With 20,000 people in need of life-savingtransplants in California alone, DMV and DonateLife California have teamed up with a new chal-lenge for the state’s drivers: sign up to becomeorgan and tissue donors. One-third of the 93,000Americans cur-rently waiting forlife-saving organtransplants coulddie due to a lack ofdonors. But effec-tive July 1,Californians canhelp change that.Anyone whochecks Yes!when applying foror renewing adriver license orI.D. card will belisted on the state’sregistry as adonor, with thepotential to save eight lives and enhance the livesof up to 50 others.

Approximately 300,000 Californians hadsigned up online in the sixteen months since theApril 2005 launch of the registry website. In theeighteen weeks since the July 1 DMV partner-ship, the influx of DMV signups has pushed theDonate Life California Registry past the 800,000mark. Thanks to the DMV, approximately 5,000people per day are signing up with Donate LifeCalifornia an exponential increase compared

BY ERICA RANGEL-B E Z

Frankie was born on September 19, 1995.He was my firstborn. Although he was prema-ture at 36 weeks, Frankie was ready for theworld. He was speaking before he was walk-ing. He was potty trained and catching the ballbefore he turned two years old. He was grow-ing tall and strong - just too fast for my eyes.

At the age of three Frankie played his firstbaseball game, T-ball. He was a natural run-ning around the bases (the opposite way),fighting for the ball in the outfield - knowingthe fundamentals of baseball but forgettingthem as soon as he stepped onto the field.Those were very special moments. That, ofcourse, didn’t last too long. Shortly he becamemore experienced and knowledgeable of thesport and entered a new, more competitivelevel. That wowed me and so many.

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3 HHS Honors AreaHospitals

4 Organ Donor Data

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6-7 Photos: Donate LifeRun/Walk and Donor Ceremonies

8-9 Community Events

10 High SchoolProgram Surges

14 Organ DonorReferral Data

DMV, Donate LifeCalifornia RegistryTeam Up to Save Lives

5,000 DMV CUSTOMERS PER DAYSIGNING UP TO DONATE LIFE

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It is not just about the numbers - it isabout who and what the numbers repre-sent: lives hanging in the balance, andpeople who bring them hope. With thenumber of people waiting for a life-savingorgan transplant quickly approaching100,000, and the population of the UnitedStates eclipsing the 300 million mark,Donate Life America, a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to savinglives by inspiring people to be organ, eyeand tissue donors, has launched a unifiednational effort to increase the number ofAmericans registered to be donors in theirstates to 100 million.

This effort, the Donor DesignationCollaborative, promises to significantlyincrease donor designations nationwide.It is also an important step for thoseawaiting life-saving organ transplants orlife-enhancing cornea or tissue trans-plants, with statistics showing significantincreases in organ, eye and tissue dona-

tion in states with effective donor reg-istries.

This is an extraordinary opportunityto save thousands more lives each year,said David Bosch, president of DonateLife America and director of communica-tions and hospital development for Gift ofHope Organ & Tissue Donor Network,the non-profit, federally designated organand tissue recovery agency servingIllinois. We currently estimate that only20 percent of US residents have formallyregistered as organ donors in their state,

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MILESTONES Tenaya Wallace, CommunicationsSpecialist, welcomed the birth of Xanathan Scotton June 13...Michelle Oxenham, ProcurementTransplant Coordinator, Sherman Oaks, welcomedthe birth of Isabel Victoria on November 1.

WELCOME Los Angeles/Corporate: StephanieCollazo, Clinical Education Specialist...SandraMadera, Communications Assistant...KariWilliams, Executive Assistant to the CEO...AnitaJackson-Jones, Executive Assistant to theClinical Directors...Felipe Martinez, Per DiemFamily Care Coordinator...Esther-MarieCarmichael, Hospital Services Director...JohnnyCarwell, Hospital Services Supervisor...AnthonyMaldonado, Medical Examiner Liaison...MariaStadtler, Per Diem Research Specialist...GersonAllende, Laboratory Tech I...Stephen Gates, PerDiem Pulsatile Perfusion Technologist...PeterRamos, Receptionist...Kristi Connolly andRobert Hale, Recovery Coordinators...LilianaBarrios, Santiago Blanco, Princeton Brooks,Daniel Cambay, Lori Ann Caris, JenniferMcDowell, Mariam Mollahassani, Tan ThanhNguyen, Pei-Min Horng-Stamos, MichaelWatson and David Williams, Per Diem RecoveryCoordinator I...Jesse Bravo, RecoveryCoordinator II...Stephanie Schmitz, Volunteer

and Community Events Coordinator. Bakersfield:Eleanor Leal, Per Diem PTC. Long Beach:Gustavo Gimenez, Per Diem Family CareCoordinator...Annette Gonzalez, HospitalServices Coordinator...Dean Decker and Ray Lin,Per Diem Surgical Recovery Coordinator...Richard Fogel, Keith Markillie and LarissaStefero, Procurement Transplant Coordinators...Erin Anderson, Dieula Dunn, GeorgeannGarasic, Odin Ortega and Karleen Samartan,Per Diem Procurement Transplant Coordinators...Atiqullah Achackzad, Recovery Coordinator...Nader Achackzad, Barry Gray, EnayatHassanzai, Vidyaratne Ranasinghe, JessicaSmalley and Liz Penaloza-Villalobos, Per DiemRecovery Tech I. Redlands: Mary Coronado, PerDiem Family Care Coordinator... Louis Jackson,Hospital Services Coordinator...Melissa Benson,Rochelle Binnell and Jennifer Golightly,Procurement Transplant Coordinators...Christina Gardner-Odums and Alisa Suarez, PerDiem Procurement Transplant Coordinators...Tom Seto, Manager of Recovery and TechnicalServices...Cindy King, Quality SystemsCoordinator II...Teresa Valdez and LaToyaValentine, Per Diem Tissue RecoveryTechnicians...Scott Abraham, Kimberly Mongeand Deena Murray, Per Diem Recovery Tech I.Sherman Oaks: Erik Arenas, Per Diem FamilyCare Coordinator...Robert Coppel and Andra KaiShaw, Hospital Services Coordinators...JennieHan, Bryan Herring, Dawne Hicks, Lolita

Korneagay and Kathy Turner, ProcurementTransplant Coordinators...Daren Herrick, MarinaShukman, Ann Valladares and Brian Wannberg,Per Diem Procurement Transplant Coordinators.

ON THE MOVE Jeff Fleming, promoted toDirector of Family Services…Becky Bryant hastransitioned from Assistant Regional Director toClinical Quality Assurance Coordinator,Bakersfield…Promoted from Hospital ServicesCoordinator to Hospital Services Supervisor areEric Carr (Sherman Oaks), Tasha Querantes(Long Beach) and Mike Thomas(Redlands)…Carla Talley-Hentz, formerlyHospital Services Coordinator, is now HospitalServices Collaborative Specialist...DanaCastleberry moves from ProcurementTransplant Coordinator to Hospital ServicesLiaison...Tenaya Wallace transitions to a projectrole as Communications Specialist...SimeraNichols, formerly Community EventsCoordinator, is now Youth EducationCoordinator...Kathleen Hostert moves fromCommunity Development Coordinator, OrangeCounty to Community Partnerships Coordinator.

BEST WISHES We wish the following formerOneLegacy employees the very best in theirfuture endeavors: Woodi Anderson, MeghanBell, Lisa Carroll, Michael Cooper, Dale Crews,Mark Grays, Tony Landaverde, Lisa McAllister,Michael McBride, Ruby Padua, Stephanie Pero,Jennifer Roberts, Colleen Rose, Marilou Tan,Alexis Vasilchak, Nicolle White, Stacy Wolcottand Jacque Love Worline.

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Community Hospital of San Bernadino 9 1 1 3Corona Regional Medical Center 12 2 1 3Desert Regional Medical Center 51 14 8 27Desert Valley Hospital 10 0 0 0Eisenhower Memorial Hospital 7 1 1 3Hemet Valley Medical Center 9 3 1 2Inland Valley Regional Medical Center 13 2 2 5Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Med Ctr 1 0 0 0John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital 6 1 0 0Kaiser Permanente Fontana Med Ctr 75 12 6 14Kaiser Permanente Riverside Med Ctr 23 1 1 4Loma Linda University Medical Center 123 32 19 60Menifee Valley Medical Center 3 1 1 2Moreno Valley Community Hospital 1 0 0 0Parkview Community Hospital Med Ctr 12 0 0 0Rancho Springs Medical Center 5 0 0 0Redlands Community Hospital 8 0 0 0Riverside Community Hospital 39 16 8 26Riverside County Regional Med Center 80 18 16 45

San Antonio Community Hospital 28 5 3 7San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital 1 0 0 0St. Bernardine Medical Center 54 2 1 3St. Mary Regional Medical Center 13 1 1 2Victor Valley Community Hospital 17 1 0 0

SANTA BARBARA & VENTURA COUNTIESCommunity Memorial Hospital of San Buenaventura 13 0 0 0Los Robles Regional Medical Center 7 1 1 4Marian Medical Center 7 1 0 0Ojai Valley Community Hospital 1 0 0 0Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 30 9 5 18Santa Paula Memorial Hospital 1 0 0 0Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services 7 4 2 8St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital 2 0 0 0St. John's Regional Medical Center 18 3 1 6Ventura County Medical Center 13 1 1 2

TOTAL 2685 586 329 992

OneLegacy employees proudly serve alongside our colleagues nationwide in service of our professional community:

Employee Role Committee Committee Chair/Co-Chairs

Hedi Aguiar Member HRSA DCD Opportunities Group Jade Perdue, MA, HRSAEric Carr Member NATCO Hospital Development CommitteeAlan Cochran Chair AOPO Tissue Council Linda Martin, MATS; Kathy Geist, LifeSourceAnita Corliss Chair AOPO Human Resources Council Sharon Stover, TRC of MarylandMissy Forrest Member HRSA DCD Opportunities Group Jade Perdue, MA, HRSASabrina Ho Co-Chair AOPO Multicultural Task Force Maria Sanders, New Mexico Donor ServicesKathleen Hostert Team Leader ‘12 Weeks of Giving’ Workplace Campaign Shelly Morningstar, AkoyaWanda Jones Member HRSA DCD Opportunities Group Jade Perdue, MA, HRSASeung Lee Member HRSA DCD Opportunities Group Jade Perdue, MA, HRSARamona Leinen-Duren Member NATCO Hospital Development CommitteeGlenn Matsuki Member HRSA DCD Opportunities Group Jade Perdue, MA, HRSATom Mone President-Elect AOPO Executive Committee Tracy Schmidt, Intermountain Donor Services

Member AOPO Accreditation and Standatds Cmte Dean Lichtenfeld, Gift of HopeMember ETCO 15th Biennial Congress Scientific Cmte C.L. Fischer-Froehlich, Germany

Bobby Patton Member AOPO Audit and Finance Committee Elaine Berg, New York Organ Donor NetworkKaren Samartan Course Consultant NATCO Introductory CourseAndra Kai Shaw Member HRSA DCD Opportunities Group Jade Perdue, MA, HRSAVicki Simmons Co-Chair AOPO IT Council David Gee, Gift of Life MichiganMaria Stadtler Member ETCO 15th Biennial Congress Scientific Cmte C.L. Fischer-Froehlich, GermanyBryan Stewart Chair AOPO PR/Public Education Council Joni Rosebrock, Indiana OPO

Member AOPO 2007 Meeting Planning Cmte Amy Iverson, Donor AllianceMember Donor Designation Collaborative Faculty David Fleming, David Bosch, Donate Life America

Ralph Sutton Member DLA African American Campaign Cmte Rhonda Gaines, Wash. Reg. Transplant ConsortiumCarla Talley-Hentz Member NATCO Hospital Development CommitteeMike Thomas Member NATCO Hospital Development Committee

OneLegacy Employees Serving Our National Community

NATIONAL INITIATIVE SEEKS TO INCREASE DONOR DESIGNATIONS TO 100 MILLION BY APRIL 2008

Please see DESIGNATION, Page 10

KERN COUNTYBakersfield Memorial Hospital 19 1 0 0Delano Regional Medical Center 2 1 0 0Kern Medical Center 73 17 12 47Mercy Hospital 61 5 4 12San Joaquin Community Hospital 14 2 0 0

