Frankie Hernandez 8-9 Community Events Californians Can Help Change That

www.onelegacy.org notification or donor referrals 24-hour line for routine 800-338-6112 Clinical Director Sherry Watson Clinical Director Jim Trisch Director of Communications Bryan Stewart Director of Family Services Jeff Fleming Director of Human Resources Anita Corliss and Quality Systems Director of Tissue Services Alan Cochran Hospital Services Director Esther-Marie Carmichael Chief Financial Officer Bobby Patton Chief Operating Officer Renee Hawthorne Chief Executive Officer Mone Tom Management Team The Bridge The community newsletter of OneLegacy, the non-profit organ and tissue recovery organization serving the greater Los Angeles area

Fall 2006 DMV, Donate Life Return Service Requested Los Angeles, CA 90012 South Figueroa Street, Suite 500 221 California Registry Team Up to Save Lives 2 DLA Announces ‘Donor Designation 5,000 DMV CUSTOMERS PER DAY Collaborative’ SIGNING UP TO DONATE LIFE 3 HHS Honors Area With 20,000 people in need of life-saving Hospitals transplants in California alone, DMV and Donate Life California have teamed up with a new chal- 4 Organ Donor Data lenge for the state’s drivers: sign up to become organ and tissue donors. One-third of the 93,000 4 Ambassadors of Americans cur- the Year rently waiting for life-saving organ 6-7 Photos: Donate Life transplants could Run/Walk and die due to a lack of Donor Ceremonies donors. But effective July 1, Frankie Hernandez 8-9 Community Events Californians can help change that. BY ERICA RANGEL-B EZ 10 High School Anyone who Frankie was born on September 19, 1995. Program Surges checks Yes! He was my firstborn. Although he was prema- when applying for 14 Organ Donor or renewing a ture at 36 weeks, Frankie was ready for the world. He was speaking before he was walk- Referral Data driver license or I.D. card will be ing. He was potty trained and catching the ball listed on the state’s before he turned two years old. He was grow- registry as a ing tall and strong - just too fast for my eyes. donor, with the At the age of three Frankie played his first potential to save eight lives and enhance the lives baseball game, T-ball. He was a natural run- of up to 50 others. ning around the bases (the opposite way), Approximately 300,000 Californians had fighting for the ball in the outfield - knowing signed up online in the sixteen months since the the fundamentals of baseball but forgetting April 2005 launch of the registry website. In the them as soon as he stepped onto the field. eighteen weeks since the July 1 DMV partner- Those were very special moments. That, of ship, the influx of DMV signups has pushed the course, didn’t last too long. Shortly he became O ANGELES CA LOS EMT#32574 PERMIT U.S. POSTAGE Donate Life California Registry past the 800,000 NON-PROFIT more experienced and knowledgeable of the mark. Thanks to the DMV, approximately 5,000 sport and entered a new, more competitive PAID people per day are signing up with Donate Life level. That wowed me and so many. California an exponential increase compared

Please see FRANKIE, Page 13 Please see DMV, Page 12 Donate Life America Launches ’Donor Designation January 1 to September 30, 2006 Collaborative‘ to Propel State Donor Registry Signups Organ Suitable Organ Organs Organ Suitable Organ Organs NATIONAL INITIATIVE SEEKS TO INCREASE DONOR DESIGNATIONS TO 100 MILLION BY APRIL 2008 Hospital Referrals Referrals Donors Tx’d Hospital Referrals Referrals Donors Tx’d Community Hospital of San Bernadino 9113 San Antonio Community Hospital 28 5 3 7 It is not just about the numbers - it is tion in states with effective donor reg- Corona Regional Medical Center 12 2 1 3 San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital 1000 about who and what the numbers repre- istries. Desert Regional Medical Center 51 14 8 27 St. Bernardine Medical Center 54 2 1 3 sent: lives hanging in the balance, and Desert Valley Hospital 10 0 0 0 St. Mary Regional Medical Center 13 1 1 2 This is an extraordinary opportunity people who bring them hope. With the Eisenhower Memorial Hospital 7113 Victor Valley Community Hospital 17 1 0 0 to save thousands more lives each year, Hemet Valley