor
Laura Lee was a kidney donor in an 18-person kidney chain at Yale New Haven Hospital.

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