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - CENTRALAlhambra Hospital 4 2 2 2Brotman Medical Center 2 0 0 0California Hospital Medical Center 60 18 10 27Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 57 11 4 5Century City Hospital 1 0 0 0Children's Hospital Los Angeles 11 5 4 9Citrus Valley Intercommunity Hospital 7 1 0 0Citrus Valley Med Ctr - Queen of the Valley Campus 18 2 0 0City of Angels Medical Center 2 0 0 0Garfield Medical Center 10 2 1 3Good Samaritan Hospital 19 1 0 0Greater El Monte Community Hospital 6 1 1 3Hollywood Community Hospital 1 0 0 0Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Med Ctr 3 3 1 2Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Med Ctr 57 6 3 7Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Med Ctr 15 2 1 3LAC + USC Medical Center 114 22 12 42Los Angeles Community Hospital 1 0 0 0Olympia Medical Center 7 1 0 0Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center 30 7 6 12Queen of Angels / Hollywood Presbyterian Med Ctr 9 1 0 0San Dimas Community Hospital 2 0 0 0San Gabriel Valley Medical Center 6 1 0 0St. John's Hospital and Health Center 8 1 1 2St. Vincent Medical Center 4 0 0 0UCLA Medical Center - Santa Monica 1 0 0 0UCLA Medical Center - Westwood 82 15 8 19USC University Hospital 11 2 1 6White Memorial Medical Center 21 5 2 7

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - NORTHAntelope Valley Hospital 43 15 7 21Encino-Tarzana Regional Med Ctr, Tarzana 3 0 0 0Foothill Presbyterian Hospital 9 0 0 0Glendale Adventist Medical Center 13 8 3 9Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center 16 1 0 0Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital 15 4 3 9Huntington Hospital 42 8 5 20Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Med Ctr 13 2 1 5Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Med Ctr 12 4 3 4LA County Olive View / UCLA Med Ctr 3 1 0 0Lancaster Community Hospital 11 0 0 0Methodist Hospital of Southern California 15 5 1 1Mission Community Hospital - Panorama City Campus 5 2 1 3Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Roscoe 23 9 6 15Pacifica Hospital of the Valley Med Ctr 5 2 2 8Providence Holy Cross Medical Center 33 7 5 23Sherman Oaks Hospital and Health Center 3 2 1 3St. Joseph Medical Center 20 3 1 5Valley Presbyterian Hospital 12 2 1 0Verdugo Hills Hospital 5 0 0 0

Organ Suitable Organ OrgansHospital Referrals Referrals Donors Tx’d

Organ Donor Referral DataVista Del Mar Hospital 1 0 0 0West Hills Regional Medical Center 2 0 0 0

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - SOUTHBeverly Hospital 15 5 2 10Centinela Freeman Regional Med Ctr, Centinela Campus 34 13 7 14Centinela Freeman Regional Med Ctr, Marina Campus 3 2 1 1Centinela Freeman Regional Med Ctr, Memorial Campus 20 7 4 3Coast Plaza Doctors Hospital 1 1 0 0Downey Regional Medical Center 20 5 1 2Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Med Ctr 5 1 1 2Kaiser Permanente Harbor City Med Ctr 10 0 0 0LA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 39 9 5 12LA County King / Drew Medical Center 28 7 3 8Lakewood Regional Hospital 10 3 2 4Little Company of Mary - San Pedro Hospital 12 2 1 3Little Company of Mary Hospital 28 6 4 11Long Beach Community Medical Center 4 2 0 0Long Beach Memorial Med Ctr / Miller Children's Hospital 48 17 9 23Los Angeles Community Hospital - Norwalk 1 0 0 0Memorial Hospital of Gardena 8 5 2 5Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital 19 6 5 11St. Francis Medical Center 60 26 15 50St. Mary Medical Center 22 7 3 15Torrance Memorial Medical Center 55 3 1 1Whittier Hospital Medical Center 1 0 0 0

ORANGE COUNTYAnaheim General Hospital 1 0 0 0Anaheim Memorial Medical Center 30 4 1 0Chapman Medical Center 1 0 0 0Childrens Hospital of Orange County 34 8 5 13Coastal Communities Hospital 2 0 0 0Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Med Ctr 28 0 0 0Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center 5 2 1 3Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian 25 6 4 16Huntington Beach Hospital 1 0 0 0Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center 7 1 1 3Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Med Ctr 41 10 5 19Kindred Hospital Brea 1 0 0 0Kindred Hospital Westminster 2 0 0 0La Palma Intercommunity Hospital 5 0 0 0Los Alamitos Medical Center 11 1 0 0Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center 20 5 5 19Placentia Linda Community Hospital 1 0 0 0Saddleback Memorial Medical Center 11 3 3 11South Coast Medical Center 1 0 0 0Specialty Hospital of Southern California 1 0 0 0St. Joseph Hospital 14 2 2 4St. Jude Medical Center 17 2 2 4UCI Medical Center 79 26 16 56West Anaheim Medical Center 1 0 0 0Western Medical Center - Anaheim 3 0 0 0Western Medical Center - Santa Ana 70 28 15 55

RIVERSIDE & SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIESArrowhead Regional Medical Center 82 19 10 36Barstow Community Hospital 4 0 0 0Chino Valley Medical Center 3 0 0 0

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) honored

a record 23 area hospitals for excellence in organ donation at

October s National Learning Congress in New Orleans. The HHS

Medal of Honor was awarded to hospitals with at least eight eligible

organ donors that achieved a donation rate of at least 75% for any

consecutive 12-month period between May 2004 and June 2006.

The awards, which are presented in concert with OneLegacy,

reflect the success of the National Organ Donation Breakthrough

Collaborative, an HHS initiative launched in 2003 to save and

enhance thousands of lives annually by spreading best organ dona-

tion practices to the nation’s largest hospitals. The national initia-

tive provides hospitals and organ procurement organizations with

the tools and processes needed to dramatically increase organ and

tissue donation rates. In the Los Angeles metropolitan area, organ

donation is up 34% from September 2003, when the Organ

Donation Breakthrough Collaborative first began.

Because of the Organ Donation & Transplantation

Breakthrough Collaborative and efforts to improve organ donation

rates throughout Southern California and across the country, 23

area hospitals achieved Medal of Honor status (see sidebar).

We’re proud of the number of hospitals in our service area that

earned this award, and of how our collaborative effort has such a

meaningful impact on the lives of donor families and recipients

alike, said Tom Mone, CEO of OneLegacy. We will continue to

focus our effort on hospitals, transplant centers and the Donate

Life California Organ & Tissue Donor Registry as we work toward

our ultimate goal of ending the wait for all people awaiting organ

transplants.

Throughout the seven-county area, deceased donation has

increased 18% in the first nine months this year, and OneLegacy is

headed for its seventh consecutive year of all-time highs in organ

donors and organs recovered for life-saving transplant.

HHS Honors 23 Southland Hospitals for AchievingArea s Highest Organ Donation Rates in 2004-2006

Deceased donation hasincreased 18% in the first ninemonths of this year

Southland Hospitals Honored with U.S Dept of Health & Human Services

National Medal of Honor

• Antelope Valley Hospital, Lancaster• Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton• California Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles• Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange• Citrus Valley Medical Center, West Covina• Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, Valencia• Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach• Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Medical Center• Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center• Memorial Hospital of Gardena• Mission Hospital, Mission Viejo• Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Roscoe• Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, Pomona• Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, Whittier• Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Mission Hills• Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, Burbank• Riverside Community Hospital• Riverside County Regional Medical Center, Moreno Valley• Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital• UCI Medical Center, Orange• UCLA Medical Center• USC University Hospital, Los Angeles• Western Medical Center Santa Ana

HHS National Medal of Honor

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As we started kindergarten, Frankie demonstrated that he wasvery smart and gifted. He was very popular and quickly madefriends with everyone, and I do mean everyone: Belle, Thomas,Ms. Mohan, the parents, the cafeteria staff, the janitor. He receivedmany awards and recognitions throughout his school years.Frankie was a social butterfly , as I was told many times, in myparent conferences.

On March 6, 2005, he woke up and went to the park to watchthe Sunday league baseball game. We left the park and headedhome. He showered and had lunch and went out to play catch withhis dad. He complained of a headache, and it was unlike him tocomplain. I asked him to lie down and he began to say it reallyhurts. So I suggested going to the hospital and he said, Yeah let’sgo. That was unlike him too, and I began to worry.

We drove off and as soon as we got onto the freeway hestopped breathing. I performed CPR and his dad called 911. Theparamedics met us, took over performing CPR and transportedhim to the hospital. The doctors at the hospital informed us he hadinternal bleeding and needed to be transferred to another hospital.We arrived at Cedars-Sinai and immediately he was placed in sur-gery. He survived the surgery, but was in a coma.

Day in and day out, we were there by his side, hoping for a mir-acle, and praying. There was nothing more to do but pray. OnMarch 9, we were informed by eight different neurosurgeons thatthere was nothing more they could do. Frankie was simply nolonger responding. Several conversations with different doctors,and all leading to the same conclusion, one that no one ever wantsto hear.

We sat next to Frankie’s bed, hoping for a miracle, even thoughwe were told he was brain-dead. A representative from OneLegacywalked in alongside Frankie’s nurse Pam. He asked if we wereinterested in giving the gift of life. In the moment I had no otherchoice but to wish this was not happening to me, hoping this wassimply a nightmare. The reality was that we were being asked tomake a decision that could change a person’s life for the better. Ididn’t ask anyone but Frankie. I asked him, What would you do?What should I do? My response was immediate: Yes.

On March 11th, while at the cemetery planning his services, Iwas advised that Frankie had saved the lives of five children. Withmixed emotions I was happy for the children and their families.

Of the five children, I have met one of his recipients. Pattyreceived Frankie’s bowel. She’s an extraordinary little girl who isFrankie’s age, and coincidently attended the same school asFrankie. Patty and her family wrote to me shortly after my loss andher recovery. In Patricia’s (Patty’s mother) letter, she thanked me

for giving Patty achance to live a newand better life. In herletter, she explainedthat after receivingthe transplant, Pattywas able to eat forthe first time in nineyears and was learn-ing the simple thingslike how to chewand swallow.

In that moment,reading the letter, Iknew the decisionthat was made wasthe biggest decisionI will ever have tomake and am thank-ful for the guidanceCedars-Sinai andOneLegacy gave meto help me make the correct decision. Patty and her family havewelcomed my family and me as one of their own. They have beena great help in our journey.

What I wouldn’t do to have one more month, day, or even aminute with my baby boy. But knowing that these children havebeen able to be hugged, and kissed by their families for even justone more day has been something that is gratifying.

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Organ Donation DataFollowing are key OneLegacy performance indicators through September 2006. (Source: OneLegacy data)

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep TOTAL

Organ Donors* 42 38 41 39 32 38 27 40 32 329

Kidneys Recovered* 80 72 78 76 59 70 54 72 56 617

Kidneys Transplanted* 64 59 66 63 51 55 49 60 37 504

Extra-Renals Recovered* 68 72 64 54 54 61 44 62 38 517

Extra-Renals Transplanted* 66 69 62 51 53 55 41 58 34 489

Hearts Transplanted 11 15 9 9 13 13 11 12 4 97

Livers Transplanted 32 26 31 27 25 26 18 31 20 236

Lungs Transplanted 11 19 16 4 9 8 6 9 6 88

Pancreas Transplanted 12 8 6 11 5 8 5 6 3 64

Consent Rate 63.9% 65.2% 59.5% 70.6% 54.5% 55.7% 54.8% 64.3% 61.9% 61.3%

Conversion Rate 66.1% 60.7% 61.2% 65.5% 61.0% 60.3% 51.9% 63.5% 60.4% 62.9%

Organs Recovered 148 144 142 130 113 131 98 134 94 1134

Organs Transplanted 130 128 128 114 104 110 90 118 71 993

Organs Recovered Per Donor 3.52 3.79 3.46 3.33 3.53 3.45 3.63 3.35 2.94 3.45

Organs Transplanted Per Donor 3.10 3.37 3.12 2.92 3.25 2.89 3.33 2.95 2.22 3.02

Erica Rangel-Báez cradles her newbornson Benjamin as she holds a rose dedicat-ed to her son Frankie. The rose vial is areplica of one that will adorn the ‘FamilyCircle’ garden on the front of the 2007Donate Life Rose Parade Float, which Ericawill ride in memory of Frankie.

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FRANKIE: I asked him, “What would you do? What should I do?”

OneLegacy honored five volunteers asAmbassadors of the Year at the 2006OneLegacy Ambassadors Fiesta onSeptember 17 at Griffith Park.

Since the Ambassadors programlaunched in February 2003, more than 450donor family members, transplant recipi-ents and others touched by donation haveattended a one-day training workshop toprepare them for interacting with the com-munity. The program now offers advancedworkshops to Ambassadors interested indeveloping their presentation skills and tak-ing on greater responsibility. There is also aspecial Embajadores de OneLegacy pro-gram specifically designed for Spanish-speaking volunteers.

Ambassadors of the Year were named infive categories, one for each roleAmbassadors are encouraged to play in ourcommunity: Media Representative (EdithGonzalez, at top right with OneLegacycommunications director Bryan Stewart),Event Staff (Daniel Ronco, at bottom rightwith OneLegacy volunteer and communityevents coordinator Stephanie Schmitz),Storyteller (Bob Mummey), Representative(Marianne O Quinn), and CommunityScout (Phil Arst).

In addition, 20 Applause certificateswere awarded to Ambassadors who madesignificant contributions to the communityduring the previous year.

