Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Oct. 13

signed Assembly Bill 1689, also known as the

revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA),

that is part of a nationwide movement to bring

uniformity to state organ donation laws. A bipar-

tisan bill by Speaker Pro Tempore Sally Lieber

(D-Mountain View) and heart recipient and

Assemblyman Tom Berryhill (R-Modesto),

Californias revised UAGA brings California

donation law up to contemporary medical, legal,

and bioethical practices and makes California the

20th state to adopt the law. The law was last

revised in 1987.

The revised UAGA helps make the best of

every single donation opportunity by clarifying

legal ambiguities and family dynamics that can

cause delay or stand in the way of an individual

or familys choice to donate, said Bryan Stewart,

president of Donate Life California, which

administers the state-authorized organ and tissue

donor registry. We thank Assemblywoman

Lieber and Assemblyman Berryhill for their lead-

ership in bringing Californias existing laws on

donation into one standardized, uniform piece of

legislation that is consistent with other states.

Like most other states, the Donate Life

California Organ & Tissue Donor Registry is a

first-person consent registry that allows

Californians to make a legally binding decision to

be organ and tissue donors upon death, and does-

BY YOLANDA GONZAGA

Jorge David Gonzaga passed away at theyoung age of 20. He was an amicable andkind-spirited man with a jovial personality anda big heart. Jorge was always willing to lend ahelping hand and easily made friends and wasadored by all who met him. He had the great-est sense of humor and the biggest smile thatalways made you forget your worries.

Jorge was a sports enthusiast and he had agreat love for the outdoors and drawing. Heloved playing baseball, basketball and ofcourse, football. When Jorge was sixteen hemet his mentor and science teacher, Dr.Ramsey who challenged him and a few of hisclassmates to run the Los Angeles Marathon.As expected, Jorge took on the challenge. Formonths he would rise at four in the morning todo his training. He successfully completed themarathon and his dedication, persistence and

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Gov. SchwarzeneggerSigns Revised UAGACALIFORNIA JOINS NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT TO BRING UNIFORMITYTO ORGAN DONATION LAWS

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MILESTONES Shannon White and Tony Chavezwelcomed daughter Olivia Rose Chavez onOctober 22Laura Haddad delivered daughterKatia on November 19...Angela Mascarenhasgave birth to son Aidan on November 20.

WELCOME Los Angeles/Corporate: RafaelAguilar, Surgical Recovery Pulsatile PerfusionTechnicianCarlos Arias, Accountant ICarolina Carrizosa, Tissue RecoveryTechnicianCourtney Hernandez, OrganPlacement CoordinatorAmar Kapa, Per-DiemDonor Recovery CoordinatorBaco Lam, TissueRecovery TechnicianKaren Libs, InterimDirector of Hospital ServicesBlanca Macias,Manager of Donor InformationEsly Salazar,Per-Diem Organ Placement CoordinatorDeborah Tanner, Administrative Assistant,Family Services. Bakersfield: Linda Baker,Recovery Technician I. Long Beach: SteveHasty, Hospital Services CoordinatorSandraHaynes, Procurement Transplant CoordinatorIeesha Johnson, Hospital ServicesCoordinatorL.J. Mutuc, Procurement

Transplant Coordinator. Redlands: GregoryAllen, Recovery Technician IAaron Cohen,Manager of Recovery & TechnicalServicesKari Monahan, ProcurementTransplant Coordinator. Santa Ana: MildredReid, Recovery Technician ILisa Rubalcava,Tissue Recovery Technician I. Sherman Oaks:Sandra Bolleurs, Hospital ServicesCoordinatorDaynine Bryant, AdministrativeAssistantAngelique Harris, Hospital ServicesCoordinatorIeesha Johnson, HospitalServices CoordinatorDiamond Tanner,Administrative AssistantMonroe Tinker,Procurement Transplant Coordinator.

ON THE MOVE The following employees haverecently transitioned to a new role and/or officelocation within OneLegacy. Los Angeles: PrasadGarimella, Chief Information Officer and VicePresident of Tissue OperationsJason Hower,Organ Placement CoordinatorJenniferLatham, HR Generalist. Long Beach: ScottBunting, In-House Coordinator...Mario Carrillo,Family Care Coordinator...Mary Goodwin, In-House Coordinator...Barbara Lake, In-HouseCoordinator...Courtney Lepis, ProcurementTransplant Coordinator...Teresita Nuila, In-House CoordinatorKarleen Samartan,Procurement Transplant Coordinator...Kristina

Wheeler, Procurement Transplant Coordinator.Redlands: Manvir Behniwal, Assistant DonorInformation Coordinator...Scott Bunting,Procurement Transplant Coordinator...DanaCastleberry, In-House Coordinator...MaryCoronado, Full-Time Family CareCoordinator...Jenna Graciano, Quality SystemsTraining Specialist...Ray Lin, Surgical RecoveryCoordinator...Juan Ramirez, Per DiemProcurement Transplant Coordinator...AlisaSuarez, Per Diem Procurement TransplantCoordinator...Danielle Welzig, Per-DiemProcurement Transplant Coordinator...TerilynnWhitaker, Tissue Recovery CoordinatorSamantha Wright, Hospital ServicesCoordinator. Santa Ana: Adena Evans, DonorInformation Coordinator. Sherman Oaks: RobertCoppel, Family Care Coordinator...Paula Lofy,Procurement Transplant Coordinator... MichelleOxenham, Procurement Transplant Coordinator.

BEST WISHES We wish the following employ-ees the best of luck in their future endeavors:Venkat Alapati, Todd Aust, Lori Caris, JuanDominguez, Richard Fogel, Daren Herrick, JesseMariscal, Seung Lee, Deena Murray, KevinNguyen, Silviea Rosu, Christopher Salazar, DaveSander, Joan Savoldelli, Kandy Smith andLaWanda Sweet-Buttleman.

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New data released in July from OneLegacy and Donate LifeCalifornia, the administrator of the statewide organ and tissue donorregistry, confirm the critical role that minorities play in the fabric oforgan donation and transplantation in the Southland. Latinosaccount for almost half of the donors (47%) in the area, while peo-ple of color account for about two-thirds of deceased organ donorsand transplant recipients.

The Southlands Latino, African American and Asian communi-ties benefit directly from the generosity of their own, with people ofcolor accounting for almost 80% of kidney recipients. Kidneys rep-resent the organ of greatest need across all ethnicities. Interestingly,the percentage of multicultural kidney transplant recipients is virtu-ally identical to the percentage on the waiting list, which demon-

strates the fairness of organ allocation rules.

Latinos represent nearly half of kidney transplant candidates,and the proportion of African Americans waiting for kidneys is two-and-a-half times their share of the general population. In addition,Asians/Pacific Islanders represent 14% of kidney transplant candi-dates, which is substantially greater than their share of the generalpopulation.

More than two-thirds of the more than 20,000 Californians onthe national organ transplant waiting list are Latino, AfricanAmerican, or Asian/Pacific Islander.

In the face of the critical need for organ donation, minorities arethree times less likely than Caucasians to sign up as donors with thestate donor registry, according to Donate Life California.Fortunately, area consent rates among Latinos (66%), AfricanAmericans (46%) and Whites (72%) reached record levels in 2006,and remain at similarly high levels in 2007.

Minorities Play Critical Role in Donation and Transplantation

Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center 2 0 0 0 3Orange County Coroner's Office 0 0 0 0 15Placentia Linda Community Hospital 1 0 0 0 6Saddleback Memorial Medical Center 18 1 0 0 6San Clemente Hospital 0 0 0 0 2South Coast Medical Center 0 0 0 0 3St. Joseph Hospital 16 4 2 2 8St. Jude Medical Center 17 2 1 3 7UCI Medical Center 101 20 12 40 7West Anaheim Medical Center 3 0 0 0 0Western Medical Center Anaheim 11 2 1 3 2Western Medical Center Santa Ana 63 15 11 48 13

RIVERSIDE & SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIESArrowhead Regional Medical Center 95 23 18 54 7Barstow Community Hospital 1 0 0 0 6Bear Valley Community Hospital 0 0 0 0 1Chino Valley Medical Center 1 0 0 0 4Community Hospital of San Bernardino 7 1 0 0 4Corona Regional Medical Center 9 1 1 2 6Desert Regional Medical Center 63 11 5 15 12Desert Valley Hospital 4 1 0 0 10Eisenhower Memorial Hospital 21 7 4 9 5Hemet Valley Medical Center 12 1 0 0 19Hi-Desert Medical Center 0 0 0 0 3Inland Valley Regional Medical Center 19 2 0 0 7Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center 1 0 0 0 2John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital 8 0 0 0 1Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center 74 15 10 20 4Kaiser Permanente Riverside Med Ctr 18 0 0 0 7Loma Linda University Medical Center 134 35 23 66 17Menifee Valley Medical Center 2 0 0 0 2

Moreno Valley Community Hospital 0 0 0 0 2Palo Verde Community Hospital 0 0 0 0 1Parkview Community Hospital Med Ctr 7 0 0 0 5Rancho Springs Medical Center 5 1 1 4 0Redlands Community Hospital 4 0 0 0 5Riverside Community Hospital 34 10 7 20 11Riverside County Coroner's Office 0 0 0 0 18Riverside County Regional Med Center 67 13 8 15 9San Antonio Community Hospital 42 7 4 14 13San Bernardino County Coroner's Office 0 0 0 0 11San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital 3 1 1 2 3St. Bernardine Medical Center 60 0 0 0 2St. Mary Regional Medical Center 7 0 0 0 6Vencor Hospital - Ontario 4 0 0 0 0Victor Valley Community Hospital 6 0 0 0 4

SANTA BARBARA & VENTURA COUNTIESCommty Memorial Hosp of San Buenaventura 6 1 1 2 5Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital 1 0 0 0 1Lompoc District Hospital 0 0 0 0 2Marian Medical Center 11 3 3 8 3Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 18 4 2 6 13Santa Paula Memorial Hospital 2 1 0 0 0Los Robles Regional Medical Center 16 5 5 12 7Ojai Valley Community Hospital 0 0 0 0 1Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services 12 5 4 13 6St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital 3 1 0 0 0St. John's Regional Medical Center 35 9 4 14 8Ventura County Medical Center 14 3 1 3 1Ventura County Medical Examiner 0 0 0 0 1

TOTAL 2705 505 300 927 772

PEOPLE OF COLOR ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF ORGAN DONORS ANDRECIPIENTS IN GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA

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Riverside County Regional Medical Center Receives Life Bridge Award

Hospital services coordinator Louis Jackson (far left) and hospital services supervisor Mike Thomas (far right) present the OneLegacy Life Bridge Award toRiverside County Regional Medical Center. Representing the hospital are LoyalWard, Chaplain; Paul Woodward, Trauma Nurse Manager; Josie Hobbs, ACCUNurse Manager; Luis Orozco, Administrator; Louise O'Rourke, OR Nurse Manager;Kim Baumgarten, ED Nurse Manager; and Douglas Bagley, Director/CEO.