Medical Center 9312 number of people waiting for a life-saving said David Bosch, president of Donate Inland Valley Regional Medical Center 13 2 2 5 SANTA BARBARA & VENTURA COUNTIES organ transplant quickly approaching Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Med Ctr 1000 Community Memorial Hospital of San Buenaventura 13000 Life America and director of communica- 100,000, and the population of the United This effort, the Donor Designation John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital 6100 Los Robles Regional Medical Center 7114 tions and hospital development for Gift of Kaiser Permanente Fontana Med Ctr 75 12 6 14 Marian Medical Center 7100 States eclipsing the 300 million mark, Collaborative, promises to significantly Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network, Kaiser Permanente Riverside Med Ctr 23 1 1 4 Ojai Valley Community Hospital 1000 Donate Life America, a national not-for- increase donor designations nationwide. Loma Linda University Medical Center 123 32 19 60 Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 30 9 5 18 the non-profit, federally designated organ profit organization dedicated to saving It is also an important step for those Menifee Valley Medical Center 3112 Santa Paula Memorial Hospital 1000 and tissue recovery agency serving lives by inspiring people to be organ, eye awaiting life-saving organ transplants or Moreno Valley Community Hospital 1000 Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services 7428 Illinois. We currently estimate that only Parkview Community Hospital Med Ctr 12 0 0 0 St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital 2000 and tissue donors, has launched a unified life-enhancing cornea or tissue trans- 20 percent of US residents have formally Rancho Springs Medical Center 5000 St. John's Regional Medical Center 18 3 1 6 national effort to increase the number of plants, with statistics showing significant Redlands Community Hospital 8000 Ventura County Medical Center 13 1 1 2 registered as organ donors in their state, Americans registered to be donors in their increases in organ, eye and tissue dona- Riverside Community Hospital 39 16 8 26 Riverside County Regional Med Center 80 18 16 45 TOTAL 2685 586 329 992 states to 100 million. Please see DESIGNATION, Page 10

and Community Events Coordinator. Bakersfield: Korneagay and Kathy Turner, Procurement Eleanor Leal, Per Diem PTC. Long Beach: Transplant Coordinators...Daren Herrick, Marina Crossroads Gustavo Gimenez, Per Diem Family Care Shukman, Ann Valladares and Brian Wannberg, OneLegacy Employees Serving Our National Community Coordinator...Annette Gonzalez, Hospital Per Diem Procurement Transplant Coordinators. Services Coordinator...Dean Decker and Ray Lin, MILESTONES Tenaya Wallace, Communications OneLegacy employees proudly serve alongside our colleagues nationwide in service of our professional community: Per Diem Surgical Recovery Coordinator... ON THE MOVE Jeff Fleming, promoted to Specialist, welcomed the birth of Xanathan Scott Richard Fogel, Keith Markillie and Larissa Director of Family Services…Becky Bryant has on June 13...Michelle Oxenham, Procurement Employee Role Committee Committee Chair/Co-Chairs Stefero, Procurement Transplant Coordinators... transitioned from Assistant Regional Director to Transplant Coordinator, Sherman Oaks, welcomed Erin Anderson, Dieula Dunn, Georgeann Clinical Quality Assurance Coordinator, Hedi Aguiar Member HRSA DCD Opportunities Group Jade Perdue, MA, HRSA the birth of Isabel Victoria on November 1. Bakersfield…Promoted from Hospital Services Garasic, Odin Ortega and Karleen Samartan, Eric Carr Member NATCO Hospital Development Committee Coordinator to Hospital Services Supervisor are Per Diem Procurement Transplant Coordinators Alan Cochran Chair AOPO Tissue Council Linda Martin, MATS; Kathy Geist, LifeSource Eric Carr (Sherman Oaks), Tasha Querantes WELCOME Los Angeles/Corporate: Stephanie ...Atiqullah Achackzad, Recovery Coordinator... (Long Beach) and Mike Thomas Anita Corliss Chair AOPO Human Resources Council Sharon Stover, TRC of Maryland , Clinical Education Specialist... Collazo Sandra Nader Achackzad, Barry Gray, Enayat (Redlands)…Carla