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Musicians Alex Band (left) and Josh Kelley higlightedAugust’s “Donate Life Rocks” event at Hard Rock Cafe LosAngeles. Band, formerly of The Calling, wowed the crowdwith his rendition “Wherever You Will Go”, which was select-ed as the official song fo the 2007 Donate Life Rose ParadeFloat, Giving From The Heart.

DONATE LIFE ROCKS!

In (1) SACRAMENTO, DMV Director George Valverde presents a commenda-tion from Donate Life California to the DMV’s registry integration projectleader Kathy Kelly. OneLegacy Ambassadors and staff celebrated the DMV-Donate Life California partnership at DMV field offices throughout theSouthland. (2) RIVERSIDE: Monica Collins, kidney/pancreas recipient; DebbieMorgan, President of UOTA; Kathy Snow, donor mother; Stephanie Schmitz,OneLegacy Volunteer and Community Events Coordinator; and Daniel Ronco,kidney recipient. (3) PASADENA: Debra Boudreaux, Executive Vice Presidentof the Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation; Scott Wang, liver recipi-ent; Sabrina Ho, Asian Community Development Coordinator, OneLegacy;Kenny Wong, liver recipient; Charles Gau, donor father; LaVonne Leaman,kidney/pancreas recipient and her father Richard; and Rosemary Chen, TzuChi Commissioner. (4) WESTMINSTER: Tony Ngo, liver recipient; Peggy Coleman, heart recipient; Bich-Phuong, KXLA-44 Saigon reporter; and PeteWesslink, heart recipient. (5) SANTA BARBARA: Roger L. Horton; Santa Barbara City Council; Ester Medina, liver transplant candidate; George Miller, liverrecipient, TRIO Ventura County/West Valley Chapter; and Debbie Courtney, donor mother.

to the 3,500 per week prior to the partnership.

We know that the generosity of Californians knows no bounds,and with 23 million licensed drivers on the road in the state, DMVemployees stand ready to help increase this list of potential life-saversfrom thousands to millions, said DMVDirector George Valverde.

Departments of motor vehicles playa key role in the success of state donorregistries nationwide, said BryanStewart, director of communicationswith OneLegacy. Some states, includingUtah, Virginia, Indiana and Colorado,have signed up more than 60 percent oftheir licensed drivers, allowing donationcases to proceed smoothly and with-greater speed, saving precious time.

Donate Life California is a nonprofit, state-authorized organ andtissue donor registry, administered by California’s four nonprofit, fed-erally designated organ procurement organizations. As a state-author-ized public service, the registry assures that all personal informationis kept confidential and stored in a secure database, accessible only toauthorized organ and tissue recovery personnel.

Before the creation of the registry, there was no official list of des-ignated organ and tissue donors. The pink donor dot and signeddonor card voluntarily carried by drivers were meant to serve as anindication of someone’s intent to donate. But signed cards are oftenunavailable at the time a family is approached about the opportunity todonate, and the dot alone does not grant legal consent for donation.

With the partnership between DMVand Donate Life California, donor infor-mation will be transmitted electronicallydirectly from DMV to Donate LifeCalifornia’s online registry. The driver’sdecision acts as an advanced directivefor organ and tissue donation, and fordrivers 18 and older, it does not requirethe consent of any other person. (Theparent or legal guardian must give con-sent for registrants under 18.) Those whocurrently have a pink donor dot on

their licenses but are not near their renewal date are asked to join theonline registry directly. At the time of license renewal, a Yes on theDMV form results in the pink donor dot being printed directly onto thelicenses. Those who sign up can opt out, alter personal information orchange donation preferences anytime through the online Donate LifeCalifornia Registry. For more information or to sign up online, visitwww.donateLIFEcalifornia.org or www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org.

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DMV/DONATE LIFE CALIFORNIA PARTNERSHIPApproximately 42 regional media stories focused on July’s DMV-Donate Life California partnership, including the following outlets:

General

TV: KNBC-4, KABC-7, KCET-8 (PBS) “California Connected”,KCAL-9, KTTV-11 (FOX), KGET-17 (NBC) Bakersfield,KERO-23 (ABC) Bakersfield

Print: Bakersfield Californian, LA Daily News, Long BeachPress-Telegram, Los Angeles Times, Glendora PressHighlander, Orange County Register, Press-Enterprise,Redlands Daily Facts, San Gabriel Valley News Tribune,Ventura County Star

Radio: KFI AM 640, KFWB News 980, KNX-1070 News Radio

Spanish

TV: KMEX-34 (Univision)”A Su Lado” y “Noticiero 11”,KVEA-52 (Tele), KAZA-54 (Azteca), KRCA-62, Piolin

Print: Excelsior (OC), La Opinion, La Prensa (Riverside), LaEstrella (Ventura County)

Radio: KLAX-97.9 (La Raza), KLYY-97.5 (Entravision), XTRA-690(W Radio), KSCA 101.9 (Univ), Radio Campesina,SuperEstrella

Asian

TV: TV Korea 24, KTAN (Korean American Television)

Print: China Press, Chinese Daily News, Korea Times, SingTao, Taiwan Daily

African American

Print: LA Sentinel, LA Watts Times

In addition, the partnership was supported by OneLegacy’s first non-grant-funded media campaign, including this July activity (Tv indi-cates :30s; Radio indicates :60s + :30s, if applicable):

General

Radio: KROQ 106.7 (27), KZLA 93.9 (36)

Spanish

TV: KMEX-34 (Univision) (10), KKEY-11 (Telemundo) Bak. (59)

Print: La Opinion

Radio: KLOVE-FM (16+6), KSCA 101.9 (20+6), Recuerdo 103.9(4+2), La Raza (32), KXOL Latino 93 (10+5), OYE! (1+5),KBFP-FM (30), Concierto 92.1FL (90+44), Radio Lobo102.9 (90+44), Radio Campesina (50)

Asian

Radio: KAZN AM1300 (30), KMRB AM1430 (123), TVB Jade (45),VCNR 106.6FM (14), Radio Little Saigon 1480AM (:60)

African American

Print: ACC Church News, LA Sentinel, LA Watts Times, LAFocus, Our Weekly Newspaper

Radio: KJLH (130), KTWV (22). KKBT (90), KTYM (10)

Donation in the Media

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Run, Walk...For the Donate Life Run/Walk, 2006 will alwaysbe remembered as the year of the donor family.Thanks to the efforts of OneLegacy’s FamilyServices staff, more than 800 donor familymembers were inspired to walk in honor of theirloved ones. The images of donors on hundredsof T-shirts inspired the record 4,000 participantsin the April event. Adding even more meaning tothe event was the debut of the Circle of LifeGarden, an elegant display of 30 signs with pho-tos of and personal messages to donors andrecipients alike. With support from Sav-onDrugs, St. Joseph Hospital and a host of othersponsors, the fourth annual Donate LifeRun/Walk raised approximately $70,000 whichwill fund media campaigns to promote enroll-ment in the Donate Life California Organ &Tissue Donor Registry. (See article on Page 1.)

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EMBAJADORES IN ACTION In July a contingent ofEmbajadores de OneLegacy fielded more than 500 phone callsas organ donation was the featured issue on KMEX-34’s “ASu Lado”. Front row, seated (*denotes OneLegacy employee):Elena de la Cruz*, Maria Elena Constantino, Luz Díaz* andCarolyn Fagundo. Second row: Edith González, MaryCoronado* and Meredith González. Third row: Sergio Gomez,Clemen Sabah*, Annette González*, Natalie Coronado, IrisRodríguez, Sonia Navarro*, Chris González, José Bueno andConnie Moreno. Back row : Arnold and Eva Pérez, Icela andJesús Nava, Maria Bourne*, Lilia Spencer Bueno, NormaBueno González, Cristian Nuñez* and Anthony Maldonado*.

‘THUNDER’-OUS DONOR SABBATH Legendary singer/song-writer Stevie Wonder, owner of KJLH-FM and host of the sta-tion's Thursday morning program "Stevie Wonder's MorningThunder", interviewed Ralph D. Sutton, OneLegacy AfricanAmerican Community Development Coordinator, and EuniceGibson, double lung recipient and OneLegacy Ambassador,about National Donor Sabbath and Donate Life America's GiveThanks, Give Life campaign. Wonder led into the segment witha poignant endorsement for organ and tissue donation.

(1) The family of Martha Macias shows their prideat walking in her honor. (2) Barbara Facio, motherof organ donor Andrew Ortiz, releases a bird as therecipient of Andrew’s heart, Fred Phillips (left),looks on. (3) The Circle of Life Garden, with approx-imately 30 memorial signs at the finish line, was anew feature this year. (4) “Team Ted” made anotherstrong showing in support of lung recipient TedAskier. (5) Victor Constantino spoke eloqoently ofhis father Hugo, who died awaiting a lung trans-plant and whose memory inspired more than 2,300friends and Sav-on Drugs colleagues to registerwith Donate Life California. (6) Donate LifeRun/Walk co-founder and OneLegacy communitypartnerships coordinator Kathleen Hostert inspiresthe crowd as her husband, co-founder Craig, lookson. (7) OneLegacy’s Asian community developmentcoordinator Sabrina Ho (kneeling in black jacket)brought an enthusiatic Asian community contin-gent. (8) Participating in a pre-race bird release arekidney donor Tony Huy; Raegan Pratt, recipient ofhis kidney; and Dr. Ervin Ruzics, their St. JosephHospital transplant surgeon. (9) Excitement buildsat the starting line. (10) A class of Los AngelesPolice Department cadets participates in formationfor the duration of the event. (Photos by TonyKawashima)

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totaling approximately 60 million registered organ donors. TheDonor Designation Collaborative seeks to add another 40 mil-lion registered donors over the next 18 months, with the poten-tial to honor the generous donation wishes of an additional400,000 Americans just in the next couple of years.

This national collaborative effort was launched in NewOrleans, La. on October 18, 2006 and featured teams represent-ing 44 states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia and Ontario,Canada. These teams — consisting of representatives from organand tissue recovery agencies, motor vehicle departments, trans-plant centers, eye and tissue banks, state health departments,civic groups and corporate partners — will lead efforts to foundnew effective donor registries in states that do not currentlyoperate a registry; improve the effectiveness of existing donorregistries; and work diligently to promote these registries andsecure millions of additional donor registrations.

As someone who waited 25 months for a double-lung trans-plant, I see this as the type of groundbreaking work that giveshope to those waiting, said Trey Schwab, outreach coordinatorfor UW Health OPO in Madison, Wis. and vice president of theWisconsin Coalition on Donation. The Donor DesignationCollaborative is a powerful way to increase the number of donorregistrations in each state. The real power of this initiativecomes in helping people understand that when they have theopportunity to sign up on a state donor registry, they have thepower to save the lives of eight people and touch many morethrough eye and tissue donation, and in helping states make thesignup process as easy as possible for their residents.

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DESIGNATION: National Goal 100 Million

OneLegacy In the Community(1) Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe presents the county’s official proclamation of National Donate Life Month. Joining him in the Board cham-ber are recipient wife Cora Johnson; OneLegacy hospital services director Esther-Marie Carmichael, CEO Tom Mone and communications director BryanStewart. (2) Heart recipient and OneLegacy hospital services coordinator Glenn Matsuki and Ambassador Kevin Monroe, a living kidney donor, hold theproclamation from the City of Long Beach. (3) Sabrina Ho, Asian Commmunity Development Coordinator, is joined by KMRB AM1430 radio personalityHoward Lee at the LA Wellness Fair.

High School Program is‘Bridging Lives’Now that first-time drivers will have the opportunity to make adonation decision on their DMV drivers license application,OneLegacy has committeed newfound focus to educating highschool students about organ and tissue donation. Youth educa-tion coordinator Simera Nichols has been busy presentingOneLegacy’s Bridging Lives high school program areawide:

To schedule a presentation at your local high school, contactSimera Nichols at 213-229-5673 or snichols@onelegacy.org.

Sept 6 Moorpark Moorpark CollegeSept 20 Bakersfield Highland High SchoolOct 4 Palmdale Palmdale High SchoolOct 11-12 Irvine Northwood High SchoolOct 13 Bakersfield Liberty High SchoolOct 31 Bakersfield Bethel Apostolic AcademyNov 2 Irvine Woodbridge High SchoolNov 6-7 Los Angeles Crenshaw High SchoolNov 9 Reseda Trinity Lutheran Junior/Senior H.S.Nov 13 Glendora High School Health Careers (ROP)Nov 16 Hemet Baptist Christian School

Nov 17 Burbank John Burroughs High SchoolNov 20 West Covina High School Health Careers (ROP)Nov 28 Pomona Pomona Catholic High SchoolDec 1 Goleta Dos Pueblos High SchoolDec 3 Saugus Saugus High SchoolDec 4 Needles Needles High schoolDec 7 Lakewood Artesia High SchoolDec 11 Santa Barbara San Marcos High SchoolDec 18 Lompoc Lompoc High SchoolDec 22 Garden Grove Bolsa Grande High School

OneLegacy Hospital Services iscurrently distributing a TissueDonor Manual to all hospital units.The binder contains a treasuretrove of tools and information toguide the donor management andreferral process, includingPreliminary Screening Questions;Identification, Management andSurgical Recovery of the TissueDonor; JCAHO Requirements andRegulations; HIPPA Regulations;and Key Contacts at OneLegacy.

