Donate Life Month April 2014Summary of Planned Activities

Donate Life Month – April 2014 Summary of Planned Activities

Community Awareness Marketing and Communications  April 2: Bayonne DLM Proclamation with Mayor Smith  5K advertising begins  April 4: Bergen County Organ Donation Awareness Program  5K materials distributed (flyers, posters, brochures, etc.)  April 8: Live From! At Liberty Science Center  Circle of Life magazine distributed  April 8: Mercer County Mayor- DLM Proclamation  April 11: NJ Devils vs. Islanders - NJSN Night  Beginning April 6: Live, Love share educator series in Record  MVC Visits by Chief Ray Martinez every Sunday  April 25: Bernard HS visits NJSN HQ for field trip  April 26: YMCA Partnership – Healthy Kids Day  Donate Life Month messaging on PNC Arts Center on GSP  Resource kit/and prepared boxes for volunteers, hospitals, etc. Hospital Initiatives  Donate Life Month Table Displays in hospital lobbies available for download on website  Banners in all hospital lobbies  All month – Tales of Hope (30 stories in 30 days: highlighting  Hospital flag raisings new volunteers, NJSN Staff, board members and 5K captains)  NJ Hospital Association Event  April 11: National Blue and Green Day – social media photo submission contest!  Donate Life Month Promotional Material distributed (blue and green leis, “I support organ and tissue donation” stickers, etc.)

Important April Dates NJ Sharing Network Events and Actions  April 6 – 12: National Volunteer Week  April 12: Annual Volunteer Conference and 5K kickoff  April 7: World Health Day  April 15: Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno Press Event at NJSN  April 7 – 13: National Public Health Week  Volunteer/Donate Life Groups proclamation signings  April 11: Blue & Green Day  Floragraph Ceremonies (Rose Parade)  April 12: Annual Volunteer Conference and 5K kickoff  April 16: Healthcare decisions day  April 20-26: Medical Laboratory Professionals Week

Donation Education Classes:  March 31: St. Peter’s University Nursing Class Kicks off National DLM  Specialty Hospital of Central NJ Event (Date TBA)  April 3: Christ Hospital School of Nursing  April 8: County College of Morris School of Nursing  April 15: St. Francis School of Nursing  April 28: Passaic County Community College School of Nursing