Talley-Hentz, formerly Missy Forrest Member HRSA DCD Opportunities Group Jade Perdue, MA, HRSA Madera, Communications Assistant...Kari Hassanzai, Vidyaratne Ranasinghe, Jessica Hospital Services Coordinator, is now Hospital Sabrina Ho Co-Chair AOPO Multicultural Task Force Maria Sanders, New Mexico Donor Services Williams, Executive Assistant to the CEO...Anita Smalley and Liz Penaloza-Villalobos, Per Diem Services Collaborative Specialist...Dana Kathleen Hostert Team Leader ‘12 Weeks of Giving’ Workplace Campaign Shelly Morningstar, Akoya Jackson-Jones, Executive Assistant to the Recovery Tech I. Redlands: Mary Coronado, Per Castleberry moves from Procurement Wanda Jones Member HRSA DCD Opportunities Group Jade Perdue, MA, HRSA Transplant Coordinator to Hospital Services Clinical Directors...Felipe Martinez, Per Diem Diem Family Care Coordinator... Louis Jackson, Seung Lee Member HRSA DCD Opportunities Group Jade Perdue, MA, HRSA Liaison...Tenaya Wallace transitions to a project Family Care Coordinator...Esther-Marie Hospital Services Coordinator...Melissa Benson, Ramona Leinen-Duren Member NATCO Hospital Development Committee role as Communications Specialist...Simera Carmichael, Hospital Services Director...Johnny Glenn Matsuki Member HRSA DCD Opportunities Group Jade Perdue, MA, HRSA Rochelle Binnell and Jennifer Golightly, Nichols, formerly Community Events Tom Mone President-Elect AOPO Executive Committee Tracy Schmidt, Intermountain Donor Services Carwell, Hospital Services Supervisor...Anthony Procurement Transplant Coordinators... Coordinator, is now Youth Education Maldonado, Medical Examiner Liaison...Maria Christina Gardner-Odums and Alisa Suarez, Per Coordinator...Kathleen Hostert moves from Member AOPO Accreditation and Standatds Cmte Dean Lichtenfeld, Gift of Hope Stadtler, Per Diem Research Specialist...Gerson Diem Procurement Transplant Coordinators... Community Development Coordinator, Orange Member 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 Network Allende, Laboratory Tech I...Stephen Gates, Per Tom Seto, Manager of Recovery and Technical County to Community Partnerships Coordinator. Karen Samartan Course Consultant NATCO Introductory Course Diem Pulsatile Perfusion Technologist...Peter Services...Cindy King, Quality Systems Andra Kai Shaw Member HRSA DCD Opportunities Group Jade Perdue, MA, HRSA Ramos, Receptionist...Kristi Connolly and Coordinator II...Teresa Valdez and LaToya BEST WISHES We wish the following former Vicki Simmons Co-Chair AOPO IT Council David Gee, Gift of Life Michigan Robert Hale, Recovery Coordinators...Liliana Valentine, Per Diem Tissue Recovery OneLegacy employees the very best in their future endeavors: Woodi Anderson, Meghan Maria Stadtler Member ETCO 15th Biennial Congress Scientific Cmte C.L. Fischer-Froehlich, Germany Barrios, Santiago Blanco, Princeton Brooks, Technicians...Scott Abraham, Kimberly Monge Bell, Lisa Carroll, Michael Cooper, Dale Crews, Bryan Stewart Chair AOPO PR/Public Education Council Joni Rosebrock, Indiana OPO Daniel Cambay, Lori Ann Caris, Jennifer and Deena Murray, Per Diem Recovery Tech I. Mark Grays, Tony Landaverde, Lisa McAllister, Member AOPO 2007 Meeting Planning Cmte Amy Iverson, Donor Alliance McDowell, Mariam Mollahassani, Tan Thanh Sherman Oaks: Erik Arenas, Per Diem Family Michael McBride, Ruby Padua, Stephanie Pero, Member Donor Designation Collaborative Faculty David Fleming, David Bosch, Donate Life America Nguyen, Pei-Min Horng-Stamos, Michael Care Coordinator... and Robert Coppel Andra Kai Jennifer Roberts, Colleen Rose, Marilou Tan, Ralph Sutton Member DLA African American Campaign Cmte Rhonda Gaines, Wash. Reg. Transplant Consortium Watson and David Williams, Per Diem Recovery Shaw, Hospital Services Coordinators...Jennie Alexis Vasilchak, Nicolle White, Stacy Wolcott Carla Talley-Hentz Member NATCO Hospital Development Committee Coordinator I...Jesse Bravo, Recovery and Jacque Love Worline. Han, Bryan Herring, Dawne Hicks, Lolita Mike Thomas Member NATCO Hospital Development Committee Coordinator II...Stephanie Schmitz, Volunteer