For information, please contactClinique Burrell in HospitalServices, 213-229-5634 or cburrell@onelegacy.org.

Tissue ManualsDelivered to Hospitals

In August, OneLegacy received theNATCO Grant for Research for 2006for the study, Increasing Organsper Donor: Use of the USCOM Non-Invasive Cardiac Output Machineto Guide Donor Management.Congratulations to primary investi-gator Stephanie Collazo (above,with Marilyn Bartucci, NATCOResearch Committee Co-Chair),clinical education specialist, andDr. Mudit Mathur of Loma LindaUniversity Medical Center, ourproject partner.

NATCO Grant Awarded

...and RememberOneLegacy’s annual “Fields of Gold” DonorRemembrance Ceremonies are a Marchtradition. This year, 115 organ and tissuedonor families attended ceremonies atUCLA, Loma Linda University, the HyattRegency Long Beach and the DoubletreeBakersfield. Musical performances, donorfamily and recipient speakers, and a per-sonal video tribute left families feelingclose to their loved ones and appreciatedfor their decisions to donate life.

(1) In Long Beach, the family of Marvin Martinez enjoys participating the traditional ceremony-clos-ing release of birds. (2) In Bakersfield, Patti Rivetti poses with the recipient of her husband Dennis’sheart, Mark Sabin, who proudly holds his son Matthew. (3) At Loma Linda University, Dr. JosephCohen (left), the Chief Forensic Pathologist for the Riverside County Sheriff/Coroner, receives theOneLegacy Life Bridge Award from hospital services coordinator Mike Thomas. (4) The Bakersfieldceremony concludes with a balloon release to Terry Harrington’s rendition of “Over The Rainbow.”Harrington, a heart recipient, is the “voice” of Lisa Simpson’s saxophone on “The Simpsons”.

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A beloved member of our OneLegacy family, CraigShmorhun, died in his sleep yesterday. Craig was a veryactive Per Diem Procurement Transplant Coordinator in ourRedlands office as well as a nurse at Desert RegionalMedical Center, where our staff worked with him in ourshared effort to help donor families. Craig’s caring, presenceand smile will be greatly missed. Craig leaves behind a wifeand three children who we have in our hearts and prayers.

In Memory of Craig Shmorhun

KERN COUNTY

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - CENTRAL

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - SOUTH

RIVERSIDE & SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES

From Santa Maria to Lakewood, Valencia to Venice, and Orange to Apple Valley, OneLegacy professionals and Ambassadors reach out to communitiesthroughout the greater Los Angeles area. From April to mid-November 2006, donation was represented at more than 155 community events.

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Apr 4 Rowland Heights OL Speaker Shelyn Elementary SchoolApr 13 Downey OL/AMB Speakers Downey Regional Medical CenterApr 15 Santa Monica Table Earth Day Los AngelesApr 28 Torrance Table Harbor UCLA Medical CenterMay 6 Downey Table 13th Annual Downey Street FaireJun 10 Whittier Table Whittier Hospital EventJun 21 Harbor City Table Kaiser South Bay Medical Center Health FairAug 5 Compton Table 6th Annual Back to School Health and Community FairAug 26 City of Industry Table 10th Annual Staying Fit Community Health FairAug 28 Manhattan Beach OL Speaker Manhattan Beach Rotary Club MeetingSep 14 Manhattan Beach OL Speaker Manhattan Beach Police DepartmentOct 15 Bell Flower Table Bethel Church Community Health FairOct 4-6 Redondo Beach AMB Speakers Transplant Financial Coordinators Association Annual

Meeting

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ORANGE COUNTY

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Apr 8 Bellflower Table YMCA Health Kid's DayApr 12 Orange Table UCI Medical CenterApr 13 Santa Ana OL Speaker Valley High SchoolApr 17 Buena Park OL Speaker California Federation of Women's Club ConferenceApr 19 Los Alamitos AMB Speaker Los Alamitos HosptialApr 19 Mission Viejo Table Mission Hospital Regional Medical CenterApr 19 Orange Table UCI Medical CenterApr 20 Anaheim OL/AMB Speakers Mended Hearts -Anaheim ChapterApr 20 Fullerton Table Fullerton College Health FairApr 25 Long Beach Table Long Beach Memorial Medical CenterApr 25 Anaheim Table Kaiser Foundation-AnaheimApr 26 Orange Table UCI Medical CenterApr 27 Newport Beach Table Hoag Memorial Presbyterian HospitalApr 29 Orange AMB Speaker American Association for Medical Transcription

Annual SymposiumApr 10,12-13 Santa Ana Table Western Medical Center Donate Life TableApr 18,25 Long Beach Table Long Beach Memorial Medical CenterApr 19-20 Montebello Table Beverly HospitalApr 20,27 Newport Beach Table Hoag Memorial Presbyterian HospitalApr 24,26-27 Orange Table St. Joseph Medical Center Donate Life TableApr 5,12,19,26 Orange Table UCI Medical CenterApr 5,19 Mission Viejo Table Mission Hospital Regional Medical CenterJul 30-31 Irvine Table CSNY Summer ConcertSep 30 Brea Table Wellness Festival 2005Oct 24 Long Beach AMB Speaker North Long Beach Women's ClubNov 10 Buena Park Table Pepsi Bottling Group Health Fair

Apr 2 Encino OL Speaker Transplant Games Team Southern CaliforniaApr 5 Palmdale OL Speaker Palmdale Chamber of CommerceApr 7 Van Nuys OL/AMB Speakers Donate Life Month City ProclamationApr 15 Marina Del Rey Sponsor American Liver Foundation GalaApr 27 Los Angeles OL Speaker In-service for National Lab WeekApr 29 Los Angeles AMB Speaker 3rd Annual Liver SymposiumApr 30 Van Nuys Table Sober Day L.A.May 7 Van Nuys Table Israel's 58th Independence Day FestivalMay 18 Woodland Hills OL/AMB Speakers Taft High SchoolJun 4 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speakers AAKP Transplant SeminarJun 13 Santa Clarita AMB Speaker Interfaith Council MeetingJun 14 Burbank Table Walt Disney Company Wellness FairJun 29 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speakers National Youth Leadership ForumJul 14 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speakers National Youth Leadership ForumJul 24 Burbank AMB Speaker Providence Holy Cross Med Ctr Pastoral Care StudentsJul 27 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speakers National Youth Leadership ForumAug 22 Glendale AMB Speaker Kiwanis Club MeetingAug 23 La Canada-Flintridge OL Speaker La Canada Noon Kiwanis ClubOct 11 Thousand Oaks Table WellPoint's Annual Thousand Oaks Agency FairOct 13 Antelope Valley Table "Celebration of Praise" Fundraising ConcertOct 22 Glendale Table Church Health Fair Oct 14-15 Palmdale Table Palmdale Valley Fall Festival

Apr 16 Walnut OL Speaker Mt. San Antonio CollegeApr 19 Blythe AMB Speaker Blythe Rotary ProgramJun 1 Riverside OL Speaker NKF Inland Empire's Council of Nephrology Social

Workers MeetingJul 15 Riverside Table Healthy Heritage Wellness ConferenceAug 29 Loma Linda OL Speaker Liver Support GroupAug 20 Riverside Table Renal Support Network MeetingSep 23 Colton Table Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Community

Health and Safety FairOct 27 Temecula Table Nicolas Valley Elementary Safty and Health FestivalOct 29 Loma Linda Table Family Health FairNov 9 Pomona AMB Speaker Hospital Collaborative Learning SessionNov 4-5 Palm Desert Table Conference for Healthy Living

Apr 4 Bakersfield OL/AMB Speakers Highland High SchoolApr 6 Bakersfield AMB Speaker Bakersfield Memorial HospitalMay 3 Bakersfield AMB Speaker Highland High SchoolMay 6 Bakersfield Table Bakersfield Relay for LifeMay 9 Lake Isabella OL Speaker Kern Valley High School ECHO ProgramMay 23 Bakersfield Table AERA Energy Health and Safety FairOct 21 Wasco Table Delano Regional Center Health FairOct 21 Bakersfield Table American Heart Association "Heart Walk"Oct 26 Bakersfield Table Chevron's 2006 Health and Safty FairNov 5 Weldon Speaker/Table National Donor Sabbath at Weldon United MethodistNov 6 Bakersfield AMB Speaker National Donor Sabbath at St. PhillipsNov 7 Bakersfield AMB Speaker Hospital Collaborative Learning SessionNov 12 Bakersfield Table/Materials National Donor Sabbath at Laurelglen Bible ChurchNov 12 Lake Isabella Speaker/Table National Donor Sabbath at Highland Chapel Methodist

Apr 3 West Hollywood OL Speaker Donate Life Month City ProclamationApr 4 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speakers Donate Life Month City ProclamationApr 7 Los Angeles OL Speaker Venice High SchoolApr 11 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speakers Students for Organ Donation LectureApr 22 Los Angeles OL Speaker Cedars-Sinai Fifth Annual Patient PicnicApr 22 Los Angeles Table St. Vincent Medical Center Health FairApr 27 Los Angeles Table 50 + Health and Fitness Jamboree 1K & 5 K WalkApr 29 Los Angeles Table Children's FairMay 7 Beverly Hills Sponsor NKF Gift of Life Celebration DinnerJun 2 Burbank Participant North LA/Ventura/Santa Barbara Quilt UnveilingJun 3 Los Angeles Table 5th Annual Norwood Health & Peace Family FestivalJun 3 Los Angeles AMB Speaker American Career College Nursing StudentsJun 8 Glendale AMB Speaker Collaborative Planning Committee Awards CeremonyJun 22 Montebello OL/AMB Speakers Rehabilitation Nurses Society MeetingJul 8 Los Angeles Table National Concil of La RazaJul 8 Los Angeles Table NCLR Annual ConferenceJul 22 Los Angeles Table Mel's Fish Market 2nd Annual Block PartyJul 23 San Gabriel Table The Los Angeles Beauty and Wellness Extravaganza Jul 29 Los Angeles Table HealthCare Partners Medical Group Health FairJul 30-31 Hollywood Table CSNY Summer ConcertAug 1 Torrance Table Harbor UCLA Med Ctr Minority Donor Awareness DayAug 26 Los Angeles Table Mothers in Action/Brotherhood Crusade 8th Annual

Back to School Health & Family FestivalAug 31 Los Angeles Table Donate Life RocksAug 19-20 Los Angeles Table NBC4/Telemundo 52 Health and Fitness ExpoSep 9 Los Angeles Table St. Vincent Medical Center Health FairSep 9 Los Angeles Table Glassell Park Community FestivalSep 13 Los Angeles Table King Drew Medical CenterSep 19 Pasadena Table Pasadena Area Community College 2006 Open

Enrollment/Health FairSep 24 Arcadia Table Asian Moon Family FestivalOct 6 Los Angeles Table Shriners Hospitals for Children-Los Angeles, 8th.

Annual Child and Family Health FairOct 13 Los Angeles Table Bi-National Health Week, Mexican ConsulateOct 17 Santa Monica Table Donor Awareness EventOct 21 Crenshaw Table "Taste of Soul" Street FestivalOct 18,23 Los Angeles AMB Speaker American Career College Nursing StudentsOct 7,13 Los Angeles Table Bi-National Health WeekNov 1 Glendale AMB Speaker Hospital Collaborative Learning SessionNov 5 Los Angeles Table Asthma WalkNov 5 Los Angeles Table ADA Health Fair, Olvera StreetNov 19 Pasadena Speaker National Donor Sabbath at Saint Barnabas

SANTA BARBARA/VENTURA COUNTIES

May 20 Santa Barbara Table Santa Barbara Arthritis WalkMay 24 Goleta OL/AMB Speakers Dos Pueblos High SchoolMay 26 Santa Barbara OL/AMB Speakers Santa Barbara High SchoolMay 31 Santa Barbara OL/AMB Speakers San Marcos High SchoolOct 13 Santa Barbara Table Pediatric Critical Care Conference Oct 17 Santa Barbara AMB Speaker Deacon Dinner for First PresbyterianOct 18 Goleta Table Raytheon Benefits FairOct 19 Goleta Table Raytheon Benefits FairOct 21-22 Goleta Table Lemon FestivalNov 3 Lompac Table U.S. Military Retirees Apprieciation DayNov 5 Santa Paula Table Santa Clara Valley Health ExpoNov 16 Santa Barbara AMB Speaker Hospital Collaborative Learning SessionApr 9 Ventura Materials Donate Life A Walk in the ParkMay 13 Oxnard Table Mother's Day Mariachi FestivalMay 25 Ventura AMB Speaker Mary A Liver More Society (Unitarian Universalistic

Church Group)Jul 30 Bakersfield Table Renal Support Network MeetingAug 18 Bakersfield AMB Speaker WestChester Rotary ClubSep 6 Shafter AMB Speaker Shafter Rotary ClubSep 9 Bakersfield Table KGET Health Fair 2006Sep 18 Lake Isabella Table Lake Isabella Senior Health FairOct 3 Santa Paula AMB Speaker AARP MeetingNov 10 Santa Clarita AMB Speaker Donor Sabbath Nov 17-18 Thousand Oaks Table National Donor Sabbath St. Max

KERN COUNTY

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - CENTRAL

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - SOUTH

RIVERSIDE & SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES

From Santa Maria to Lakewood, Valencia to Venice, and Orange to Apple Valley, OneLegacy professionals and Ambassadors reach out to communitiesthroughout the greater Los Angeles area. From April to mid-November 2006, donation was represented at more than 155 community events.