On July 25, OneLegacy was privileged to bestowour hall of fame honor, the Life Bridge Award, toRiverside County Regional Medical Center(RCRMC) for their meaningful and extraordinaryimpact on organ and tissue donation.

RCRMC has exceeded the Collaborative cover-sion rate goal (75%) for two years running. In 2006,RCRMC s 19 organ donors placed them among thetop five in the seven-county greater Los Angelesarea, and their 83% conversion rate was the highestof any hospital with 10 or more eligible donors.RCRMC also facilitated the Inland Empire s firstdonation after cardiac death (DCD).

The hospital s extraordinary results are due toclose cooperation between the services and depart-ments represented by the team pictured at right,including the hospital s Donor Advisory Council.

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KERN COUNTYBakersfield Heart Hospital 0 0 0 0 5Bakersfield Memorial Hospital 18 1 0 0 5Delano Regional Medical Center 5 0 0 0 1Kern County Coroner's Office 0 0 0 0 8Kern Medical Center 64 14 7 31 3Kern Valley Hospital 0 0 0 0 2Mercy Hospital 57 6 3 8 4Mercy Southwest Hospital 0 0 0 0 4Ridgecrest Regional Hospital 1 0 0 0 4San Joaquin Community Hospital 22 5 3 6 2

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - CENTRALAlhambra Hospital Medical Center 2 0 0 0 0Brotman Medical Center 4 2 2 3 0California Hospital Medical Center 60 13 7 26 9Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 55 6 2 2 2Century City Doctor's Hospital 4 0 0 0 3Children's Hospital Los Angeles 20 3 1 3 3Citrus Valley Intercommunity Hospital 12 2 1 3 1Citrus Valley Med Ctr - Queen of the Valley 23 3 2 5 5City of Angels Medical Center 2 0 0 0 0City of Hope National Medical Center 1 0 0 0 0East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital 1 0 0 0 1Garfield Medical Center 12 3 1 3 0Good Samaritan Hospital 16 4 1 3 4Greater El Monte Community Hospital 2 0 0 0 2Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Med Ctr 9 0 0 0 9Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Med Ctr 53 8 2 8 5Kaiser Permanente West LA Med Ctr 20 3 3 8 3Kindred Hospital Los Angeles 1 0 0 0 0LAC + USC Medical Center 100 22 16 60 11Los Angeles Community Hospital 1 0 0 0 1Los Angeles County Coroner's Office 0 0 0 0 70Montclair Hospital Medical Center 0 0 0 0 3Monterey Park Hospital 1 0 0 0 0Olympia Medical Center 1 0 0 0 0OneLegacy Hospice (Home) 0 0 0 0 1Pacific Alliance Medical Center 2 0 0 0 0Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center 21 3 3 7 10Queen of Angels / Hollywood Presb Med Ctr 18 5 3 15 3San Dimas Community Hospital 6 1 0 0 3San Gabriel Valley Medical Center 2 0 0 0 1St. John's Hospital and Health Center 5 1 1 2 3St. Vincent Medical Center 3 0 0 0 0Tri-City Regional Medical Center 0 0 0 0 1UCLA Medical Center - Santa Monica 1 0 0 0 2UCLA Medical Center - Westwood 78 11 7 21 5USC University Hospital 8 0 0 0 0VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System 1 0 0 0 0White Memorial Medical Center 21 1 1 4 1

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - NORTHAntelope Valley Hospital 30 6 2 1 12Encino-Tarzana Regional Med Ctr, Tarzana 7 2 1 7 2Foothill Presbyterian Hospital 4 0 0 0 1Glendale Adventist Medical Center 4 2 2 7 2Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center 19 0 0 0 2Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital 17 4 3 5 4

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Hospital Referral DataHuntington Hospital 48 11 8 28 8Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Med Ctr 8 2 0 0 3Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Med Ctr 9 1 0 0 1LA County Olive View / UCLA Medical Center 2 0 0 0 0Lancaster Community Hospital 9 1 1 4 1Methodist Hospital of Southern California 15 4 1 1 7Mission Commty Hospital - Panorama City 0 0 0 0 1Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Roscoe 29 6 4 14 5Pacifica Hospital of the Valley Med Ctr 4 0 0 0 3Providence Holy Cross Medical Center 32 12 6 21 11Sherman Oaks Hospital and Health Center 0 0 0 0 5St. Joseph Medical Center 21 3 2 7 2Valley Presbyterian Hospital 7 0 0 0 1Verdugo Hills Hospital 5 2 2 6 2West Hills Regional Medical Center 6 0 0 0 4

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - SOUTHBeverly Hospital 14 2 2 9 3Catalina Island Hospital 0 0 0 0 1Centinela Freeman RMC, Centinela Campus 35 11 4 10 11Centinela Freeman RMC, Marina Campus 3 0 0 0 5Coast Plaza Doctors Hospital 3 0 0 0 2Downey Regional Medical Center 26 6 4 14 6Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Med Ctr 1 0 0 0 3Kaiser Permanente Harbor City Med Ctr 6 1 1 0 1LA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 50 10 8 29 12Lakewood Regional Hospital 11 6 4 6 8Little Company of Mary - San Pedro Hospital 19 1 1 5 6Little Company of Mary Hospital 24 2 1 3 8Long Beach Community Medical Center 3 1 1 1 0Long Beach Memorial Medical Center 32 10 4 12 8Martin Luther King, Jr.-Harbor Hospital 19 3 1 1 2Memorial Hospital of Gardena 9 2 1 7 2Miller Children's Hospital 7 4 3 17 1Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital 21 1 1 2 4Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center 1 0 0 0 8St. Francis Medical Center 72 24 13 49 13St. Mary Medical Center 26 8 4 12 6Torrance Memorial Medical Center 53 1 1 1 4VA Hospital - Long Beach 0 0 0 0 1Whittier Hospital Medical Center 1 0 0 0 1

ORANGE COUNTYAnaheim General Hospital 1 0 0 0 1Anaheim Memorial Medical Center 21 2 0 0 6Chapman Medical Center 2 0 0 0 2Childrens Hospital of Orange County 20 5 1 0 0CHOC at Mission 1 0 0 0 0Coastal Communities Hospital 6 2 2 6 0Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Med Ctr 36 2 1 5 2Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center 6 0 0 0 3Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian 33 8 6 11 15Huntington Beach Hospital 0 0 0 0 4Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center 2 0 0 0 3Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Med Ctr 47 10 4 14 3Kindred Hospital Westminster 2 0 0 0 0La Palma Intercommunity Hospital 3 0 0 0 4Los Alamitos Medical Center 7 2 2 6 2Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center 15 3 3 13 7

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OneLegacy honored 81 Southland hospitals for their perform-ance in support of organ and tissue donation at Junes CelebratingOur Partners Donation and Transplantation Conference andAwards Ceremony.

The awards reflect the success of the partnership betweenOneLegacy and area hospitals energized by the national OrganDonation and Transplantation Breakthrough Collaborative, an ini-tiative launched by the U.S Department of Health and HumanServices in 2003 to save and enhance thousands of lives annually byspreading best practices to the nations largest hospitals.

Thirty hospitals achieved donation conversion rates of at least

75% over twelve consecutive months during the 23 months ending

April 30, more than double the number that achieved the benchmark

during a comparable period a year ago. In addition, fourteen hospi-

tals achieved conversion rates of 65% to 74%, double the number

that achieved this second-tier threshold last year. Donation conver-

sion rates represent the percentage of actual donors out of all eligi-

ble donors.

In addition, 24 hospitals were recognized for their extraordinary

support of tissue donation, providing life-saving and life-enhancing

gifts of tissue donation to the community. Honored hospitals either

referred six or more recovered tissue donors through the first four

months of 2007, or were among the leaders in complying withguidelines to refer potential donors within one hour of death.

Also recognized were 24 hospitals which facilitated donation

after cardiac death (DCD).

81 Southland Hospitals Honored for AchievingOrgan, Tissue Donation Benchmarks

Representatives of the 30 hospitals achieving a 75% conversionrate celebrate in unision.

30 HOSPITALS ACHIEVE NATIONAL GOAL OF75% ORGAN DONATION RATE Achievement of 75% Conversion Rate*

*Highest organ donation conversion rate achieved in one 12-monthperiod between 6/1/05 and 4/30/07

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Childrens Hospital of Orange County 100%Eisenhower Memorial Hospital 75%Glendale Adventist Medical Center 80%Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital 100%Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian 86%Huntington Hospital 100%Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center 100%Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Medical Center 80%Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Med Ctr 83%Kern Medical Center 75%LA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 92%Lakewood Regional Hospital 75%Little Company of Mary Hospital 83%Los Alamitos Medical Center 75%Los Robles Regional Medical Center 100%Mercy Hospital 83%Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center 100%Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Roscoe 82%Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center 89%Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital 86%Providence Holy Cross Medical Center 92%Providence St. Joseph Medical Center 100%Riverside County Regional Medical Center 89%Saddleback Memorial Medical Center 100%San Antonio Community Hospital 75%Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 83%Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services 80%St. Joseph Hospital 100%USC University Hospital 75%White Memorial Medical Center 75%

commitment to both fitness andacademic excellence was admiredand respected by his peers. Jorgesmarathon pursuits were featured inthe Los Angeles Times (datedMarch 1, 2002) and his accom-plishments were recognized as abeacon of motivation for all youth.

Throughout his childhood andearly teens Jorge always expresseda strong interest in one day becom-ing a policeman. He was an activestudent and cadet in the PoliceAcademy Magnet Program atDorsey High School. He joined thefootball team and made major contributions to the teams winningseasons.

Jorges compassionate side came to light when he was in the 10thgrade. When he told me, I want to become an organ donor, I didnot take it seriously. I thought, like always, he was playfully kiddingme. In the 11th grade during the schools annual Red Cross BloodDrive, Jorge donated blood and when he arrived home, he said,Mom, I already registered myself to donate my organs.

On January 22, 2006, my life changed forever. He was admittedto the hospital fatally wounded. On January 27, 2006, the doctorsdeclared him brain dead. It was then a nurse approached me, andtalked to me about donating his organs. I remembered what Jorge hadtold me a year earlier. I found his California ID where I knew he hadplaced the organ donor sticker. I realized right then that I had tohonor his wishes.