2 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2006 Fall 2006 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 15 Organ Donor Referral Data HHS Honors 23 Southland Hospitals for Achieving Organ Suitable Organ Organs Organ Suitable Organ Organs Hospital Referrals Referrals Donors Tx’d Hospital Referrals Referrals Donors Tx’d Area s Highest Organ Donation Rates in 2004-2006 KERN COUNTY Vista Del Mar Hospital 1000 Bakersfield Memorial Hospital 19 1 0 0 West Hills Regional Medical Center 2000 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) honored Delano Regional Medical Center 2100 Kern Medical Center 73 17 12 47 LOS ANGELES COUNTY - SOUTH a record 23 area hospitals for excellence in organ donation at Mercy Hospital 61 5 4 12 Beverly Hospital 15 5 2 10 October s National Learning Congress in New Orleans. The HHS San Joaquin Community Hospital 14 2 0 0 Centinela Freeman Regional Med Ctr, Centinela Campus 34 13 7 14 Medal of Honor was awarded to hospitals with at least eight eligible Centinela Freeman Regional Med Ctr, Marina Campus 3211 LOS ANGELES COUNTY - CENTRAL Centinela Freeman Regional Med Ctr, Memorial Campus 20743 organ donors that achieved a donation rate of at least 75% for any Alhambra Hospital 4222 Coast Plaza Doctors Hospital 1100 consecutive 12-month period between May 2004 and June 2006. Brotman Medical Center 2000 Downey Regional Medical Center 20 5 1 2 Southland Hospitals Honored with California Hospital Medical Center 60 18 10 27 Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Med Ctr 5112 The awards, which are presented in concert with OneLegacy, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 57 11 4 5 Kaiser Permanente Harbor City Med Ctr 10 0 0 0 U.S Dept of Health & Human Services Century City Hospital 1000 LA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 39 9 5 12 reflect the success of the National Organ Donation Breakthrough Children's Hospital Los Angeles 11 5 4 9 LA County King / Drew Medical Center 28 7 3 8 Collaborative, an HHS initiative launched in 2003 to save and National Medal of Honor Citrus Valley Intercommunity Hospital 7100 Lakewood Regional Hospital 10 3 2 4 enhance thousands of lives annually by spreading best organ dona- Citrus Valley Med Ctr - Queen of the Valley Campus 18200 Little Company of Mary - San Pedro Hospital 12213 • Antelope Valley Hospital, Lancaster tion practices to the nation’s largest hospitals. The national initia- City of Angels Medical Center 2000 Little Company of Mary Hospital 28 6 4 11 • Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton Garfield Medical Center 10 2 1 3 Long Beach Community Medical Center 4200 tive provides hospitals and organ procurement organizations with • California Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles Good Samaritan Hospital 19 1 0 0 Long Beach Memorial Med Ctr / Miller Children's Hospital 48 17 9 23 the tools and processes needed to dramatically increase organ and Greater El Monte Community Hospital 6113 Los Angeles Community Hospital - Norwalk 1000 • Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange tissue donation rates. In the Los Angeles metropolitan area, organ Hollywood Community Hospital 1000 Memorial Hospital of Gardena 8525 • Citrus Valley Medical Center, West Covina Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Med Ctr 3312 Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital 19 6 5 11 donation is up 34% from September 2003, when the Organ Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Med Ctr 57 6 3 7 St. Francis Medical Center 60 26 15 50 • Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, Valencia Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Med Ctr 15213 St. Mary Medical Center 22 7 3 15 • Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach LAC + USC Medical Center 114 22 12 42 Torrance Memorial Medical Center 55 3 1 1 • Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Medical Center Los Angeles Community Hospital 1000 Whittier Hospital Medical Center 1000 Olympia Medical Center 7100 Deceased donation has • Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center 30 7 6 12 ORANGE COUNTY • Memorial Hospital of Gardena Queen of Angels / Hollywood Presbyterian Med Ctr 9100 Anaheim General Hospital 1000 increased 18% in the first nine • Mission Hospital, Mission Viejo San Dimas Community