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Apr 4 Rowland Heights OL Speaker Shelyn Elementary SchoolApr 13 Downey OL/AMB Speakers Downey Regional Medical CenterApr 15 Santa Monica Table Earth Day Los AngelesApr 28 Torrance Table Harbor UCLA Medical CenterMay 6 Downey Table 13th Annual Downey Street FaireJun 10 Whittier Table Whittier Hospital EventJun 21 Harbor City Table Kaiser South Bay Medical Center Health FairAug 5 Compton Table 6th Annual Back to School Health and Community FairAug 26 City of Industry Table 10th Annual Staying Fit Community Health FairAug 28 Manhattan Beach OL Speaker Manhattan Beach Rotary Club MeetingSep 14 Manhattan Beach OL Speaker Manhattan Beach Police DepartmentOct 15 Bell Flower Table Bethel Church Community Health FairOct 4-6 Redondo Beach AMB Speakers Transplant Financial Coordinators Association Annual

Meeting

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ORANGE COUNTY

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Apr 8 Bellflower Table YMCA Health Kid's DayApr 12 Orange Table UCI Medical CenterApr 13 Santa Ana OL Speaker Valley High SchoolApr 17 Buena Park OL Speaker California Federation of Women's Club ConferenceApr 19 Los Alamitos AMB Speaker Los Alamitos HosptialApr 19 Mission Viejo Table Mission Hospital Regional Medical CenterApr 19 Orange Table UCI Medical CenterApr 20 Anaheim OL/AMB Speakers Mended Hearts -Anaheim ChapterApr 20 Fullerton Table Fullerton College Health FairApr 25 Long Beach Table Long Beach Memorial Medical CenterApr 25 Anaheim Table Kaiser Foundation-AnaheimApr 26 Orange Table UCI Medical CenterApr 27 Newport Beach Table Hoag Memorial Presbyterian HospitalApr 29 Orange AMB Speaker American Association for Medical Transcription

Annual SymposiumApr 10,12-13 Santa Ana Table Western Medical Center Donate Life TableApr 18,25 Long Beach Table Long Beach Memorial Medical CenterApr 19-20 Montebello Table Beverly HospitalApr 20,27 Newport Beach Table Hoag Memorial Presbyterian HospitalApr 24,26-27 Orange Table St. Joseph Medical Center Donate Life TableApr 5,12,19,26 Orange Table UCI Medical CenterApr 5,19 Mission Viejo Table Mission Hospital Regional Medical CenterJul 30-31 Irvine Table CSNY Summer ConcertSep 30 Brea Table Wellness Festival 2005Oct 24 Long Beach AMB Speaker North Long Beach Women's ClubNov 10 Buena Park Table Pepsi Bottling Group Health Fair

Apr 2 Encino OL Speaker Transplant Games Team Southern CaliforniaApr 5 Palmdale OL Speaker Palmdale Chamber of CommerceApr 7 Van Nuys OL/AMB Speakers Donate Life Month City ProclamationApr 15 Marina Del Rey Sponsor American Liver Foundation GalaApr 27 Los Angeles OL Speaker In-service for National Lab WeekApr 29 Los Angeles AMB Speaker 3rd Annual Liver SymposiumApr 30 Van Nuys Table Sober Day L.A.May 7 Van Nuys Table Israel's 58th Independence Day FestivalMay 18 Woodland Hills OL/AMB Speakers Taft High SchoolJun 4 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speakers AAKP Transplant SeminarJun 13 Santa Clarita AMB Speaker Interfaith Council MeetingJun 14 Burbank Table Walt Disney Company Wellness FairJun 29 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speakers National Youth Leadership ForumJul 14 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speakers National Youth Leadership ForumJul 24 Burbank AMB Speaker Providence Holy Cross Med Ctr Pastoral Care StudentsJul 27 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speakers National Youth Leadership ForumAug 22 Glendale AMB Speaker Kiwanis Club MeetingAug 23 La Canada-Flintridge OL Speaker La Canada Noon Kiwanis ClubOct 11 Thousand Oaks Table WellPoint's Annual Thousand Oaks Agency FairOct 13 Antelope Valley Table "Celebration of Praise" Fundraising ConcertOct 22 Glendale Table Church Health Fair Oct 14-15 Palmdale Table Palmdale Valley Fall Festival

Apr 16 Walnut OL Speaker Mt. San Antonio CollegeApr 19 Blythe AMB Speaker Blythe Rotary ProgramJun 1 Riverside OL Speaker NKF Inland Empire's Council of Nephrology Social

Workers MeetingJul 15 Riverside Table Healthy Heritage Wellness ConferenceAug 29 Loma Linda OL Speaker Liver Support GroupAug 20 Riverside Table Renal Support Network MeetingSep 23 Colton Table Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Community

Health and Safety FairOct 27 Temecula Table Nicolas Valley Elementary Safty and Health FestivalOct 29 Loma Linda Table Family Health FairNov 9 Pomona AMB Speaker Hospital Collaborative Learning SessionNov 4-5 Palm Desert Table Conference for Healthy Living

Apr 4 Bakersfield OL/AMB Speakers Highland High SchoolApr 6 Bakersfield AMB Speaker Bakersfield Memorial HospitalMay 3 Bakersfield AMB Speaker Highland High SchoolMay 6 Bakersfield Table Bakersfield Relay for LifeMay 9 Lake Isabella OL Speaker Kern Valley High School ECHO ProgramMay 23 Bakersfield Table AERA Energy Health and Safety FairOct 21 Wasco Table Delano Regional Center Health FairOct 21 Bakersfield Table American Heart Association "Heart Walk"Oct 26 Bakersfield Table Chevron's 2006 Health and Safty FairNov 5 Weldon Speaker/Table National Donor Sabbath at Weldon United MethodistNov 6 Bakersfield AMB Speaker National Donor Sabbath at St. PhillipsNov 7 Bakersfield AMB Speaker Hospital Collaborative Learning SessionNov 12 Bakersfield Table/Materials National Donor Sabbath at Laurelglen Bible ChurchNov 12 Lake Isabella Speaker/Table National Donor Sabbath at Highland Chapel Methodist

Apr 3 West Hollywood OL Speaker Donate Life Month City ProclamationApr 4 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speakers Donate Life Month City ProclamationApr 7 Los Angeles OL Speaker Venice High SchoolApr 11 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speakers Students for Organ Donation LectureApr 22 Los Angeles OL Speaker Cedars-Sinai Fifth Annual Patient PicnicApr 22 Los Angeles Table St. Vincent Medical Center Health FairApr 27 Los Angeles Table 50 + Health and Fitness Jamboree 1K & 5 K WalkApr 29 Los Angeles Table Children's FairMay 7 Beverly Hills Sponsor NKF Gift of Life Celebration DinnerJun 2 Burbank Participant North LA/Ventura/Santa Barbara Quilt UnveilingJun 3 Los Angeles Table 5th Annual Norwood Health & Peace Family FestivalJun 3 Los Angeles AMB Speaker American Career College Nursing StudentsJun 8 Glendale AMB Speaker Collaborative Planning Committee Awards CeremonyJun 22 Montebello OL/AMB Speakers Rehabilitation Nurses Society MeetingJul 8 Los Angeles Table National Concil of La RazaJul 8 Los Angeles Table NCLR Annual ConferenceJul 22 Los Angeles Table Mel's Fish Market 2nd Annual Block PartyJul 23 San Gabriel Table The Los Angeles Beauty and Wellness Extravaganza Jul 29 Los Angeles Table HealthCare Partners Medical Group Health FairJul 30-31 Hollywood Table CSNY Summer ConcertAug 1 Torrance Table Harbor UCLA Med Ctr Minority Donor Awareness DayAug 26 Los Angeles Table Mothers in Action/Brotherhood Crusade 8th Annual

Back to School Health & Family FestivalAug 31 Los Angeles Table Donate Life RocksAug 19-20 Los Angeles Table NBC4/Telemundo 52 Health and Fitness ExpoSep 9 Los Angeles Table St. Vincent Medical Center Health FairSep 9 Los Angeles Table Glassell Park Community FestivalSep 13 Los Angeles Table King Drew Medical CenterSep 19 Pasadena Table Pasadena Area Community College 2006 Open

Enrollment/Health FairSep 24 Arcadia Table Asian Moon Family FestivalOct 6 Los Angeles Table Shriners Hospitals for Children-Los Angeles, 8th.

Annual Child and Family Health FairOct 13 Los Angeles Table Bi-National Health Week, Mexican ConsulateOct 17 Santa Monica Table Donor Awareness EventOct 21 Crenshaw Table "Taste of Soul" Street FestivalOct 18,23 Los Angeles AMB Speaker American Career College Nursing StudentsOct 7,13 Los Angeles Table Bi-National Health WeekNov 1 Glendale AMB Speaker Hospital Collaborative Learning SessionNov 5 Los Angeles Table Asthma WalkNov 5 Los Angeles Table ADA Health Fair, Olvera StreetNov 19 Pasadena Speaker National Donor Sabbath at Saint Barnabas

SANTA BARBARA/VENTURA COUNTIES

May 20 Santa Barbara Table Santa Barbara Arthritis WalkMay 24 Goleta OL/AMB Speakers Dos Pueblos High SchoolMay 26 Santa Barbara OL/AMB Speakers Santa Barbara High SchoolMay 31 Santa Barbara OL/AMB Speakers San Marcos High SchoolOct 13 Santa Barbara Table Pediatric Critical Care Conference Oct 17 Santa Barbara AMB Speaker Deacon Dinner for First PresbyterianOct 18 Goleta Table Raytheon Benefits FairOct 19 Goleta Table Raytheon Benefits FairOct 21-22 Goleta Table Lemon FestivalNov 3 Lompac Table U.S. Military Retirees Apprieciation DayNov 5 Santa Paula Table Santa Clara Valley Health ExpoNov 16 Santa Barbara AMB Speaker Hospital Collaborative Learning SessionApr 9 Ventura Materials Donate Life A Walk in the ParkMay 13 Oxnard Table Mother's Day Mariachi FestivalMay 25 Ventura AMB Speaker Mary A Liver More Society (Unitarian Universalistic

Church Group)Jul 30 Bakersfield Table Renal Support Network MeetingAug 18 Bakersfield AMB Speaker WestChester Rotary ClubSep 6 Shafter AMB Speaker Shafter Rotary ClubSep 9 Bakersfield Table KGET Health Fair 2006Sep 18 Lake Isabella Table Lake Isabella Senior Health FairOct 3 Santa Paula AMB Speaker AARP MeetingNov 10 Santa Clarita AMB Speaker Donor Sabbath Nov 17-18 Thousand Oaks Table National Donor Sabbath St. Max

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totaling approximately 60 million registered organ donors. TheDonor Designation Collaborative seeks to add another 40 mil-lion registered donors over the next 18 months, with the poten-tial to honor the generous donation wishes of an additional400,000 Americans just in the next couple of years.

This national collaborative effort was launched in NewOrleans, La. on October 18, 2006 and featured teams represent-ing 44 states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia and Ontario,Canada. These teams — consisting of representatives from organand tissue recovery agencies, motor vehicle departments, trans-plant centers, eye and tissue banks, state health departments,civic groups and corporate partners — will lead efforts to foundnew effective donor registries in states that do not currentlyoperate a registry; improve the effectiveness of existing donorregistries; and work diligently to promote these registries andsecure millions of additional donor registrations.

As someone who waited 25 months for a double-lung trans-plant, I see this as the type of groundbreaking work that giveshope to those waiting, said Trey Schwab, outreach coordinatorfor UW Health OPO in Madison, Wis. and vice president of theWisconsin Coalition on Donation. The Donor DesignationCollaborative is a powerful way to increase the number of donorregistrations in each state. The real power of this initiativecomes in helping people understand that when they have theopportunity to sign up on a state donor registry, they have thepower to save the lives of eight people and touch many morethrough eye and tissue donation, and in helping states make thesignup process as easy as possible for their residents.