I agreed to donate his organs, allowing Jorge to make a valuabledifference in the lives of others. By donating his organs and tissue,even in death Jorge continues to make a difference by giving hopeand life to others. OneLegacy made all the arrangements necessaryto fulfill the desire and wishes of my son.

Since my eight-year-old niece, KayCee, was born, Jorge was herbig brother. He took this nurturing role seriously and he would be

so proud to know that KayCee carries on his values. Like Jorge,KayCee has become a big sister to Jorges children, and a very car-ing granddaughter to their grandma. KayCee is proud of her bigbrother Jorge. She keeps him in her prayers and knows that Jorge isnow her guardian angel .

Jorge, you are my Eternal Love . When you were born, you

made me the happiest woman in the world. Many times I said it toyou. Jorge, my heart only knows pain for losing you but at the sametime I am so proud of you. Jorge, you unselfishly gave the gift of lifeto others and hope to some. Because of your generousity and otherpriceless things you did while you were alive, you are a hero . I donot want to say goodbye to you but instead see you soon.

It is a powerful message that donors like my son give the rest ofus. A single donor makes the difference in the lives of many. Letshonor him and all of the organ donors by following their exampleand make a commitment to donate our organs and/or tissue.

Whenever someone says yes to donation, its something wecelebrate, said OneLegacy CEO and Executive Vice PresidentTom Mone. Its a very rare and special opportunity to leave sucha remarkable legacy. The choice to donate life makes a tremen-dous difference in our community - it saves lives, strengthensfamilies and helps our community.

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Organ Donation DataFollowing are key OneLegacy performance indicators through September 2007. (Source: OneLegacy data)

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Organ Donors 32 45 33 42 30 26 20 38 34 300

Kidneys Recovered 60 87 61 75 54 48 34 69 63 551

Kidneys Transplanted 50 68 55 64 47 41 26 58 48 457

Extra-Renals Recovered 38 78 60 81 68 43 31 49 43 491

Extra-Renals Transplanted 37 76 60 80 63 38 32 50 39 475

Hearts Transplanted 6 15 11 12 15 9 9 7 6 90

Livers Transplanted 24 37 30 33 23 15 18 25 25 230

Lungs Transplanted 5 13 13 22 19 9 2 11 7 101

Pancreases Transplanted 2 11 6 11 6 5 3 6 1 51

Consent Rate 65.0% 77.3% 59.1% 64.9% 50.8% 57.7% 54.2% 73.3% 66.1% 63.1%

Conversion Rate 68.9% 81.8% 66.7% 68.3% 56.6% 59.5% 61.8% 74.5% 73.9% 68.0%

Organs Recovered 98 165 121 156 122 91 65 118 106 1042

Organs Transplanted 87 144 115 144 110 79 58 108 87 932

Organs Recovered Per Donor 3.06 3.67 3.67 3.71 4.07 3.50 3.25 3.11 3.12 3.14

Organs Transplanted Per Donor 2.72 3.20 3.48 3.43 3.67 3.04 2.90 2.84 2.56 2.81

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Jorge: Even in death he continues to make a difference.

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MINORITIES

U.S. ORGAN TRANSPLANTWAITING LIST STATISTICS

California USA

Kidney 15,650 73,908Liver 3,740 16,748Pancreas 166 1,645Kidney/Pancreas 505 2,322Heart 333 2,690Lung 194 2,294Heart/Lung 15 108Intestine 27 225

Total 20,156 97,485

Source: UNOS. Based on OPTN data as of November 23, 2007

Message to Adults 50+:Dont Rule Yourself Out!

Research across the country reveals that a significant percent-age of DMV customers 50 and older are ruling themselves out ofbeing designated donors, thinking that their age or medical condi-tions make them ineligible to donate.

In fact, there are relatively few conditions that automaticallyrule out a potential organ or tissue donor, with HIV/AIDS andmetastasized cancer being two of the more common conditions.Diabetes or ineligibility to donate blood do not automatically pro-hibit someone from donating organs and tissues.

In the greater Los Angeles area, in the first six months of 2007,26% of organ donors were age 50 and older, 9% were age 60 andolder, and two were in their seventies. Among tissue donors, 67%were age 50 and older, nearly half were age 60 and older, and 18%were in their seventies, while the average age was 53.

The bottom line: if you want to help others, sign up on theDonate Life California Registry online or through the DMV andleave it to the medical professionals to determine whether or notyou can be a donor upon death. Until then, rest assured that yourdecision to donate will be honored.

LIFE TAKES FLIGHT AT ROSE PARADE Follow the inspiring journey ofDonate Lifes fifth Rose Parade float entry at www.donatelifefloat.org.

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More than two million Californians have signed up to become

organ and/or tissue donors on the states Donate Life California

Organ & Tissue Donor Registry, doubling the states number of

designated donors in only eight months. The ongoing surge in reg-

istrations is due predominantly to the ability of Californians to

sign up as donors at the same time they apply for or renew drivers

licenses or I.D. cards at the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)

through a program that began July 1, 2006. This year, 97% of

Donate Life Californias signups have come through the DMV.

As a result of our partnership with the DMV, each week

approximately 30,000 DMV customers are checking Yes on their

DMV forms to register as organ and tissue donors, stated Bryan

Stewart, president of Donate Life California, the non-profit organ-

ization created in 2004 to administer the state-authorized donor

registry. In doing so, those registrants are helping the more than

20,000 fellow Californians who are waiting for a life-saving organ

transplant, and many more who rely on the gift of donated tissue

to restore sight, heal burns and regain mobility.

The shortage of organs is not due simply to a lack of giving,

but rather to the rarity with which the opportunity to donate organs

presents itself. Only one in 100 deaths results in a patient being

eligible to donate. Thats why every single opportunity to donate

counts.

According to George Valverde, director of the DMV, "We are

proud that this partnership is truly making a difference and saving

lives. Through our involvement in this effort, weve also come to

know how the lives of employees in our own DMV family have

been touched by organ donation. Some have donated organs to

loved ones, received transplants themselves or are still in need of

life-saving donations. We are heartened to know the DMVs

enrollment of designated donors gives hope to those whose lives

hang in the balance.

POR ELENA DE LA CRUZ

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Ozzie Herrera (Whittier, CA), de 49a os, que recibi un ri n tras cincoa os en di lisis.

Sara L pez (Alburquerque, NM), unajoven de 18 a os que recibi un h ga-do a los 2.

Indra Michaca (Moreno Valley), unajoven estudiante receptora de un h gado.

Jes s Nava (West Covina), embajadorde OneLegacy y beneficiado por untrasplante de coraz n hace dos a os.

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Josie Flores (Miami, FL) una joven de30 a os que don los rganos de sumadre.

Eva P rez (Los Angeles, CA) unamadre de 42 a os cuyo hijo, Hern nAispuro salv varias vidas tras con-vertirse en donante.

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nt require the consent of any other person. The revised UAGA makes

other states first-person consent registries legally binding in

California in the event that an out-of-state designated donor dies with-

in the state. The reciprocal is true in states where the revised UAGA

is adopted.

In all cases in which an eligible donor has not registered with

Donate Life California, the donation decision falls to the potential

donors closest legal contacts, starting with immediate family mem-

bers. In the absence of family members, the newly approved UAGA

expands the list of individuals who can make this decision to include

domestic partners, grandchildren and close friends who exhibited

special care and concern for the deceased individual.

The new law also affects the familys donation decision. When an

individual does not leave an advance directive, the new UAGA allows

majority rule, rather than unanimity, among a class of available fam-

ily members (such as children) of the decedent to make an anatomi-

cal gift decision.

In addition, the revised UAGA maintains ethical standards and

continues the prohibition against the same physician being involved

in both the treatment of the potential donor and the recovery of

organs, while ensuring that the most qualified professionals are

involved in the actual recovery of donated organs. The legislation also

maintains existing law requiring county coroners to cooperate with

organ procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to

recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, or

education.

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Source: Donate Life California

El Puente Una secci n especial para la comunidad latinaSeis latinos en el Desfile de las Rosas 2008

Donate Life California Registry Passes 2 Million Mark

POR ELENA DE LA CRUZ

Los latinos juegan un papel fundamentalen las donaciones que se realizan en elrea de servicio de OneLegacy, queincluye los condados de Los Angeles,Orange County, Riverside, San Bernardino,Ventura, Santa Barbara y Kern.

En una reciente rueda de prensa, a la queOneLegacy invit a todos los medios decomunicacin de Los Angeles, se dio aconocer que casi la mitad de losdonantes, el 47%, son latinos. Asimismo,la tasa de consentimiento entre los lati-nos es la ms alta en la historia: el 65% delas familias latinas a las que se les brindala oportunidad de donar lo hacen.Desafortunadamente, tambin son elgrupo tnico con mayor necesidad de untransplante en California.

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(1) Event founders Craig and Kathleen Hostert address the 5,000attendees prior to the race. (2) Kelly OQuinn adds to the festivityas the Pink Donor Dot mascot. (3) Family and friends celebrate thelife of Brian Scott Campbell in the Circle of Life Garden. (4) Kidneyrecipient Victor Leon receives a warm onstage embrace fromMiss Fullerton. (5) The family of Donovan Burdick gathers aroundhis sign in the Circle of Life Garden. (6) With a ceremonial releaseof balloons, the 5K run and 1K walk are underway. (7) Mayors andcivic leaders from 16 Orange County cities and join sponsor rep-resentatives, transplant surgeons, Donate Life Ambassadors, andDonate Life Workplace Partners. (8) City of Fullerton Mayor ShawnNelson addresses the crown during the pre-race ceremony. (9) A BMX Bike Show was a highlight of the post-race FamilyFestival.

Donate Life Run/WalkReaches New HeightsThe images of organ and tissue donors on 1,500 T-shirts inspired the record5,000 participants at Aprils fifth annual Donate Life Run/Walk. Many of the 73donor family teams gathered in the Circle of Life Garden, an elegant displayof 88 signs with photos and personal messages dedicated to donors and

recipients alike. Cedars-SinaiMedical Center, St. JosephHospital, UCI Medical Center,Washington Mutual, and especiallyMayor Shawn Nelson and the Cityof Fullerton led dozens of sponsorswho joined participants to raisefunds for public education cam-paigns promoting enrollment in theDonate Life California Organ &Tissue Donor Registry.

SAVE THE DATE: In keeping with tradition, the 2008 Donate Life Run/Walkwill be held on the last Saturday of National Donate Life Month, April 26.

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High School ProgramDrives Donor DesignationYouth education coordinator SimeraNichols and many Donate LifeAmbassadors have been busy edu-cating first-time drivers throughoutOneLegacys seven-county servicearea about their opportunity to signup with the Donate Life CaliforniaRegistry on their DMV driverslicense applications.