Hospital 2000 Anaheim Memorial Medical Center 30 4 1 0 San Gabriel Valley Medical Center 6100 Chapman Medical Center 1000 months of this year • Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Roscoe St. John's Hospital and Health Center 8112 Childrens Hospital of Orange County 34 8 5 13 • Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, Pomona St. Vincent Medical Center 4000 Coastal Communities Hospital 2000 • Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, Whittier UCLA Medical Center - Santa Monica 1000 Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Med Ctr 28000 Donation Breakthrough Collaborative first began. UCLA Medical Center - Westwood 82 15 8 19 Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center 5213 • Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Mission Hills USC University Hospital 11 2 1 6 Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian 25 6 4 16 • Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, Burbank Because of the Organ Donation & Transplantation White Memorial Medical Center 21 5 2 7 Huntington Beach Hospital 1000 • Riverside Community Hospital Breakthrough Collaborative and efforts to improve organ donation Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center 7113 • Riverside County Regional Medical Center, Moreno Valley LOS ANGELES COUNTY - NORTH Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Med Ctr 41 10 5 19 rates throughout Southern California and across the country, 23 Antelope Valley Hospital 43 15 7 21 Kindred Hospital Brea 1000 • Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital area hospitals achieved Medal of Honor status (see sidebar). Encino-Tarzana Regional Med Ctr, Tarzana 3000 Kindred Hospital Westminster 2000 • UCI Medical Center, Orange Foothill Presbyterian Hospital 9000 La Palma Intercommunity Hospital 5000 • UCLA Medical Center Glendale Adventist Medical Center 13 8 3 9 Los Alamitos Medical Center 11 1 0 0 We’re proud of the number of hospitals in our service area that Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center 16100 Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center 20 5 5 19 earned this award, and of how our collaborative effort has such a • USC University Hospital, Los Angeles Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital 15 4 3 9 Placentia Linda Community Hospital 1000 meaningful impact on the lives of donor families and recipients • Western Medical Center Santa Ana Huntington Hospital 42 8 5 20 Saddleback Memorial Medical Center 11 3 3 11 Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Med Ctr 13 2 1 5 South Coast Medical Center 1000 alike, said Tom Mone, CEO of OneLegacy. We will continue to Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Med Ctr 12434 Specialty Hospital of Southern California 1000 focus our effort on hospitals, transplant centers and the Donate St. Joseph Hospital 14 2 2 4 LA County Olive View / UCLA Med Ctr 3100 Life California Organ & Tissue Donor Registry as we work toward Lancaster Community Hospital 11 0 0 0 St. Jude Medical Center 17 2 2 4 Methodist Hospital of Southern California 15 5 1 1 UCI Medical Center 79 26 16 56 our ultimate goal of ending the wait for all people awaiting organ Mission Community Hospital - Panorama City Campus 5213 West Anaheim Medical Center 1000 transplants. Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Roscoe 23 9 6 15 Western Medical Center - Anaheim 3000 Pacifica Hospital of the Valley Med Ctr5228 Western Medical Center - Santa Ana 70 28 15 55 Throughout the seven-county area, deceased donation has Providence Holy Cross Medical Center 33 7 5 23 Sherman Oaks Hospital and Health Center 3213 RIVERSIDE & SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES increased 18% in the first nine months this year, and OneLegacy is St. Joseph Medical Center 20 3 1 5 Arrowhead Regional Medical Center 82 19 10 36 headed for its seventh consecutive year of all-time highs in organ Valley Presbyterian Hospital 12 2 1 0 Barstow Community Hospital 4000 donors and organs recovered for life-saving transplant. Verdugo Hills Hospital 5000 Chino Valley Medical Center 3000 HHS National Medal of Honor