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DESIGNATION: National Goal 100 Million

OneLegacy In the Community(1) Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe presents the county’s official proclamation of National Donate Life Month. Joining him in the Board cham-ber are recipient wife Cora Johnson; OneLegacy hospital services director Esther-Marie Carmichael, CEO Tom Mone and communications director BryanStewart. (2) Heart recipient and OneLegacy hospital services coordinator Glenn Matsuki and Ambassador Kevin Monroe, a living kidney donor, hold theproclamation from the City of Long Beach. (3) Sabrina Ho, Asian Commmunity Development Coordinator, is joined by KMRB AM1430 radio personalityHoward Lee at the LA Wellness Fair.

High School Program is‘Bridging Lives’Now that first-time drivers will have the opportunity to make adonation decision on their DMV drivers license application,OneLegacy has committeed newfound focus to educating highschool students about organ and tissue donation. Youth educa-tion coordinator Simera Nichols has been busy presentingOneLegacy’s Bridging Lives high school program areawide:

To schedule a presentation at your local high school, contactSimera Nichols at 213-229-5673 or snichols@onelegacy.org.

Sept 6 Moorpark Moorpark CollegeSept 20 Bakersfield Highland High SchoolOct 4 Palmdale Palmdale High SchoolOct 11-12 Irvine Northwood High SchoolOct 13 Bakersfield Liberty High SchoolOct 31 Bakersfield Bethel Apostolic AcademyNov 2 Irvine Woodbridge High SchoolNov 6-7 Los Angeles Crenshaw High SchoolNov 9 Reseda Trinity Lutheran Junior/Senior H.S.Nov 13 Glendora High School Health Careers (ROP)Nov 16 Hemet Baptist Christian School

Nov 17 Burbank John Burroughs High SchoolNov 20 West Covina High School Health Careers (ROP)Nov 28 Pomona Pomona Catholic High SchoolDec 1 Goleta Dos Pueblos High SchoolDec 3 Saugus Saugus High SchoolDec 4 Needles Needles High schoolDec 7 Lakewood Artesia High SchoolDec 11 Santa Barbara San Marcos High SchoolDec 18 Lompoc Lompoc High SchoolDec 22 Garden Grove Bolsa Grande High School

OneLegacy Hospital Services iscurrently distributing a TissueDonor Manual to all hospital units.The binder contains a treasuretrove of tools and information toguide the donor management andreferral process, includingPreliminary Screening Questions;Identification, Management andSurgical Recovery of the TissueDonor; JCAHO Requirements andRegulations; HIPPA Regulations;and Key Contacts at OneLegacy.

For information, please contactClinique Burrell in HospitalServices, 213-229-5634 or cburrell@onelegacy.org.

Tissue ManualsDelivered to Hospitals

In August, OneLegacy received theNATCO Grant for Research for 2006for the study, Increasing Organsper Donor: Use of the USCOM Non-Invasive Cardiac Output Machineto Guide Donor Management.Congratulations to primary investi-gator Stephanie Collazo (above,with Marilyn Bartucci, NATCOResearch Committee Co-Chair),clinical education specialist, andDr. Mudit Mathur of Loma LindaUniversity Medical Center, ourproject partner.

NATCO Grant Awarded

...and RememberOneLegacy’s annual “Fields of Gold” DonorRemembrance Ceremonies are a Marchtradition. This year, 115 organ and tissuedonor families attended ceremonies atUCLA, Loma Linda University, the HyattRegency Long Beach and the DoubletreeBakersfield. Musical performances, donorfamily and recipient speakers, and a per-sonal video tribute left families feelingclose to their loved ones and appreciatedfor their decisions to donate life.

(1) In Long Beach, the family of Marvin Martinez enjoys participating the traditional ceremony-clos-ing release of birds. (2) In Bakersfield, Patti Rivetti poses with the recipient of her husband Dennis’sheart, Mark Sabin, who proudly holds his son Matthew. (3) At Loma Linda University, Dr. JosephCohen (left), the Chief Forensic Pathologist for the Riverside County Sheriff/Coroner, receives theOneLegacy Life Bridge Award from hospital services coordinator Mike Thomas. (4) The Bakersfieldceremony concludes with a balloon release to Terry Harrington’s rendition of “Over The Rainbow.”Harrington, a heart recipient, is the “voice” of Lisa Simpson’s saxophone on “The Simpsons”.

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A beloved member of our OneLegacy family, CraigShmorhun, died in his sleep yesterday. Craig was a veryactive Per Diem Procurement Transplant Coordinator in ourRedlands office as well as a nurse at Desert RegionalMedical Center, where our staff worked with him in ourshared effort to help donor families. Craig’s caring, presenceand smile will be greatly missed. Craig leaves behind a wifeand three children who we have in our hearts and prayers.

In Memory of Craig Shmorhun

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DMV/DONATE LIFE CALIFORNIA PARTNERSHIPApproximately 42 regional media stories focused on July’s DMV-Donate Life California partnership, including the following outlets:

General

TV: KNBC-4, KABC-7, KCET-8 (PBS) “California Connected”,KCAL-9, KTTV-11 (FOX), KGET-17 (NBC) Bakersfield,KERO-23 (ABC) Bakersfield

Print: Bakersfield Californian, LA Daily News, Long BeachPress-Telegram, Los Angeles Times, Glendora PressHighlander, Orange County Register, Press-Enterprise,Redlands Daily Facts, San Gabriel Valley News Tribune,Ventura County Star

Radio: KFI AM 640, KFWB News 980, KNX-1070 News Radio

Spanish

TV: KMEX-34 (Univision)”A Su Lado” y “Noticiero 11”,KVEA-52 (Tele), KAZA-54 (Azteca), KRCA-62, Piolin

Print: Excelsior (OC), La Opinion, La Prensa (Riverside), LaEstrella (Ventura County)

Radio: KLAX-97.9 (La Raza), KLYY-97.5 (Entravision), XTRA-690(W Radio), KSCA 101.9 (Univ), Radio Campesina,SuperEstrella

Asian

TV: TV Korea 24, KTAN (Korean American Television)

Print: China Press, Chinese Daily News, Korea Times, SingTao, Taiwan Daily

African American

Print: LA Sentinel, LA Watts Times

In addition, the partnership was supported by OneLegacy’s first non-grant-funded media campaign, including this July activity (Tv indi-cates :30s; Radio indicates :60s + :30s, if applicable):

General

Radio: KROQ 106.7 (27), KZLA 93.9 (36)

Spanish

TV: KMEX-34 (Univision) (10), KKEY-11 (Telemundo) Bak. (59)

Print: La Opinion

Radio: KLOVE-FM (16+6), KSCA 101.9 (20+6), Recuerdo 103.9(4+2), La Raza (32), KXOL Latino 93 (10+5), OYE! (1+5),KBFP-FM (30), Concierto 92.1FL (90+44), Radio Lobo102.9 (90+44), Radio Campesina (50)

Asian

Radio: KAZN AM1300 (30), KMRB AM1430 (123), TVB Jade (45),VCNR 106.6FM (14), Radio Little Saigon 1480AM (:60)

African American

Print: ACC Church News, LA Sentinel, LA Watts Times, LAFocus, Our Weekly Newspaper

Radio: KJLH (130), KTWV (22). KKBT (90), KTYM (10)

Donation in the Media

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Run, Walk...For the Donate Life Run/Walk, 2006 will alwaysbe remembered as the year of the donor family.Thanks to the efforts of OneLegacy’s FamilyServices staff, more than 800 donor familymembers were inspired to walk in honor of theirloved ones. The images of donors on hundredsof T-shirts inspired the record 4,000 participantsin the April event. Adding even more meaning tothe event was the debut of the Circle of LifeGarden, an elegant display of 30 signs with pho-tos of and personal messages to donors andrecipients alike. With support from Sav-onDrugs, St. Joseph Hospital and a host of othersponsors, the fourth annual Donate LifeRun/Walk raised approximately $70,000 whichwill fund media campaigns to promote enroll-ment in the Donate Life California Organ &Tissue Donor Registry. (See article on Page 1.)

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EMBAJADORES IN ACTION In July a contingent ofEmbajadores de OneLegacy fielded more than 500 phone callsas organ donation was the featured issue on KMEX-34’s “ASu Lado”. Front row, seated (*denotes OneLegacy employee):Elena de la Cruz*, Maria Elena Constantino, Luz Díaz* andCarolyn Fagundo. Second row: Edith González, MaryCoronado* and Meredith González. Third row: Sergio Gomez,Clemen Sabah*, Annette González*, Natalie Coronado, IrisRodríguez, Sonia Navarro*, Chris González, José Bueno andConnie Moreno. Back row : Arnold and Eva Pérez, Icela andJesús Nava, Maria Bourne*, Lilia Spencer Bueno, NormaBueno González, Cristian Nuñez* and Anthony Maldonado*.

‘THUNDER’-OUS DONOR SABBATH Legendary singer/song-writer Stevie Wonder, owner of KJLH-FM and host of the sta-tion's Thursday morning program "Stevie Wonder's MorningThunder", interviewed Ralph D. Sutton, OneLegacy AfricanAmerican Community Development Coordinator, and EuniceGibson, double lung recipient and OneLegacy Ambassador,about National Donor Sabbath and Donate Life America's GiveThanks, Give Life campaign. Wonder led into the segment witha poignant endorsement for organ and tissue donation.

(1) The family of Martha Macias shows their prideat walking in her honor. (2) Barbara Facio, motherof organ donor Andrew Ortiz, releases a bird as therecipient of Andrew’s heart, Fred Phillips (left),looks on. (3) The Circle of Life Garden, with approx-imately 30 memorial signs at the finish line, was anew feature this year. (4) “Team Ted” made anotherstrong showing in support of lung recipient TedAskier. (5) Victor Constantino spoke eloqoently ofhis father Hugo, who died awaiting a lung trans-plant and whose memory inspired more than 2,300friends and Sav-on Drugs colleagues to registerwith Donate Life California. (6) Donate LifeRun/Walk co-founder and OneLegacy communitypartnerships coordinator Kathleen Hostert inspiresthe crowd as her husband, co-founder Craig, lookson. (7) OneLegacy’s Asian community developmentcoordinator Sabrina Ho (kneeling in black jacket)brought an enthusiatic Asian community contin-gent. (8) Participating in a pre-race bird release arekidney donor Tony Huy; Raegan Pratt, recipient ofhis kidney; and Dr. Ervin Ruzics, their St. JosephHospital transplant surgeon. (9) Excitement buildsat the starting line. (10) A class of Los AngelesPolice Department cadets participates in formationfor the duration of the event. (Photos by TonyKawashima)

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In (1) SACRAMENTO, DMV Director George Valverde presents a commenda-tion from Donate Life California to the DMV’s registry integration projectleader Kathy Kelly. OneLegacy Ambassadors and staff celebrated the DMV-Donate Life California partnership at DMV field offices throughout theSouthland. (2) RIVERSIDE: Monica Collins, kidney/pancreas recipient; DebbieMorgan, President of UOTA; Kathy Snow, donor mother; Stephanie Schmitz,OneLegacy Volunteer and Community Events Coordinator; and Daniel Ronco,kidney recipient. (3) PASADENA: Debra Boudreaux, Executive Vice Presidentof the Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation; Scott Wang, liver recipi-ent; Sabrina Ho, Asian Community Development Coordinator, OneLegacy;Kenny Wong, liver recipient; Charles Gau, donor father; LaVonne Leaman,kidney/pancreas recipient and her father Richard; and Rosemary Chen, TzuChi Commissioner. (4) WESTMINSTER: Tony Ngo, liver recipient; Peggy Coleman, heart recipient; Bich-Phuong, KXLA-44 Saigon reporter; and PeteWesslink, heart recipient. (5) SANTA BARBARA: Roger L. Horton; Santa Barbara City Council; Ester Medina, liver transplant candidate; George Miller, liverrecipient, TRIO Ventura County/West Valley Chapter; and Debbie Courtney, donor mother.

to the 3,500 per week prior to the partnership.

We know that the generosity of Californians knows no bounds,and with 23 million licensed drivers on the road in the state, DMVemployees stand ready to help increase this list of potential life-saversfrom thousands to millions, said DMVDirector George Valverde.

Departments of motor vehicles playa key role in the success of state donorregistries nationwide, said BryanStewart, director of communicationswith OneLegacy. Some states, includingUtah, Virginia, Indiana and Colorado,have signed up more than 60 percent oftheir licensed drivers, allowing donationcases to proceed smoothly and with-greater speed, saving precious time.

Donate Life California is a nonprofit, state-authorized organ andtissue donor registry, administered by California’s four nonprofit, fed-erally designated organ procurement organizations. As a state-author-ized public service, the registry assures that all personal informationis kept confidential and stored in a secure database, accessible only toauthorized organ and tissue recovery personnel.