Apr 2 Los Angeles James A. Foshay Learning CenterApr 3 Alta Loma Rancho Cucamonga High SchoolApr 5 Banning New Horizons High SchoolApr 20 Cerritos Gahr High SchoolApr 24 Lakewood Artesia High SchoolMay 14 Irvine Woodbridge High SchoolMay 15 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara High SchoolMay 18 Bakersfield Bakersfield Adventist AcademyMay 21 Bakersfield Foothill High SchoolMay 23 Carpinteria Carpinteria High SchoolMay 24 San Gabriel San Gabriel High SchoolMay 24 Westlake Village Westlake High SchoolMay 25 Los Angeles Venice High SchoolMay 31 Corona Centennial High SchoolJun 5 North Hills Monroe High School Police AcademyJun 7 Woodland Hills Taft High SchoolJun 8 Fullerton La Vista High SchoolJun 11 Santa Barbara San Marcos High SchoolJun 14 La Habra La Habra High SchoolJun 19 Los Angeles Fremont High SchoolJun 26 Irvine Woodbridge High SchoolJun 29 Los Angeles UCLA Natl Youth Leadership ForumJul 11 Bakersfield Foothill High SchoolJul 13 Los Angeles UCLA Natl Youth Leadership ForumJul 17 Irvine Woodbridge High SchoolJul 20 Huntington Beach Marina High SchoolJul 20 Irvine University High SchoolAug 1 Irvine University High SchoolSep 18 Bakersfield South High SchoolOct 11-12 Irvine Northwood High SchoolOct 15 Pomona Pomona Catholic High SchoolOct 17 Moorpark Moorpark College Death & Dying ClassOct 18 Irvine Woodbridge High SchoolOct 25 Irvine University High SchoolOct 25 Los Angeles Gompers Middle School

General Market Apr 5 LA Daily News spotlighted two Pierce College alumni

and the American Red Cross Donate Life partnership.Apr 9 Ventura County Star ran a story on the history of the

Donate Life California Registry.Apr 28 KBAK-29 (CBS) Bakersfield covered Kern County

Ambassadors Donate Life Run/Walk participation.Apr 20 Press-Enterprise interviewed Riverside County firefight-

er Barry Rezac about his need for a lung transplant.Apr 28-29 Orange County Register ran two stories on the Donate

Life Run/Walk and founders Kathleen & Craig Hostert.May 3 San Fernando Valley Sun featured the Legacy of Life

Baseball Tournament honoring Frankie Hernandez.Apr 28-29 Orange County Register highlighted eight OC hospitals

receiving HHS Medals of Honor.Jul 12 Los Angeles Times featured Erica Rangel-Baez, moth-

er of donor Frankie Hernandez, in a story on the roleof minorities in donation and transplantation.

Aug 12 Los Angeles Business Journal published a commen-tary by Tom Mone on TV portrayals of organ donation.

Aug 16 ABC7 shared the story of a living kidney donationbetween DMV employees Hooshabg Torabi and recip-ient Gaston Gonzalez.

MulticulturalApr 1 People en espaol profiled donor mom Erica Rangel-

Bez and her son's heart recipient, Juan Prez.Apr 1 LA Focus highlighted lung recipients Eunice Gibsons

dedication to being an Ambassador.Apr 20 SBTN Television featured the Donate Life Run/Walk.Apr 23 El Cucuy de la maana interviewed donor parents

Eva and Arnoldo Prez and OneLegacy family carecoordinator Max Caldern.

Apr 28 Primer Impacto featured Hermn and Angie Trevizo,parents of donor Christopher Trevizo.

May 10 LA Sentinel recounted Navaline Smiths regret overnot having donated her daughters organs.

May Phu Nu Magazine featured liver recipients Tony TuanNguyen and Hoang Huynh.

Jun 28 KMEX-34 (Univision) 'A Su Lado' devoted an eveningto donation. (See Community Highlights, Page 10)

Jul 8 KLOVE-FM, KTNQ-FM, Recuerdo and La Nueva spot-lighted tissue donation by interviewing Liz Pealozaand OneLegacys Sandra Madera.

Jul 11 Noticiero Univision (Ch. 34) covered OneLegacy'spress conference announcing the vital role Latinosplay in organ and tissue donation.

Jul 14 Asian Journal featured liver recipient LiberatoBumacod in a focus on Filipino Americans

Jul 17 Sky Link TV covered the story of liver recipient KennyWong and the Donate Life California Registry.

July 12 Korean Times featured liver recipients Sun Chin andFredrick Hun.

July 21 Phoenix TV highlighted the organ donation consentrate among Asian-Americans.

Aug 25 Pioln por la Maana interviewed living donor LeanaPadilla and her recipient, father Salvador Padilla.

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Community HighlightsAugusts Donate Life Community Conference shined an awards spotlight on the mostactive volunteer Donate Life Ambassadors, including (1) Arnoldo and Eva Perez, pos-ing with thematically attired Sandra Madera of OneLegacy, and (2) Rookie of the YearMichael Benbow (right) with African American community development coordinatorRalph Sutton. (3) DMV Thousand Oaks field office employee and kidney donorHooshang Torabi is interviewed on a blue-screen set at the Persian BroadcastingCompany. (4) Attending the Inter-Cultural Social and Education Services AwardsDinner are Los Angeles Chinatown Miss Friendship Mandy Ho, Asian communitydevelopment coordinator Sabrina Ho, and volunteer Agnes Tham. (5) A contingent of40 Embajadores de OneLegacy fielded more than 500 phone calls as organ donationwas the featured issue on KMEX-34s A Su Lado. (6) Liver recipient Indra Michaca(standing, third from left) and her sister Zulma led Donate Life Club Rush activities atRiverside Community College. (7) Announcing the Inglewood Area Ministers Alliances(IAMA) support of the Give Thanks, Give Life campaign are African American commu-nity development coordinator Ralph D. Sutton with IAMA officers Sandra Green, Rev.Barbara Williams, Pastor Chris Ward, Rev. Jewett Walker, Donate Life Ambassadorand kidney recipient Michael Benbow, IAMA president Dr. Austin Williams andCynthia Manker. (8) On November 17, the DMV held a drawing at California ScienceCenter to select employees to participate in the DMVs Donate Life Rose Parade Floatdecorating shift. Float committee chairman Bryan Stewart of OneLegacy and JanetMendoza of DMV Media Relations flank winner Rosalina Gutierrez of DMV WinnetkaField Office and friend. (9) Collaborative specialist Carla Talley-Hentz, CEO and execu-tive vice president Tom Mone, and Marcia Penido, LCSW of Huntington Hospitalattended the Organ Donation and Transplantation Collaboratives National LearningCongress, October 9-10 in Nashville.

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Donate Life Ambassadors Adopt DMVsDozens of Donate Life Ambassadors

answered the call to Adopt-A-DMV , DonateLife California s campaign to maintain and buildthe state donor registry s relationship with theCalifornia Department of Motor Vehicles 9,000employees.

Between October and January, Donate LifeAmbassadors will join OneLegacy staff to presentcertificates commemorating the DMV s crucialrole in signing up more than two million desig-nated donors. Once introduced to their adoptedfield offices, Ambassadors will visit the locationon a quarterly basis to thank DMV employees fortheir support, share news about the registry sprogress, and garner feedback regarding employ-ees and customers perceptions of the DonateLife California Registry.

KERN COUNTY

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - CENTRAL

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - SOUTH RIVERSIDE & SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES

From Santa Maria to Lynwood, Indio to El Segundo, and Canyon Lake to San Dimas, Donate Life Ambassadors and OneLegacy professionals reach outto communities throughout the greater Los Angeles area.

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Apr 30 Los Angeles Table NDLM at MLK/Harbor HospitalMay 5 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speaker Social Concerns ForumMay 5 Lynwood Table Autentico 5 de MayoMay 5 Whittier Table Washington Mutual Customer Appreciation DayMay 19 Lynwood Table Women's Health Fair, St. Francis Medical CenterJun 9 Los Angeles Table 8th Annual Community Unity DayJun 16 Gardena Table Juneteenth Celebration at Rawley ParkJul 23,30 Inglewood In-Service Morningside Adult Daycare CenterAug 10 Long Beach Table Long Beach Memorial Med Ctr Houssel's ForumAug 28 Wilmington Table ConocoPhillips Blood DriveSep 1 Inglewood Table Jazz In the ParkSep 21,23 Los Angeles Tabke Black Business ExpoSep 29 Compton Gathering Regalo de Vida, La Costa RestaurantOct 14 Bellflower Table Bethel Church 2nd Annual Health FairOct 20 Whittier Table Presbyterian Intercommty Hospital Health FairOct 30-31 Wilmington Table ConocoPhillips Halloween

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May 4 Irvine Table NDLM Workplace Partnership EventMay 8-9 Anaheim OL Speaker Everest College Nursing Students PresentationJun 27-29 Anaheim Table National Athletic Trainers AssociationAug 22 Orange Table JCPenney Blood DriveSep 29 Brea Table Wellness Festival 2007Sep 29 Huntington Beach OL Speaker RSN National MeetingOct 9 Fullerton OL Speaker Cal State Fullerton Sociology ClassOct 10 Tustin Table AT&T Tustin 6th Annual Health and Safety FairOct 17 Yorba Linda OL Speaker Classic Cruisers of North Orange CountyOct 25 Santa Ana Table Orange County Coroner's Convention

Sep 16 Pasadena Table PKD Run/Walk at Rose BowlSep 19 Simi Valley AMB Speaker Simi Valley Hospital In-serviceSep 29 Van Nuys Table 2007 Health and Safety Fair

May 8 Riverside OL Speaker Chicanos/Latinos in Community Medicine, UCRiverside

May 12 Moreno Valley Table Community Health Awareness DayMay 12 Riverside Table Kids Health and Safety FairMay 12 Riverside Table Volunteer Firefighters Pancake BreakfastMay 23 Riverside AMB Speaker UC Riverside Students for DonationJun 1-3 Temecula Table Temecula Balloon and Wine FestivalJun 2 Riverside Table Juneteenth CelebrationJun 23 Rialto Table State Route 210 Pre-Grand OpeningJul 28 Riverside Table California Baptist Univ. Healthy Heritage

Wellness ConferenceAug 26 Riverside OL Speaker RSN Patient Lifestyle MeetingAug 29 Riverside Table Multicultural Fair, Kaiser RiversideSep 22 Canyon Lake Table Taste of ParadiseOct 27 Riverside Table Bud's Tire and Wheel ClassicCarShowOct 28 Loma Linda Table 2007 LLUMC Family Health Fair