14 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2006 Fall 2006 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 3 FRANKIE: I asked him, “What would you do? What should I do?” Continued from Page 1 Organ Donation Data for giving Patty a As we started kindergarten, Frankie demonstrated that he was chance to live a new Following are key OneLegacy performance indicators through September 2006. (Source: OneLegacy data) very smart and gifted. He was very popular and quickly made and better life. In her friends with everyone, and I do mean everyone: Belle, Thomas, letter, she explained Ms. Mohan, the parents, the cafeteria staff, the janitor. He received that after receiving Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep TOTAL many awards and recognitions throughout his school years. the transplant, Patty Organ Donors* 42 38 41 39 32 38 27 40 32 329 Frankie was a social butterfly , as I was told many times, in my was able to eat for the first time in nine Kidneys Recovered* 80 72 78 76 59 70 54 72 56 617 parent conferences. years and was learn- Kidneys Transplanted* 64 59 66 63 51 55 49 60 37 504 On March 6, 2005, he woke up and went to the park to watch ing the simple things the Sunday league baseball game. We left the park and headed like how to chew Extra-Renals Recovered* 68 72 64 54 54 61 44 62 38 517 home. He showered and had lunch and went out to play catch with and swallow. Extra-Renals Transplanted* 66 69 62 51 53 55 41 58 34 489 his dad. He complained of a headache, and it was unlike him to complain. I asked him to lie down and he began to say it really In that moment, Hearts Transplanted 11 15 9 9 13 13 11 12 4 97 hurts. So I suggested going to the hospital and he said, Yeah let’s reading the letter, I Livers Transplanted 32 26 31 27 25 26 18 31 20 236 go. That was unlike him too, and I began to worry. knew the decision Erica Rangel-Báez cradles her newborn that was made was son Benjamin as she holds a rose dedicat- Lungs Transplanted 111916498696 88 We drove off and as soon as we got onto the freeway he the biggest decision stopped breathing. I performed CPR and his dad called 911. The ed to her son Frankie. The rose vial is a Pancreas Transplanted 12 8 6 11 58563 64 I will ever have to replica of one that will adorn the ‘Family paramedics met us, took over performing CPR and transported make and am thank- Circle’ garden on the front of the 2007 Consent Rate 63.9% 65.2% 59.5% 70.6% 54.5% 55.7% 54.8% 64.3% 61.9% 61.3% him to the hospital. The doctors at the hospital informed us he had ful for the guidance Donate Life Rose Parade Float, which Erica Conversion Rate 66.1% 60.7% 61.2% 65.5% 61.0% 60.3% 51.9% 63.5% 60.4% 62.9% internal bleeding and needed to be transferred to another hospital. Cedars-Sinai and will ride in memory of Frankie. We arrived at Cedars-Sinai and immediately he was placed in sur- OneLegacy gave me Organs Recovered 148 144 142 130 113 131 98 134 94 1134 gery. He survived the surgery, but was in a coma. to help me make the correct decision. Patty and her family have Organs Transplanted 130 128 128 114 104 110 90 118 71 993 Day in and day out, we were there by his side, hoping for a mir- welcomed my family and me as one of their own. They have been Organs Recovered Per Donor 3.52 3.79 3.46 3.33 3.53 3.45 3.63 3.35 2.94 3.45 acle, and praying. There was nothing more to do but pray. On a great help in our journey. March 9, we were informed by eight different neurosurgeons that Organs Transplanted Per Donor 3.10 3.37 3.12 2.92 3.25 2.89 3.33 2.95 2.22 3.02 What I wouldn’t do to have one more month, day, or even a there was nothing more they could do. Frankie was simply no minute with my baby boy. But knowing that these children have longer responding. Several conversations with different doctors, been able to be hugged, and kissed by their families for even just and all leading to the same conclusion, one that no one ever wants one more day has been something that is gratifying. Ambassadors of the Year Named to hear. We sat next to Frankie’s bed, hoping for a miracle, even though DONATE LIFE ROCKS! OneLegacy honored five volunteers as Ambassadors of the Year were named in we were told he was brain-dead. A representative from OneLegacy Ambassadors of the Year at the 2006 