Before the creation of the registry, there was no official list of des-ignated organ and tissue donors. The pink donor dot and signeddonor card voluntarily carried by drivers were meant to serve as anindication of someone’s intent to donate. But signed cards are oftenunavailable at the time a family is approached about the opportunity todonate, and the dot alone does not grant legal consent for donation.

With the partnership between DMVand Donate Life California, donor infor-mation will be transmitted electronicallydirectly from DMV to Donate LifeCalifornia’s online registry. The driver’sdecision acts as an advanced directivefor organ and tissue donation, and fordrivers 18 and older, it does not requirethe consent of any other person. (Theparent or legal guardian must give con-sent for registrants under 18.) Those whocurrently have a pink donor dot on

their licenses but are not near their renewal date are asked to join theonline registry directly. At the time of license renewal, a Yes on theDMV form results in the pink donor dot being printed directly onto thelicenses. Those who sign up can opt out, alter personal information orchange donation preferences anytime through the online Donate LifeCalifornia Registry. For more information or to sign up online, visitwww.donateLIFEcalifornia.org or www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org.

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As we started kindergarten, Frankie demonstrated that he wasvery smart and gifted. He was very popular and quickly madefriends with everyone, and I do mean everyone: Belle, Thomas,Ms. Mohan, the parents, the cafeteria staff, the janitor. He receivedmany awards and recognitions throughout his school years.Frankie was a social butterfly , as I was told many times, in myparent conferences.

On March 6, 2005, he woke up and went to the park to watchthe Sunday league baseball game. We left the park and headedhome. He showered and had lunch and went out to play catch withhis dad. He complained of a headache, and it was unlike him tocomplain. I asked him to lie down and he began to say it reallyhurts. So I suggested going to the hospital and he said, Yeah let’sgo. That was unlike him too, and I began to worry.

We drove off and as soon as we got onto the freeway hestopped breathing. I performed CPR and his dad called 911. Theparamedics met us, took over performing CPR and transportedhim to the hospital. The doctors at the hospital informed us he hadinternal bleeding and needed to be transferred to another hospital.We arrived at Cedars-Sinai and immediately he was placed in sur-gery. He survived the surgery, but was in a coma.

Day in and day out, we were there by his side, hoping for a mir-acle, and praying. There was nothing more to do but pray. OnMarch 9, we were informed by eight different neurosurgeons thatthere was nothing more they could do. Frankie was simply nolonger responding. Several conversations with different doctors,and all leading to the same conclusion, one that no one ever wantsto hear.

We sat next to Frankie’s bed, hoping for a miracle, even thoughwe were told he was brain-dead. A representative from OneLegacywalked in alongside Frankie’s nurse Pam. He asked if we wereinterested in giving the gift of life. In the moment I had no otherchoice but to wish this was not happening to me, hoping this wassimply a nightmare. The reality was that we were being asked tomake a decision that could change a person’s life for the better. Ididn’t ask anyone but Frankie. I asked him, What would you do?What should I do? My response was immediate: Yes.

On March 11th, while at the cemetery planning his services, Iwas advised that Frankie had saved the lives of five children. Withmixed emotions I was happy for the children and their families.

Of the five children, I have met one of his recipients. Pattyreceived Frankie’s bowel. She’s an extraordinary little girl who isFrankie’s age, and coincidently attended the same school asFrankie. Patty and her family wrote to me shortly after my loss andher recovery. In Patricia’s (Patty’s mother) letter, she thanked me

for giving Patty achance to live a newand better life. In herletter, she explainedthat after receivingthe transplant, Pattywas able to eat forthe first time in nineyears and was learn-ing the simple thingslike how to chewand swallow.

In that moment,reading the letter, Iknew the decisionthat was made wasthe biggest decisionI will ever have tomake and am thank-ful for the guidanceCedars-Sinai andOneLegacy gave meto help me make the correct decision. Patty and her family havewelcomed my family and me as one of their own. They have beena great help in our journey.

What I wouldn’t do to have one more month, day, or even aminute with my baby boy. But knowing that these children havebeen able to be hugged, and kissed by their families for even justone more day has been something that is gratifying.

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Organ Donation DataFollowing are key OneLegacy performance indicators through September 2006. (Source: OneLegacy data)

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Ambassadors of the Year Named

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep TOTAL

Organ Donors* 42 38 41 39 32 38 27 40 32 329

Kidneys Recovered* 80 72 78 76 59 70 54 72 56 617

Kidneys Transplanted* 64 59 66 63 51 55 49 60 37 504

Extra-Renals Recovered* 68 72 64 54 54 61 44 62 38 517

Extra-Renals Transplanted* 66 69 62 51 53 55 41 58 34 489

Hearts Transplanted 11 15 9 9 13 13 11 12 4 97

Livers Transplanted 32 26 31 27 25 26 18 31 20 236

Lungs Transplanted 11 19 16 4 9 8 6 9 6 88

Pancreas Transplanted 12 8 6 11 5 8 5 6 3 64

Consent Rate 63.9% 65.2% 59.5% 70.6% 54.5% 55.7% 54.8% 64.3% 61.9% 61.3%

Conversion Rate 66.1% 60.7% 61.2% 65.5% 61.0% 60.3% 51.9% 63.5% 60.4% 62.9%

Organs Recovered 148 144 142 130 113 131 98 134 94 1134

Organs Transplanted 130 128 128 114 104 110 90 118 71 993

Organs Recovered Per Donor 3.52 3.79 3.46 3.33 3.53 3.45 3.63 3.35 2.94 3.45

Organs Transplanted Per Donor 3.10 3.37 3.12 2.92 3.25 2.89 3.33 2.95 2.22 3.02

Erica Rangel-Báez cradles her newbornson Benjamin as she holds a rose dedicat-ed to her son Frankie. The rose vial is areplica of one that will adorn the ‘FamilyCircle’ garden on the front of the 2007Donate Life Rose Parade Float, which Ericawill ride in memory of Frankie.

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FRANKIE: I asked him, “What would you do? What should I do?”

OneLegacy honored five volunteers asAmbassadors of the Year at the 2006OneLegacy Ambassadors Fiesta onSeptember 17 at Griffith Park.

Since the Ambassadors programlaunched in February 2003, more than 450donor family members, transplant recipi-ents and others touched by donation haveattended a one-day training workshop toprepare them for interacting with the com-munity. The program now offers advancedworkshops to Ambassadors interested indeveloping their presentation skills and tak-ing on greater responsibility. There is also aspecial Embajadores de OneLegacy pro-gram specifically designed for Spanish-speaking volunteers.

Ambassadors of the Year were named infive categories, one for each roleAmbassadors are encouraged to play in ourcommunity: Media Representative (EdithGonzalez, at top right with OneLegacycommunications director Bryan Stewart),Event Staff (Daniel Ronco, at bottom rightwith OneLegacy volunteer and communityevents coordinator Stephanie Schmitz),Storyteller (Bob Mummey), Representative(Marianne O Quinn), and CommunityScout (Phil Arst).

In addition, 20 Applause certificateswere awarded to Ambassadors who madesignificant contributions to the communityduring the previous year.

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Musicians Alex Band (left) and Josh Kelley higlightedAugust’s “Donate Life Rocks” event at Hard Rock Cafe LosAngeles. Band, formerly of The Calling, wowed the crowdwith his rendition “Wherever You Will Go”, which was select-ed as the official song fo the 2007 Donate Life Rose ParadeFloat, Giving From The Heart.

DONATE LIFE ROCKS!

KERN COUNTYBakersfield Memorial Hospital 19 1 0 0Delano Regional Medical Center 2 1 0 0Kern Medical Center 73 17 12 47Mercy Hospital 61 5 4 12San Joaquin Community Hospital 14 2 0 0

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - CENTRALAlhambra Hospital 4 2 2 2Brotman Medical Center 2 0 0 0California Hospital Medical Center 60 18 10 27Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 57 11 4 5Century City Hospital 1 0 0 0Children's Hospital Los Angeles 11 5 4 9Citrus Valley Intercommunity Hospital 7 1 0 0Citrus Valley Med Ctr - Queen of the Valley Campus 18 2 0 0City of Angels Medical Center 2 0 0 0Garfield Medical Center 10 2 1 3Good Samaritan Hospital 19 1 0 0Greater El Monte Community Hospital 6 1 1 3Hollywood Community Hospital 1 0 0 0Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Med Ctr 3 3 1 2Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Med Ctr 57 6 3 7Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Med Ctr 15 2 1 3LAC + USC Medical Center 114 22 12 42Los Angeles Community Hospital 1 0 0 0Olympia Medical Center 7 1 0 0Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center 30 7 6 12Queen of Angels / Hollywood Presbyterian Med Ctr 9 1 0 0San Dimas Community Hospital 2 0 0 0San Gabriel Valley Medical Center 6 1 0 0St. John's Hospital and Health Center 8 1 1 2St. Vincent Medical Center 4 0 0 0UCLA Medical Center - Santa Monica 1 0 0 0UCLA Medical Center - Westwood 82 15 8 19USC University Hospital 11 2 1 6White Memorial Medical Center 21 5 2 7

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - NORTHAntelope Valley Hospital 43 15 7 21Encino-Tarzana Regional Med Ctr, Tarzana 3 0 0 0Foothill Presbyterian Hospital 9 0 0 0Glendale Adventist Medical Center 13 8 3 9Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center 16 1 0 0Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital 15 4 3 9Huntington Hospital 42 8 5 20Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Med Ctr 13 2 1 5Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Med Ctr 12 4 3 4LA County Olive View / UCLA Med Ctr 3 1 0 0Lancaster Community Hospital 11 0 0 0Methodist Hospital of Southern California 15 5 1 1Mission Community Hospital - Panorama City Campus 5 2 1 3Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Roscoe 23 9 6 15Pacifica Hospital of the Valley Med Ctr 5 2 2 8Providence Holy Cross Medical Center 33 7 5 23Sherman Oaks Hospital and Health Center 3 2 1 3St. Joseph Medical Center 20 3 1 5Valley Presbyterian Hospital 12 2 1 0Verdugo Hills Hospital 5 0 0 0

Organ Suitable Organ OrgansHospital Referrals Referrals Donors Tx’d

Organ Donor Referral DataVista Del Mar Hospital 1 0 0 0West Hills Regional Medical Center 2 0 0 0

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - SOUTHBeverly Hospital 15 5 2 10Centinela Freeman Regional Med Ctr, Centinela Campus 34 13 7 14Centinela Freeman Regional Med Ctr, Marina Campus 3 2 1 1Centinela Freeman Regional Med Ctr, Memorial Campus 20 7 4 3Coast Plaza Doctors Hospital 1 1 0 0Downey Regional Medical Center 20 5 1 2Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Med Ctr 5 1 1 2Kaiser Permanente Harbor City Med Ctr 10 0 0 0LA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 39 9 5 12LA County King / Drew Medical Center 28 7 3 8Lakewood Regional Hospital 10 3 2 4Little Company of Mary - San Pedro Hospital 12 2 1 3Little Company of Mary Hospital 28 6 4 11Long Beach Community Medical Center 4 2 0 0Long Beach Memorial Med Ctr / Miller Children's Hospital 48 17 9 23Los Angeles Community Hospital - Norwalk 1 0 0 0Memorial Hospital of Gardena 8 5 2 5Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital 19 6 5 11St. Francis Medical Center 60 26 15 50St. Mary Medical Center 22 7 3 15Torrance Memorial Medical Center 55 3 1 1Whittier Hospital Medical Center 1 0 0 0

ORANGE COUNTYAnaheim General Hospital 1 0 0 0Anaheim Memorial Medical Center 30 4 1 0Chapman Medical Center 1 0 0 0Childrens Hospital of Orange County 34 8 5 13Coastal Communities Hospital 2 0 0 0Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Med Ctr 28 0 0 0Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center 5 2 1 3Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian 25 6 4 16Huntington Beach Hospital 1 0 0 0Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center 7 1 1 3Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Med Ctr 41 10 5 19Kindred Hospital Brea 1 0 0 0Kindred Hospital Westminster 2 0 0 0La Palma Intercommunity Hospital 5 0 0 0Los Alamitos Medical Center 11 1 0 0Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center 20 5 5 19Placentia Linda Community Hospital 1 0 0 0Saddleback Memorial Medical Center 11 3 3 11South Coast Medical Center 1 0 0 0Specialty Hospital of Southern California 1 0 0 0St. Joseph Hospital 14 2 2 4St. Jude Medical Center 17 2 2 4UCI Medical Center 79 26 16 56West Anaheim Medical Center 1 0 0 0Western Medical Center - Anaheim 3 0 0 0Western Medical Center - Santa Ana 70 28 15 55

RIVERSIDE & SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIESArrowhead Regional Medical Center 82 19 10 36Barstow Community Hospital 4 0 0 0Chino Valley Medical Center 3 0 0 0

Organ Suitable Organ OrgansHospital Referrals Referrals Donors Tx’d

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) honored

a record 23 area hospitals for excellence in organ donation at

October s National Learning Congress in New Orleans. The HHS

Medal of Honor was awarded to hospitals with at least eight eligible

organ donors that achieved a donation rate of at least 75% for any

consecutive 12-month period between May 2004 and June 2006.