May 9 Bakersfield Table Wasco State Prison Employee Health FairJun 19 Littlerock Table Juneteenth at Jackie Robinson ParkAug 12 Bakersfield Table Women's and Children's Health & Safety ExpoSep 8 Bakersfield Table KGET Health ExpoOct 20 Bakersfield Table Heart Walk at Cal State BakersfieldOct 21 Bakersfield Table Wasco Health FairOct 25 Bakersfield Table Stockdale High School Health FairOct 30 Bakersfield AMB Speaker Collaborative Learning Session

Apr 29 Los Angeles Table Fiesta BroadwayMay 2 Los Angeles Table Screen Actors Guild's 5th Annual Health FairMay 3 Irwindale Participant Asian Pacific American Heritage MonthMay 4 Los Angeles Table NDLM Workplace Partnership EventMay 6 Santa Monica AMB Speaker Donor Sabbath at 1st United Methodist ChurchMay 12 Alhambra AMB Speaker Curves Organ and Tissue Donation ClassMay 13 San Dimas Participant Tzu Chi Foundation Mother's Day CelebrationMay 25 Covina Table Covina Valley USD Health FairMay 26 Los Angeles Registry Table Clear Channel Hot Summer NightsJun 9 Los Angeles Table Community Unity DayJun 9 Los Angeles AMB Speaker Celebrating Our PartnersJun 29 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speaker UCLA National Youth Leadership ForumJul 13 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speaker UCLA National Youth Leadership ForumAug 11 Puente Hills Table 11th Annual Staying Fit Community Health FairAug 11-12 Los Angeles Table NBC Health and Fitness ExpoAug 22 Arcadia Table Vons Diversity Health FairAug 25 Los Angeles Table Free Family Health FairSep 21-23 Culver City Table East West Health QuestSep 23 Arcadia Table Harvest Moon FestivalSep 26 Arcadia OL Speaker Vons Brown Bag LuncheonOct 6 Los Angeles Table 6th Annual St. Vincent Health Fair Oct 12-Nov 28 Hollywood Table/AMB Speak "The God Committee"Oct 20 Los Angeles Table HealthCare Partners Health Fair

SANTA BARBARA/VENTURA COUNTIES

May 2 Goleta AMB Speaker DMV In-ServiceMay 12 Oxnard Table Mother's Day FestivalMay 19 Santa Barbara Table Santa Barbara Arthritis WalkJun 5 Ventura AMB Speaker Assn of Critical Care Nurses of Ventura CountyJun 13 Santa Barbara AMB Speaker DMV In-ServiceJul 10 Santa Barbara AMB Speaker Heart Walk Committee MeetingAug 7 Santa Barbara AMB Speaker Santa Barbara Heart Walk Kick-Off MeetingAug 12 Goleta Table St. Raphael Church Blood DriveSep 1 Lompoc Table Special Olympics Car ShowSep 9 Santa Barbara Table Mitzvah Day 2007Sep 13 Carpinteria AMB Speaker Rotary Club of CarpinteriaSep 15 Santa Maria Table Heart Walk at Waller ParkSep 21 Thousand Oaks AMB Speaker Los Robles Regional Medical CenterOct 4 Santa Barbara AMB Speaker St. Frances Parish NursesOct 20 Camarillo OL Speaker St. Columba Episcopal Church Health Ministries

End of Life ProgramOct 20-21 Goleta Table Saint Raphel Ministry FairOct 21 Goleta Table California Lemon FestivalOct 23 Goleta Table Raytheon Benefits Health FairOct 25 Ventura AMB Speaker Ventura County Student Nurses Training

Above, Ambassador Dave Hollon presents a 2 Million! certificate to DMV Fullerton Field Officemanager Yvonne Rowden. Below, DMV Van NuysField Office manager Robert Nelson is flanked byAmbassadors Sid and Melinda Adelman.

Donate Life Ambassadors Adopt DMVsDozens of Donate Life Ambassadors

answered the call to Adopt-A-DMV , DonateLife California s campaign to maintain and buildthe state donor registry s relationship with theCalifornia Department of Motor Vehicles 9,000employees.

Between October and January, Donate LifeAmbassadors will join OneLegacy staff to presentcertificates commemorating the DMV s crucialrole in signing up more than two million desig-nated donors. Once introduced to their adoptedfield offices, Ambassadors will visit the locationon a quarterly basis to thank DMV employees fortheir support, share news about the registry sprogress, and garner feedback regarding employ-ees and customers perceptions of the DonateLife California Registry.

KERN COUNTY

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - CENTRAL

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - SOUTH RIVERSIDE & SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES

From Santa Maria to Lynwood, Indio to El Segundo, and Canyon Lake to San Dimas, Donate Life Ambassadors and OneLegacy professionals reach outto communities throughout the greater Los Angeles area.

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Apr 30 Los Angeles Table NDLM at MLK/Harbor HospitalMay 5 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speaker Social Concerns ForumMay 5 Lynwood Table Autentico 5 de MayoMay 5 Whittier Table Washington Mutual Customer Appreciation DayMay 19 Lynwood Table Women's Health Fair, St. Francis Medical CenterJun 9 Los Angeles Table 8th Annual Community Unity DayJun 16 Gardena Table Juneteenth Celebration at Rawley ParkJul 23,30 Inglewood In-Service Morningside Adult Daycare CenterAug 10 Long Beach Table Long Beach Memorial Med Ctr Houssel's ForumAug 28 Wilmington Table ConocoPhillips Blood DriveSep 1 Inglewood Table Jazz In the ParkSep 21,23 Los Angeles Tabke Black Business ExpoSep 29 Compton Gathering Regalo de Vida, La Costa RestaurantOct 14 Bellflower Table Bethel Church 2nd Annual Health FairOct 20 Whittier Table Presbyterian Intercommty Hospital Health FairOct 30-31 Wilmington Table ConocoPhillips Halloween

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May 4 Irvine Table NDLM Workplace Partnership EventMay 8-9 Anaheim OL Speaker Everest College Nursing Students PresentationJun 27-29 Anaheim Table National Athletic Trainers AssociationAug 22 Orange Table JCPenney Blood DriveSep 29 Brea Table Wellness Festival 2007Sep 29 Huntington Beach OL Speaker RSN National MeetingOct 9 Fullerton OL Speaker Cal State Fullerton Sociology ClassOct 10 Tustin Table AT&T Tustin 6th Annual Health and Safety FairOct 17 Yorba Linda OL Speaker Classic Cruisers of North Orange CountyOct 25 Santa Ana Table Orange County Coroner's Convention

Sep 16 Pasadena Table PKD Run/Walk at Rose BowlSep 19 Simi Valley AMB Speaker Simi Valley Hospital In-serviceSep 29 Van Nuys Table 2007 Health and Safety Fair

May 8 Riverside OL Speaker Chicanos/Latinos in Community Medicine, UCRiverside

May 12 Moreno Valley Table Community Health Awareness DayMay 12 Riverside Table Kids Health and Safety FairMay 12 Riverside Table Volunteer Firefighters Pancake BreakfastMay 23 Riverside AMB Speaker UC Riverside Students for DonationJun 1-3 Temecula Table Temecula Balloon and Wine FestivalJun 2 Riverside Table Juneteenth CelebrationJun 23 Rialto Table State Route 210 Pre-Grand OpeningJul 28 Riverside Table California Baptist Univ. Healthy Heritage

Wellness ConferenceAug 26 Riverside OL Speaker RSN Patient Lifestyle MeetingAug 29 Riverside Table Multicultural Fair, Kaiser RiversideSep 22 Canyon Lake Table Taste of ParadiseOct 27 Riverside Table Bud's Tire and Wheel ClassicCarShowOct 28 Loma Linda Table 2007 LLUMC Family Health Fair

May 9 Bakersfield Table Wasco State Prison Employee Health FairJun 19 Littlerock Table Juneteenth at Jackie Robinson ParkAug 12 Bakersfield Table Women's and Children's Health & Safety ExpoSep 8 Bakersfield Table KGET Health ExpoOct 20 Bakersfield Table Heart Walk at Cal State BakersfieldOct 21 Bakersfield Table Wasco Health FairOct 25 Bakersfield Table Stockdale High School Health FairOct 30 Bakersfield AMB Speaker Collaborative Learning Session

Apr 29 Los Angeles Table Fiesta BroadwayMay 2 Los Angeles Table Screen Actors Guild's 5th Annual Health FairMay 3 Irwindale Participant Asian Pacific American Heritage MonthMay 4 Los Angeles Table NDLM Workplace Partnership EventMay 6 Santa Monica AMB Speaker Donor Sabbath at 1st United Methodist ChurchMay 12 Alhambra AMB Speaker Curves Organ and Tissue Donation ClassMay 13 San Dimas Participant Tzu Chi Foundation Mother's Day CelebrationMay 25 Covina Table Covina Valley USD Health FairMay 26 Los Angeles Registry Table Clear Channel Hot Summer NightsJun 9 Los Angeles Table Community Unity DayJun 9 Los Angeles AMB Speaker Celebrating Our PartnersJun 29 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speaker UCLA National Youth Leadership ForumJul 13 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speaker UCLA National Youth Leadership ForumAug 11 Puente Hills Table 11th Annual Staying Fit Community Health FairAug 11-12 Los Angeles Table NBC Health and Fitness ExpoAug 22 Arcadia Table Vons Diversity Health FairAug 25 Los Angeles Table Free Family Health FairSep 21-23 Culver City Table East West Health QuestSep 23 Arcadia Table Harvest Moon FestivalSep 26 Arcadia OL Speaker Vons Brown Bag LuncheonOct 6 Los Angeles Table 6th Annual St. Vincent Health Fair Oct 12-Nov 28 Hollywood Table/AMB Speak "The God Committee"Oct 20 Los Angeles Table HealthCare Partners Health Fair

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May 2 Goleta AMB Speaker DMV In-ServiceMay 12 Oxnard Table Mother's Day FestivalMay 19 Santa Barbara Table Santa Barbara Arthritis WalkJun 5 Ventura AMB Speaker Assn of Critical Care Nurses of Ventura CountyJun 13 Santa Barbara AMB Speaker DMV In-ServiceJul 10 Santa Barbara AMB Speaker Heart Walk Committee MeetingAug 7 Santa Barbara AMB Speaker Santa Barbara Heart Walk Kick-Off MeetingAug 12 Goleta Table St. Raphael Church Blood DriveSep 1 Lompoc Table Special Olympics Car ShowSep 9 Santa Barbara Table Mitzvah Day 2007Sep 13 Carpinteria AMB Speaker Rotary Club of CarpinteriaSep 15 Santa Maria Table Heart Walk at Waller ParkSep 21 Thousand Oaks AMB Speaker Los Robles Regional Medical CenterOct 4 Santa Barbara AMB Speaker St. Frances Parish NursesOct 20 Camarillo OL Speaker St. Columba Episcopal Church Health Ministries

End of Life ProgramOct 20-21 Goleta Table Saint Raphel Ministry FairOct 21 Goleta Table California Lemon FestivalOct 23 Goleta Table Raytheon Benefits Health FairOct 25 Ventura AMB Speaker Ventura County Student Nurses Training

Above, Ambassador Dave Hollon presents a 2 Million! certificate to DMV Fullerton Field Officemanager Yvonne Rowden. Below, DMV Van NuysField Office manager Robert Nelson is flanked byAmbassadors Sid and Melinda Adelman.

