Donate Life Flag Ceremony
Stoughton Health was among the hundreds of hospitals and organizations that celebrated National Donate Life Month by participating in a nationwide Donate Life Flag ceremony and moment of silence on April 8 at 10:00 a.m. This event honored organ, tissue, and eye donors and their families. Additionally, it promoted awareness of organ, tissue, and eye donation and of the need for more registered donors.
Stoughton Health’s Chris Brabant gave a moving speech, and our special guest Laker Thrasher, provided heartfelt insight into their experiences with donation.
“We are proud to support Donate Life’s efforts, and I would encourage everyone to sign up to be an organ, tissue, and eye donor,” shared Brabant. “Whether you are the family of the organ donor or the organ recipient, the importance of organ donation cannot be overstated.”
One organ donor can save up to eight lives. This event honored the gifts of life that donors and their families have made possible and recognized the more than 108,000 patients currently waiting for a life-saving transplant. Of those patients, over 1,600 are right here in Wisconsin.
The Donate Life flag was first introduced in 2006. Since then, it has become a national symbol of unity, remembrance, and hope, while honoring those touched by donation and transplantation. Over the past 20 years, more than 100,000 Donate Life Flags have flown across America.
Wisconsin Organ, Tissue, and Eye Donation Facts:
- Anyone age 15 or older can register as a donor regardless of age, health, gender or ethnic or racial background.
- Nearly 3 million Wisconsin residents, or 57 percent of those eligible, have said “Yes” to donation. You can register as an organ, tissue, and eye donor at the DMV or online on Wisconsin’s Donor Registry, HeroicDeed.com.