The awards, which are presented in concert with OneLegacy,

reflect the success of the National Organ Donation Breakthrough

Collaborative, an HHS initiative launched in 2003 to save and

enhance thousands of lives annually by spreading best organ dona-

tion practices to the nation’s largest hospitals. The national initia-

tive provides hospitals and organ procurement organizations with

the tools and processes needed to dramatically increase organ and

tissue donation rates. In the Los Angeles metropolitan area, organ

donation is up 34% from September 2003, when the Organ

Donation Breakthrough Collaborative first began.

Because of the Organ Donation & Transplantation

Breakthrough Collaborative and efforts to improve organ donation

rates throughout Southern California and across the country, 23

area hospitals achieved Medal of Honor status (see sidebar).

We’re proud of the number of hospitals in our service area that

earned this award, and of how our collaborative effort has such a

meaningful impact on the lives of donor families and recipients

alike, said Tom Mone, CEO of OneLegacy. We will continue to

focus our effort on hospitals, transplant centers and the Donate

Life California Organ & Tissue Donor Registry as we work toward

our ultimate goal of ending the wait for all people awaiting organ

transplants.

Throughout the seven-county area, deceased donation has

increased 18% in the first nine months this year, and OneLegacy is

headed for its seventh consecutive year of all-time highs in organ

donors and organs recovered for life-saving transplant.

HHS Honors 23 Southland Hospitals for AchievingArea s Highest Organ Donation Rates in 2004-2006

Deceased donation hasincreased 18% in the first ninemonths of this year

Southland Hospitals Honored with U.S Dept of Health & Human Services

National Medal of Honor

• Antelope Valley Hospital, Lancaster• Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton• California Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles• Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange• Citrus Valley Medical Center, West Covina• Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, Valencia• Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach• Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Medical Center• Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center• Memorial Hospital of Gardena• Mission Hospital, Mission Viejo• Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Roscoe• Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, Pomona• Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, Whittier• Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Mission Hills• Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, Burbank• Riverside Community Hospital• Riverside County Regional Medical Center, Moreno Valley• Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital• UCI Medical Center, Orange• UCLA Medical Center• USC University Hospital, Los Angeles• Western Medical Center Santa Ana

HHS National Medal of Honor

It is not just about the numbers - it isabout who and what the numbers repre-sent: lives hanging in the balance, andpeople who bring them hope. With thenumber of people waiting for a life-savingorgan transplant quickly approaching100,000, and the population of the UnitedStates eclipsing the 300 million mark,Donate Life America, a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to savinglives by inspiring people to be organ, eyeand tissue donors, has launched a unifiednational effort to increase the number ofAmericans registered to be donors in theirstates to 100 million.

This effort, the Donor DesignationCollaborative, promises to significantlyincrease donor designations nationwide.It is also an important step for thoseawaiting life-saving organ transplants orlife-enhancing cornea or tissue trans-plants, with statistics showing significantincreases in organ, eye and tissue dona-

tion in states with effective donor reg-istries.

This is an extraordinary opportunityto save thousands more lives each year,said David Bosch, president of DonateLife America and director of communica-tions and hospital development for Gift ofHope Organ & Tissue Donor Network,the non-profit, federally designated organand tissue recovery agency servingIllinois. We currently estimate that only20 percent of US residents have formallyregistered as organ donors in their state,

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MILESTONES Tenaya Wallace, CommunicationsSpecialist, welcomed the birth of Xanathan Scotton June 13...Michelle Oxenham, ProcurementTransplant Coordinator, Sherman Oaks, welcomedthe birth of Isabel Victoria on November 1.

WELCOME Los Angeles/Corporate: StephanieCollazo, Clinical Education Specialist...SandraMadera, Communications Assistant...KariWilliams, Executive Assistant to the CEO...AnitaJackson-Jones, Executive Assistant to theClinical Directors...Felipe Martinez, Per DiemFamily Care Coordinator...Esther-MarieCarmichael, Hospital Services Director...JohnnyCarwell, Hospital Services Supervisor...AnthonyMaldonado, Medical Examiner Liaison...MariaStadtler, Per Diem Research Specialist...GersonAllende, Laboratory Tech I...Stephen Gates, PerDiem Pulsatile Perfusion Technologist...PeterRamos, Receptionist...Kristi Connolly andRobert Hale, Recovery Coordinators...LilianaBarrios, Santiago Blanco, Princeton Brooks,Daniel Cambay, Lori Ann Caris, JenniferMcDowell, Mariam Mollahassani, Tan ThanhNguyen, Pei-Min Horng-Stamos, MichaelWatson and David Williams, Per Diem RecoveryCoordinator I...Jesse Bravo, RecoveryCoordinator II...Stephanie Schmitz, Volunteer

and Community Events Coordinator. Bakersfield:Eleanor Leal, Per Diem PTC. Long Beach:Gustavo Gimenez, Per Diem Family CareCoordinator...Annette Gonzalez, HospitalServices Coordinator...Dean Decker and Ray Lin,Per Diem Surgical Recovery Coordinator...Richard Fogel, Keith Markillie and LarissaStefero, Procurement Transplant Coordinators...Erin Anderson, Dieula Dunn, GeorgeannGarasic, Odin Ortega and Karleen Samartan,Per Diem Procurement Transplant Coordinators...Atiqullah Achackzad, Recovery Coordinator...Nader Achackzad, Barry Gray, EnayatHassanzai, Vidyaratne Ranasinghe, JessicaSmalley and Liz Penaloza-Villalobos, Per DiemRecovery Tech I. Redlands: Mary Coronado, PerDiem Family Care Coordinator... Louis Jackson,Hospital Services Coordinator...Melissa Benson,Rochelle Binnell and Jennifer Golightly,Procurement Transplant Coordinators...Christina Gardner-Odums and Alisa Suarez, PerDiem Procurement Transplant Coordinators...Tom Seto, Manager of Recovery and TechnicalServices...Cindy King, Quality SystemsCoordinator II...Teresa Valdez and LaToyaValentine, Per Diem Tissue RecoveryTechnicians...Scott Abraham, Kimberly Mongeand Deena Murray, Per Diem Recovery Tech I.Sherman Oaks: Erik Arenas, Per Diem FamilyCare Coordinator...Robert Coppel and Andra KaiShaw, Hospital Services Coordinators...JennieHan, Bryan Herring, Dawne Hicks, Lolita

Korneagay and Kathy Turner, ProcurementTransplant Coordinators...Daren Herrick, MarinaShukman, Ann Valladares and Brian Wannberg,Per Diem Procurement Transplant Coordinators.

ON THE MOVE Jeff Fleming, promoted toDirector of Family Services…Becky Bryant hastransitioned from Assistant Regional Director toClinical Quality Assurance Coordinator,Bakersfield…Promoted from Hospital ServicesCoordinator to Hospital Services Supervisor areEric Carr (Sherman Oaks), Tasha Querantes(Long Beach) and Mike Thomas(Redlands)…Carla Talley-Hentz, formerlyHospital Services Coordinator, is now HospitalServices Collaborative Specialist...DanaCastleberry moves from ProcurementTransplant Coordinator to Hospital ServicesLiaison...Tenaya Wallace transitions to a projectrole as Communications Specialist...SimeraNichols, formerly Community EventsCoordinator, is now Youth EducationCoordinator...Kathleen Hostert moves fromCommunity Development Coordinator, OrangeCounty to Community Partnerships Coordinator.

BEST WISHES We wish the following formerOneLegacy employees the very best in theirfuture endeavors: Woodi Anderson, MeghanBell, Lisa Carroll, Michael Cooper, Dale Crews,Mark Grays, Tony Landaverde, Lisa McAllister,Michael McBride, Ruby Padua, Stephanie Pero,Jennifer Roberts, Colleen Rose, Marilou Tan,Alexis Vasilchak, Nicolle White, Stacy Wolcottand Jacque Love Worline.

Crossroads

January 1 to September 30, 2006Organ Suitable Organ Organs

Hospital Referrals Referrals Donors Tx’dOrgan Suitable Organ Organs

Hospital Referrals Referrals Donors Tx’d

15O n e L e g a c y > T h e B r i d g e > F a l l 2 0 0 6 F a l l 2 0 0 6 < T h e B r i d g e < O n e L e g a c y

Donate Life America Launches ’Donor DesignationCollaborative‘ to Propel State Donor Registry Signups

Community Hospital of San Bernadino 9 1 1 3Corona Regional Medical Center 12 2 1 3Desert Regional Medical Center 51 14 8 27Desert Valley Hospital 10 0 0 0Eisenhower Memorial Hospital 7 1 1 3Hemet Valley Medical Center 9 3 1 2Inland Valley Regional Medical Center 13 2 2 5Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Med Ctr 1 0 0 0John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital 6 1 0 0Kaiser Permanente Fontana Med Ctr 75 12 6 14Kaiser Permanente Riverside Med Ctr 23 1 1 4Loma Linda University Medical Center 123 32 19 60Menifee Valley Medical Center 3 1 1 2Moreno Valley Community Hospital 1 0 0 0Parkview Community Hospital Med Ctr 12 0 0 0Rancho Springs Medical Center 5 0 0 0Redlands Community Hospital 8 0 0 0Riverside Community Hospital 39 16 8 26Riverside County Regional Med Center 80 18 16 45

San Antonio Community Hospital 28 5 3 7San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital 1 0 0 0St. Bernardine Medical Center 54 2 1 3St. Mary Regional Medical Center 13 1 1 2Victor Valley Community Hospital 17 1 0 0

SANTA BARBARA & VENTURA COUNTIESCommunity Memorial Hospital of San Buenaventura 13 0 0 0Los Robles Regional Medical Center 7 1 1 4Marian Medical Center 7 1 0 0Ojai Valley Community Hospital 1 0 0 0Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 30 9 5 18Santa Paula Memorial Hospital 1 0 0 0Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services 7 4 2 8St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital 2 0 0 0St. John's Regional Medical Center 18 3 1 6Ventura County Medical Center 13 1 1 2

TOTAL 2685 586 329 992

OneLegacy employees proudly serve alongside our colleagues nationwide in service of our professional community:

Employee Role Committee Committee Chair/Co-Chairs

Hedi Aguiar Member HRSA DCD Opportunities Group Jade Perdue, MA, HRSAEric Carr Member NATCO Hospital Development CommitteeAlan Cochran Chair AOPO Tissue Council Linda Martin, MATS; Kathy Geist, LifeSourceAnita Corliss Chair AOPO Human Resources Council Sharon Stover, TRC of MarylandMissy Forrest Member HRSA DCD Opportunities Group Jade Perdue, MA, HRSASabrina Ho Co-Chair AOPO Multicultural Task Force Maria Sanders, New Mexico Donor ServicesKathleen Hostert Team Leader ‘12 Weeks of Giving’ Workplace Campaign Shelly Morningstar, AkoyaWanda Jones Member HRSA DCD Opportunities Group Jade Perdue, MA, HRSASeung Lee Member HRSA DCD Opportunities Group Jade Perdue, MA, HRSARamona Leinen-Duren Member NATCO Hospital Development CommitteeGlenn Matsuki Member HRSA DCD Opportunities Group Jade Perdue, MA, HRSATom Mone President-Elect AOPO Executive Committee Tracy Schmidt, Intermountain Donor Services

Member AOPO Accreditation and Standatds Cmte Dean Lichtenfeld, Gift of HopeMember ETCO 15th Biennial Congress Scientific Cmte C.L. Fischer-Froehlich, Germany

Bobby Patton Member AOPO Audit and Finance Committee Elaine Berg, New York Organ Donor NetworkKaren Samartan Course Consultant NATCO Introductory CourseAndra Kai Shaw Member HRSA DCD Opportunities Group Jade Perdue, MA, HRSAVicki Simmons Co-Chair AOPO IT Council David Gee, Gift of Life MichiganMaria Stadtler Member ETCO 15th Biennial Congress Scientific Cmte C.L. Fischer-Froehlich, GermanyBryan Stewart Chair AOPO PR/Public Education Council Joni Rosebrock, Indiana OPO

Member AOPO 2007 Meeting Planning Cmte Amy Iverson, Donor AllianceMember Donor Designation Collaborative Faculty David Fleming, David Bosch, Donate Life America

Ralph Sutton Member DLA African American Campaign Cmte Rhonda Gaines, Wash. Reg. Transplant ConsortiumCarla Talley-Hentz Member NATCO Hospital Development CommitteeMike Thomas Member NATCO Hospital Development Committee

OneLegacy Employees Serving Our National Community

NATIONAL INITIATIVE SEEKS TO INCREASE DONOR DESIGNATIONS TO 100 MILLION BY APRIL 2008

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Bryan StewartDirector of Communications

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