Community HighlightsAugusts Donate Life Community Conference shined an awards spotlight on the mostactive volunteer Donate Life Ambassadors, including (1) Arnoldo and Eva Perez, pos-ing with thematically attired Sandra Madera of OneLegacy, and (2) Rookie of the YearMichael Benbow (right) with African American community development coordinatorRalph Sutton. (3) DMV Thousand Oaks field office employee and kidney donorHooshang Torabi is interviewed on a blue-screen set at the Persian BroadcastingCompany. (4) Attending the Inter-Cultural Social and Education Services AwardsDinner are Los Angeles Chinatown Miss Friendship Mandy Ho, Asian communitydevelopment coordinator Sabrina Ho, and volunteer Agnes Tham. (5) A contingent of40 Embajadores de OneLegacy fielded more than 500 phone calls as organ donationwas the featured issue on KMEX-34s A Su Lado. (6) Liver recipient Indra Michaca(standing, third from left) and her sister Zulma led Donate Life Club Rush activities atRiverside Community College. (7) Announcing the Inglewood Area Ministers Alliances(IAMA) support of the Give Thanks, Give Life campaign are African American commu-nity development coordinator Ralph D. Sutton with IAMA officers Sandra Green, Rev.Barbara Williams, Pastor Chris Ward, Rev. Jewett Walker, Donate Life Ambassadorand kidney recipient Michael Benbow, IAMA president Dr. Austin Williams andCynthia Manker. (8) On November 17, the DMV held a drawing at California ScienceCenter to select employees to participate in the DMVs Donate Life Rose Parade Floatdecorating shift. Float committee chairman Bryan Stewart of OneLegacy and JanetMendoza of DMV Media Relations flank winner Rosalina Gutierrez of DMV WinnetkaField Office and friend. (9) Collaborative specialist Carla Talley-Hentz, CEO and execu-tive vice president Tom Mone, and Marcia Penido, LCSW of Huntington Hospitalattended the Organ Donation and Transplantation Collaboratives National LearningCongress, October 9-10 in Nashville.

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(1) Event founders Craig and Kathleen Hostert address the 5,000attendees prior to the race. (2) Kelly OQuinn adds to the festivityas the Pink Donor Dot mascot. (3) Family and friends celebrate thelife of Brian Scott Campbell in the Circle of Life Garden. (4) Kidneyrecipient Victor Leon receives a warm onstage embrace fromMiss Fullerton. (5) The family of Donovan Burdick gathers aroundhis sign in the Circle of Life Garden. (6) With a ceremonial releaseof balloons, the 5K run and 1K walk are underway. (7) Mayors andcivic leaders from 16 Orange County cities and join sponsor rep-resentatives, transplant surgeons, Donate Life Ambassadors, andDonate Life Workplace Partners. (8) City of Fullerton Mayor ShawnNelson addresses the crown during the pre-race ceremony. (9) A BMX Bike Show was a highlight of the post-race FamilyFestival.

Donate Life Run/WalkReaches New HeightsThe images of organ and tissue donors on 1,500 T-shirts inspired the record5,000 participants at Aprils fifth annual Donate Life Run/Walk. Many of the 73donor family teams gathered in the Circle of Life Garden, an elegant displayof 88 signs with photos and personal messages dedicated to donors and

recipients alike. Cedars-SinaiMedical Center, St. JosephHospital, UCI Medical Center,Washington Mutual, and especiallyMayor Shawn Nelson and the Cityof Fullerton led dozens of sponsorswho joined participants to raisefunds for public education cam-paigns promoting enrollment in theDonate Life California Organ &Tissue Donor Registry.

SAVE THE DATE: In keeping with tradition, the 2008 Donate Life Run/Walkwill be held on the last Saturday of National Donate Life Month, April 26.

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High School ProgramDrives Donor DesignationYouth education coordinator SimeraNichols and many Donate LifeAmbassadors have been busy edu-cating first-time drivers throughoutOneLegacys seven-county servicearea about their opportunity to signup with the Donate Life CaliforniaRegistry on their DMV driverslicense applications.

Apr 2 Los Angeles James A. Foshay Learning CenterApr 3 Alta Loma Rancho Cucamonga High SchoolApr 5 Banning New Horizons High SchoolApr 20 Cerritos Gahr High SchoolApr 24 Lakewood Artesia High SchoolMay 14 Irvine Woodbridge High SchoolMay 15 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara High SchoolMay 18 Bakersfield Bakersfield Adventist AcademyMay 21 Bakersfield Foothill High SchoolMay 23 Carpinteria Carpinteria High SchoolMay 24 San Gabriel San Gabriel High SchoolMay 24 Westlake Village Westlake High SchoolMay 25 Los Angeles Venice High SchoolMay 31 Corona Centennial High SchoolJun 5 North Hills Monroe High School Police AcademyJun 7 Woodland Hills Taft High SchoolJun 8 Fullerton La Vista High SchoolJun 11 Santa Barbara San Marcos High SchoolJun 14 La Habra La Habra High SchoolJun 19 Los Angeles Fremont High SchoolJun 26 Irvine Woodbridge High SchoolJun 29 Los Angeles UCLA Natl Youth Leadership ForumJul 11 Bakersfield Foothill High SchoolJul 13 Los Angeles UCLA Natl Youth Leadership ForumJul 17 Irvine Woodbridge High SchoolJul 20 Huntington Beach Marina High SchoolJul 20 Irvine University High SchoolAug 1 Irvine University High SchoolSep 18 Bakersfield South High SchoolOct 11-12 Irvine Northwood High SchoolOct 15 Pomona Pomona Catholic High SchoolOct 17 Moorpark Moorpark College Death & Dying ClassOct 18 Irvine Woodbridge High SchoolOct 25 Irvine University High SchoolOct 25 Los Angeles Gompers Middle School

General Market Apr 5 LA Daily News spotlighted two Pierce College alumni

and the American Red Cross Donate Life partnership.Apr 9 Ventura County Star ran a story on the history of the

Donate Life California Registry.Apr 28 KBAK-29 (CBS) Bakersfield covered Kern County

Ambassadors Donate Life Run/Walk participation.Apr 20 Press-Enterprise interviewed Riverside County firefight-

er Barry Rezac about his need for a lung transplant.Apr 28-29 Orange County Register ran two stories on the Donate

Life Run/Walk and founders Kathleen & Craig Hostert.May 3 San Fernando Valley Sun featured the Legacy of Life

Baseball Tournament honoring Frankie Hernandez.Apr 28-29 Orange County Register highlighted eight OC hospitals

receiving HHS Medals of Honor.Jul 12 Los Angeles Times featured Erica Rangel-Baez, moth-

er of donor Frankie Hernandez, in a story on the roleof minorities in donation and transplantation.

Aug 12 Los Angeles Business Journal published a commen-tary by Tom Mone on TV portrayals of organ donation.

Aug 16 ABC7 shared the story of a living kidney donationbetween DMV employees Hooshabg Torabi and recip-ient Gaston Gonzalez.

MulticulturalApr 1 People en espaol profiled donor mom Erica Rangel-

Bez and her son's heart recipient, Juan Prez.Apr 1 LA Focus highlighted lung recipients Eunice Gibsons

dedication to being an Ambassador.Apr 20 SBTN Television featured the Donate Life Run/Walk.Apr 23 El Cucuy de la maana interviewed donor parents

Eva and Arnoldo Prez and OneLegacy family carecoordinator Max Caldern.

Apr 28 Primer Impacto featured Hermn and Angie Trevizo,parents of donor Christopher Trevizo.

May 10 LA Sentinel recounted Navaline Smiths regret overnot having donated her daughters organs.

May Phu Nu Magazine featured liver recipients Tony TuanNguyen and Hoang Huynh.

Jun 28 KMEX-34 (Univision) 'A Su Lado' devoted an eveningto donation. (See Community Highlights, Page 10)

Jul 8 KLOVE-FM, KTNQ-FM, Recuerdo and La Nueva spot-lighted tissue donation by interviewing Liz Pealozaand OneLegacys Sandra Madera.

Jul 11 Noticiero Univision (Ch. 34) covered OneLegacy'spress conference announcing the vital role Latinosplay in organ and tissue donation.

Jul 14 Asian Journal featured liver recipient LiberatoBumacod in a focus on Filipino Americans

Jul 17 Sky Link TV covered the story of liver recipient KennyWong and the Donate Life California Registry.

July 12 Korean Times featured liver recipients Sun Chin andFredrick Hun.

July 21 Phoenix TV highlighted the organ donation consentrate among Asian-Americans.

Aug 25 Pioln por la Maana interviewed living donor LeanaPadilla and her recipient, father Salvador Padilla.

Donation in the Media

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More than two million Californians have signed up to become

organ and/or tissue donors on the states Donate Life California

Organ & Tissue Donor Registry, doubling the states number of

designated donors in only eight months. The ongoing surge in reg-

istrations is due predominantly to the ability of Californians to

sign up as donors at the same time they apply for or renew drivers

licenses or I.D. cards at the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)

through a program that began July 1, 2006. This year, 97% of

Donate Life Californias signups have come through the DMV.

As a result of our partnership with the DMV, each week

approximately 30,000 DMV customers are checking Yes on their

DMV forms to register as organ and tissue donors, stated Bryan

Stewart, president of Donate Life California, the non-profit organ-

ization created in 2004 to administer the state-authorized donor

registry. In doing so, those registrants are helping the more than

20,000 fellow Californians who are waiting for a life-saving organ

transplant, and many more who rely on the gift of donated tissue

to restore sight, heal burns and regain mobility.

The shortage of organs is not due simply to a lack of giving,

but rather to the rarity with which the opportunity to donate organs

presents itself. Only one in 100 deaths results in a patient being

eligible to donate. Thats why every single opportunity to donate

counts.

According to George Valverde, director of the DMV, "We are

proud that this partnership is truly making a difference and saving

lives. Through our involvement in this effort, weve also come to

know how the lives of employees in our own DMV family have

been touched by organ donation. Some have donated organs to

loved ones, received transplants themselves or are still in need of

life-saving donations. We are heartened to know the DMVs

enrollment of designated donors gives hope to those whose lives

hang in the balance.

POR ELENA DE LA CRUZ

La carroza Done Vida/Donate Life delDesfile de las Rosas 2008 cuenta este a ocon m s representaci n latina que nunca. Elpr ximo 1 de enero, diez latinos ser n hor-nados en la carroza de una manera u otra.

Los participantes que desfilar n sobrela carroza, todos beneficiados por untrasplante, ser n:

Ozzie Herrera (Whittier, CA), de 49a os, que recibi un ri n tras cincoa os en di lisis.

Sara L pez (Alburquerque, NM), unajoven de 18 a os que recibi un h ga-do a los 2.

Indra Michaca (Moreno Valley), unajoven estudiante receptora de un h gado.

Jes s Nava (West Covina), embajadorde OneLegacy y beneficiado por untrasplante de coraz n hace dos a os.

Asimismo, caminando junto a la car-roza, sujetando un cord n que les conectaa la fotograf a floral de su ser querido,desfilar n:

Josie Flores (Miami, FL) una joven de30 a os que don los rganos de sumadre.

Eva P rez (Los Angeles, CA) unamadre de 42 a os cuyo hijo, Hern nAispuro salv varias vidas tras con-vertirse en donante.

Finalmente, los donantes Hern nAispuro, de 6 a os, Trinity Pereira, de 2meses, Elizabeth Aguilar, de 19 a os, yJuan J uregui, de 23, ser n honrados confotograf as florales colocadas a amboslados de la carroza.

nt require the consent of any other person. The revised UAGA makes

other states first-person consent registries legally binding in

California in the event that an out-of-state designated donor dies with-

in the state. The reciprocal is true in states where the revised UAGA

is adopted.

In all cases in which an eligible donor has not registered with

Donate Life California, the donation decision falls to the potential

donors closest legal contacts, starting with immediate family mem-

bers. In the absence of family members, the newly approved UAGA

expands the list of individuals who can make this decision to include

domestic partners, grandchildren and close friends who exhibited

special care and concern for the deceased individual.

The new law also affects the familys donation decision. When an

individual does not leave an advance directive, the new UAGA allows

majority rule, rather than unanimity, among a class of available fam-

ily members (such as children) of the decedent to make an anatomi-

cal gift decision.

In addition, the revised UAGA maintains ethical standards and

continues the prohibition against the same physician being involved

in both the treatment of the potential donor and the recovery of

organs, while ensuring that the most qualified professionals are

involved in the actual recovery of donated organs. The legislation also

maintains existing law requiring county coroners to cooperate with

organ procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to

recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, or

education.

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UAGA

Source: Donate Life California

El Puente Una secci n especial para la comunidad latinaSeis latinos en el Desfile de las Rosas 2008

Donate Life California Registry Passes 2 Million Mark

POR ELENA DE LA CRUZ

Los latinos juegan un papel fundamentalen las donaciones que se realizan en elrea de servicio de OneLegacy, queincluye los condados de Los Angeles,Orange County, Riverside, San Bernardino,Ventura, Santa Barbara y Kern.

En una reciente rueda de prensa, a la queOneLegacy invit a todos los medios decomunicacin de Los Angeles, se dio aconocer que casi la mitad de losdonantes, el 47%, son latinos. Asimismo,la tasa de consentimiento entre los lati-nos es la ms alta en la historia: el 65% delas familias latinas a las que se les brindala oportunidad de donar lo hacen.Desafortunadamente, tambin son elgrupo tnico con mayor necesidad de untransplante en California.

Latinos y donacin

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(1) Josie Flores, (2) Ozzie Herrera, (3) SaraLpez, (4) Indra Michaca (derecha) con suhermana Zulma, (5) Jesus Nava y (6) EvaPrez. (7) La carroza Done Vida, La VidaDespega. 5 6

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commitment to both fitness andacademic excellence was admiredand respected by his peers. Jorgesmarathon pursuits were featured inthe Los Angeles Times (datedMarch 1, 2002) and his accom-plishments were recognized as abeacon of motivation for all youth.

Throughout his childhood andearly teens Jorge always expresseda strong interest in one day becom-ing a policeman. He was an activestudent and cadet in the PoliceAcademy Magnet Program atDorsey High School. He joined thefootball team and made major contributions to the teams winningseasons.

Jorges compassionate side came to light when he was in the 10thgrade. When he told me, I want to become an organ donor, I didnot take it seriously. I thought, like always, he was playfully kiddingme. In the 11th grade during the schools annual Red Cross BloodDrive, Jorge donated blood and when he arrived home, he said,Mom, I already registered myself to donate my organs.

On January 22, 2006, my life changed forever. He was admittedto the hospital fatally wounded. On January 27, 2006, the doctorsdeclared him brain dead. It was then a nurse approached me, andtalked to me about donating his organs. I remembered what Jorge hadtold me a year earlier. I found his California ID where I knew he hadplaced the organ donor sticker. I realized right then that I had tohonor his wishes.

I agreed to donate his organs, allowing Jorge to make a valuabledifference in the lives of others. By donating his organs and tissue,even in death Jorge continues to make a difference by giving hopeand life to others. OneLegacy made all the arrangements necessaryto fulfill the desire and wishes of my son.

Since my eight-year-old niece, KayCee, was born, Jorge was herbig brother. He took this nurturing role seriously and he would be

so proud to know that KayCee carries on his values. Like Jorge,KayCee has become a big sister to Jorges children, and a very car-ing granddaughter to their grandma. KayCee is proud of her bigbrother Jorge. She keeps him in her prayers and knows that Jorge isnow her guardian angel .

Jorge, you are my Eternal Love . When you were born, you

made me the happiest woman in the world. Many times I said it toyou. Jorge, my heart only knows pain for losing you but at the sametime I am so proud of you. Jorge, you unselfishly gave the gift of lifeto others and hope to some. Because of your generousity and otherpriceless things you did while you were alive, you are a hero . I donot want to say goodbye to you but instead see you soon.

It is a powerful message that donors like my son give the rest ofus. A single donor makes the difference in the lives of many. Letshonor him and all of the organ donors by following their exampleand make a commitment to donate our organs and/or tissue.

Whenever someone says yes to donation, its something wecelebrate, said OneLegacy CEO and Executive Vice PresidentTom Mone. Its a very rare and special opportunity to leave sucha remarkable legacy. The choice to donate life makes a tremen-dous difference in our community - it saves lives, strengthensfamilies and helps our community.

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Organ Donation DataFollowing are key OneLegacy performance indicators through September 2007. (Source: OneLegacy data)

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept TOTAL

Organ Donors 32 45 33 42 30 26 20 38 34 300

Kidneys Recovered 60 87 61 75 54 48 34 69 63 551

Kidneys Transplanted 50 68 55 64 47 41 26 58 48 457

Extra-Renals Recovered 38 78 60 81 68 43 31 49 43 491

Extra-Renals Transplanted 37 76 60 80 63 38 32 50 39 475

Hearts Transplanted 6 15 11 12 15 9 9 7 6 90

Livers Transplanted 24 37 30 33 23 15 18 25 25 230

Lungs Transplanted 5 13 13 22 19 9 2 11 7 101

Pancreases Transplanted 2 11 6 11 6 5 3 6 1 51

Consent Rate 65.0% 77.3% 59.1% 64.9% 50.8% 57.7% 54.2% 73.3% 66.1% 63.1%

Conversion Rate 68.9% 81.8% 66.7% 68.3% 56.6% 59.5% 61.8% 74.5% 73.9% 68.0%

Organs Recovered 98 165 121 156 122 91 65 118 106 1042

Organs Transplanted 87 144 115 144 110 79 58 108 87 932

Organs Recovered Per Donor 3.06 3.67 3.67 3.71 4.07 3.50 3.25 3.11 3.12 3.14

Organs Transplanted Per Donor 2.72 3.20 3.48 3.43 3.67 3.04 2.90 2.84 2.56 2.81

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MINORITIES

U.S. ORGAN TRANSPLANTWAITING LIST STATISTICS

California USA

Kidney 15,650 73,908Liver 3,740 16,748Pancreas 166 1,645Kidney/Pancreas 505 2,322Heart 333 2,690Lung 194 2,294Heart/Lung 15 108Intestine 27 225

Total 20,156 97,485

Source: UNOS. Based on OPTN data as of November 23, 2007

Message to Adults 50+:Dont Rule Yourself Out!

Research across the country reveals that a significant percent-age of DMV customers 50 and older are ruling themselves out ofbeing designated donors, thinking that their age or medical condi-tions make them ineligible to donate.

In fact, there are relatively few conditions that automaticallyrule out a potential organ or tissue donor, with HIV/AIDS andmetastasized cancer being two of the more common conditions.Diabetes or ineligibility to donate blood do not automatically pro-hibit someone from donating organs and tissues.

In the greater Los Angeles area, in the first six months of 2007,26% of organ donors were age 50 and older, 9% were age 60 andolder, and two were in their seventies. Among tissue donors, 67%were age 50 and older, nearly half were age 60 and older, and 18%were in their seventies, while the average age was 53.

The bottom line: if you want to help others, sign up on theDonate Life California Registry online or through the DMV andleave it to the medical professionals to determine whether or notyou can be a donor upon death. Until then, rest assured that yourdecision to donate will be honored.

LIFE TAKES FLIGHT AT ROSE PARADE Follow the inspiring journey ofDonate Lifes fifth Rose Parade float entry at www.donatelifefloat.org.

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KERN COUNTYBakersfield Heart Hospital 0 0 0 0 5Bakersfield Memorial Hospital 18 1 0 0 5Delano Regional Medical Center 5 0 0 0 1Kern County Coroner's Office 0 0 0 0 8Kern Medical Center 64 14 7 31 3Kern Valley Hospital 0 0 0 0 2Mercy Hospital 57 6 3 8 4Mercy Southwest Hospital 0 0 0 0 4Ridgecrest Regional Hospital 1 0 0 0 4San Joaquin Community Hospital 22 5 3 6 2

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - CENTRALAlhambra Hospital Medical Center 2 0 0 0 0Brotman Medical Center 4 2 2 3 0California Hospital Medical Center 60 13 7 26 9Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 55 6 2 2 2Century City Doctor's Hospital 4 0 0 0 3Children's Hospital Los Angeles 20 3 1 3 3Citrus Valley Intercommunity Hospital 12 2 1 3 1Citrus Valley Med Ctr - Queen of the Valley 23 3 2 5 5City of Angels Medical Center 2 0 0 0 0City of Hope National Medical Center 1 0 0 0 0East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital 1 0 0 0 1Garfield Medical Center 12 3 1 3 0Good Samaritan Hospital 16 4 1 3 4Greater El Monte Community Hospital 2 0 0 0 2Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Med Ctr 9 0 0 0 9Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Med Ctr 53 8 2 8 5Kaiser Permanente West LA Med Ctr 20 3 3 8 3Kindred Hospital Los Angeles 1 0 0 0 0LAC + USC Medical Center 100 22 16 60 11Los Angeles Community Hospital 1 0 0 0 1Los Angeles County Coroner's Office 0 0 0 0 70Montclair Hospital Medical Center 0 0 0 0 3Monterey Park Hospital 1 0 0 0 0Olympia Medical Center 1 0 0 0 0OneLegacy Hospice (Home) 0 0 0 0 1Pacific Alliance Medical Center 2 0 0 0 0Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center 21 3 3 7 10Queen of Angels / Hollywood Presb Med Ctr 18 5 3 15 3San Dimas Community Hospital 6 1 0 0 3San Gabriel Valley Medical Center 2 0 0 0 1St. John's Hospital and Health Center 5 1 1 2 3St. Vincent Medical Center 3 0 0 0 0Tri-City Regional Medical Center 0 0 0 0 1UCLA Medical Center - Santa Monica 1 0 0 0 2UCLA Medical Center - Westwood 78 11 7 21 5USC University Hospital 8 0 0 0 0VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System 1 0 0 0 0White Memorial Medical Center 21 1 1 4 1

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - NORTHAntelope Valley Hospital 30 6 2 1 12Encino-Tarzana Regional Med Ctr, Tarzana 7 2 1 7 2Foothill Presbyterian Hospital 4 0 0 0 1Glendale Adventist Medical Center 4 2 2 7 2Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center 19 0 0 0 2Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital 17 4 3 5 4

Organ Elig Organ Organs TissueRefer Refer Donors Txd Donors

Hospital Referral DataHuntington Hospital 48 11 8 28 8Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Med Ctr 8 2 0 0 3Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Med Ctr 9 1 0 0 1LA County Olive View / UCLA Medical Center 2 0 0 0 0Lancaster Community Hospital 9 1 1 4 1Methodist Hospital of Southern California 15 4 1 1 7Mission Commty Hospital - Panorama City 0 0 0 0 1Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Roscoe 29 6 4 14 5Pacifica Hospital of the Valley Med Ctr 4 0 0 0 3Providence Holy Cross Medical Center 32 12 6 21 11Sherman Oaks Hospital and Health Center 0 0 0 0 5St. Joseph Medical Center 21 3 2 7 2Valley Presbyterian Hospital 7 0 0 0 1Verdugo Hills Hospital 5 2 2 6 2West Hills Regional Medical Center 6 0 0 0 4

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - SOUTHBeverly Hospital 14 2 2 9 3Catalina Island Hospital 0 0 0 0 1Centinela Freeman RMC, Centinela Campus 35 11 4 10 11Centinela Freeman RMC, Marina Campus 3 0 0 0 5Coast Plaza Doctors Hospital 3 0 0 0 2Downey Regional Medical Center 26 6 4 14 6Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Med Ctr 1 0 0 0 3Kaiser Permanente Harbor City Med Ctr 6 1 1 0 1LA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 50 10 8 29 12Lakewood Regional Hospital 11 6 4 6 8Little Company of Mary - San Pedro Hospital 19 1 1 5 6Little Company of Mary Hospital 24 2 1 3 8Long Beach Community Medical Center 3 1 1 1 0Long Beach Memorial Medical Center 32 10 4 12 8Martin Luther King, Jr.-Harbor Hospital 19 3 1 1 2Memorial Hospital of Gardena 9 2 1 7 2Miller Children's Hospital 7 4 3 17 1Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital 21 1 1 2 4Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center 1 0 0 0 8St. Francis Medical Center 72 24 13 49 13St. Mary Medical Center 26 8 4 12 6Torrance Memorial Medical Center 53 1 1 1 4VA Hospital - Long Beach 0 0 0 0 1Whittier Hospital Medical Center 1 0 0 0 1

ORANGE COUNTYAnaheim General Hospital 1 0 0 0 1Anaheim Memorial Medical Center 21 2 0 0 6Chapman Medical Center 2 0 0 0 2Childrens Hospital of Orange County 20 5 1 0 0CHOC at Mission 1 0 0 0 0Coastal Communities Hospital 6 2 2 6 0Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Med Ctr 36 2 1 5 2Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center 6 0 0 0 3Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian 33 8 6 11 15Huntington Beach Hospital 0 0 0 0 4Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center 2 0 0 0 3Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Med Ctr 47 10 4 14 3Kindred Hospital Westminster 2 0 0 0 0La Palma Intercommunity Hospital 3 0 0 0 4Los Alamitos Medical Center 7 2 2 6 2Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center 15 3 3 13 7

Organ Elig Organ Organs TissueRefer Refer Donors Txd Donors

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OneLegacy honored 81 Southland hospitals for their perform-ance in support of organ and tissue donation at Junes CelebratingOur Partners Donation and Transplantation Conference andAwards Ceremony.

The awards reflect the success of the partnership betweenOneLegacy and area hospitals energized by the national OrganDonation and Transplantation Breakthrough Collaborative, an ini-tiative launched by the U.S Department of Health and HumanServices in 2003 to save and enhance thousands of lives annually byspreading best practices to the nations largest hospitals.

Thirty hospitals achieved donation conversion rates of at least

75% over twelve consecutive months during the 23 months ending

April 30, more than double the number that achieved the benchmark

during a comparable period a year ago. In addition, fourteen hospi-

tals achieved conversion rates of 65% to 74%, double the number

that achieved this second-tier threshold last year. Donation conver-

sion rates represent the percentage of actual donors out of all eligi-

ble donors.

In addition, 24 hospitals were recognized for their extraordinary

support of tissue donation, providing life-saving and life-enhancing

gifts of tissue donation to the community. Honored hospitals either

referred six or more recovered tissue donors through the first four

months of 2007, or were among the leaders in complying withguidelines to refer potential donors within one hour of death.

Also recognized were 24 hospitals which facilitated donation

after cardiac death (DCD).

81 Southland Hospitals Honored for AchievingOrgan, Tissue Donation Benchmarks

Representatives of the 30 hospitals achieving a 75% conversionrate celebrate in unision.

30 HOSPITALS ACHIEVE NATIONAL GOAL OF75% ORGAN DONATION RATE Achievement of 75% Conversion Rate*

*Highest organ donation conversion rate achieved in one 12-monthperiod between 6/1/05 and 4/30/07

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Childrens Hospital of Orange County 100%Eisenhower Memorial Hospital 75%Glendale Adventist Medical Center 80%Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital 100%Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian 86%Huntington Hospital 100%Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center 100%Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Medical Center 80%Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Med Ctr 83%Kern Medical Center 75%LA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 92%Lakewood Regional Hospital 75%Little Company of Mary Hospital 83%Los Alamitos Medical Center 75%Los Robles Regional Medical Center 100%Mercy Hospital 83%Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center 100%Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Roscoe 82%Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center 89%Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital 86%Providence Holy Cross Medical Center 92%Providence St. Joseph Medical Center 100%Riverside County Regional Medical Center 89%Saddleback Memorial Medical Center 100%San Antonio Community Hospital 75%Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 83%Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services 80%St. Joseph Hospital 100%USC University Hospital 75%White Memorial Medical Center 75%

MILESTONES Shannon White and Tony Chavezwelcomed daughter Olivia Rose Chavez onOctober 22Laura Haddad delivered daughterKatia on November 19...Angela Mascarenhasgave birth to son Aidan on November 20.

WELCOME Los Angeles/Corporate: RafaelAguilar, Surgical Recovery Pulsatile PerfusionTechnicianCarlos Arias, Accountant ICarolina Carrizosa, Tissue RecoveryTechnicianCourtney Hernandez, OrganPlacement CoordinatorAmar Kapa, Per-DiemDonor Recovery CoordinatorBaco Lam, TissueRecovery TechnicianKaren Libs, InterimDirector of Hospital ServicesBlanca Macias,Manager of Donor InformationEsly Salazar,Per-Diem Organ Placement CoordinatorDeborah Tanner, Administrative Assistant,Family Services. Bakersfield: Linda Baker,Recovery Technician I. Long Beach: SteveHasty, Hospital Services CoordinatorSandraHaynes, Procurement Transplant CoordinatorIeesha Johnson, Hospital ServicesCoordinatorL.J. Mutuc, Procurement

Transplant Coordinator. Redlands: GregoryAllen, Recovery Technician IAaron Cohen,Manager of Recovery & TechnicalServicesKari Monahan, ProcurementTransplant Coordinator. Santa Ana: MildredReid, Recovery Technician ILisa Rubalcava,Tissue Recovery Technician I. Sherman Oaks:Sandra Bolleurs, Hospital ServicesCoordinatorDaynine Bryant, AdministrativeAssistantAngelique Harris, Hospital ServicesCoordinatorIeesha Johnson, HospitalServices CoordinatorDiamond Tanner,Administrative AssistantMonroe Tinker,Procurement Transplant Coordinator.

ON THE MOVE The following employees haverecently transitioned to a new role and/or officelocation within OneLegacy. Los Angeles: PrasadGarimella, Chief Information Officer and VicePresident of Tissue OperationsJason Hower,Organ Placement CoordinatorJenniferLatham, HR Generalist. Long Beach: ScottBunting, In-House Coordinator...Mario Carrillo,Family Care Coordinator...Mary Goodwin, In-House Coordinator...Barbara Lake, In-HouseCoordinator...Courtney Lepis, ProcurementTransplant Coordinator...Teresita Nuila, In-House CoordinatorKarleen Samartan,Procurement Transplant Coordinator...Kristina

Wheeler, Procurement Transplant Coordinator.Redlands: Manvir Behniwal, Assistant DonorInformation Coordinator...Scott Bunting,Procurement Transplant Coordinator...DanaCastleberry, In-House Coordinator...MaryCoronado, Full-Time Family CareCoordinator...Jenna Graciano, Quality SystemsTraining Specialist...Ray Lin, Surgical RecoveryCoordinator...Juan Ramirez, Per DiemProcurement Transplant Coordinator...AlisaSuarez, Per Diem Procurement TransplantCoordinator...Danielle Welzig, Per-DiemProcurement Transplant Coordinator...TerilynnWhitaker, Tissue Recovery CoordinatorSamantha Wright, Hospital ServicesCoordinator. Santa Ana: Adena Evans, DonorInformation Coordinator. Sherman Oaks: RobertCoppel, Family Care Coordinator...Paula Lofy,Procurement Transplant Coordinator... M