five categories, one for each role walked in alongside Frankie’s nurse Pam. He asked if we were OneLegacy Ambassadors Fiesta on Ambassadors are encouraged to play in our interested in giving the gift of life. In the moment I had no other September 17 at Griffith Park. community: Media Representative (Edith choice but to wish this was not happening to me, hoping this was Gonzalez, at top right with OneLegacy simply a nightmare. The reality was that we were being asked to Since the Ambassadors program communications director Bryan Stewart), make a decision that could change a person’s life for the better. I launched in February 2003, more than 450 Event Staff (Daniel Ronco, at bottom right didn’t ask anyone but Frankie. I asked him, What would you do? donor family members, transplant recipi- with OneLegacy volunteer and community What should I do? My response was immediate: Yes. ents and others touched by donation have events coordinator Stephanie Schmitz), attended a one-day training workshop to Storyteller (Bob Mummey), Representative On March 11th, while at the cemetery planning his services, I prepare them for interacting with the com- (Marianne O Quinn), and Community was advised that Frankie had saved the lives of five children. With munity. The program now offers advanced Scout (Phil Arst). mixed emotions I was happy for the children and their families. workshops to Ambassadors interested in Musicians Alex Band (left) and Josh Kelley higlighted developing their presentation skills and tak- In addition, 20 Applause certificates Of the five children, I have met one of his recipients. Patty August’s “Donate Life Rocks” event at Hard Rock Cafe Los ing on greater responsibility. There is also a were awarded to Ambassadors who made received Frankie’s bowel. She’s an extraordinary little girl who is Angeles. Band, formerly of The Calling, wowed the crowd with his rendition “Wherever You Will Go”, which was select- special Embajadores de OneLegacy pro- significant contributions to the community Frankie’s age, and coincidently attended the same school as ed as the official song fo the 2007 Donate Life Rose Parade gram specifically designed for Spanish- during the previous year. Frankie. Patty and her family wrote to me shortly after my loss and Float, Giving From The Heart. speaking volunteers. her recovery. In Patricia’s (Patty’s mother) letter, she thanked me

4 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2006 Fall 2006 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 13 DMV: 25,000 Per Week Signing Up to Donate Life

Continued from Page 1 Before the creation of the registry, there was no official list of designated organ and tissue donors. The pink donor dot and signed to the 3,500 per week prior to the partnership. donor card voluntarily carried by drivers were meant to serve as an We know that the generosity of Californians knows no bounds, indication of someone’s intent to donate. But signed cards are often and with 23 million licensed drivers on the road in the state, DMV unavailable at the time a family is approached about the opportunity to employees stand ready to help increase this list of potential life-savers donate, and the dot alone does not grant legal consent for donation. from thousands to millions, said DMV With the partnership between DMV Director George Valverde. and Donate Life California, donor infor- Departments of motor vehicles play mation will be transmitted electronically a key role in the success of state donor directly from DMV to Donate Life registries nationwide, said Bryan California’s online registry. The driver’s Stewart, director of communications decision acts as an advanced directive with OneLegacy. Some states, including for organ and tissue donation, and for Utah, Virginia, Indiana and Colorado, drivers 18 and older, it does not require have signed up more than 60 percent of the consent of any other person. (The their licensed drivers, allowing donation parent or legal guardian must give con- cases to proceed smoothly and with- sent for registrants under 18.) Those who greater speed, saving precious time. currently have a pink donor dot on their licenses but are not near their renewal date are asked to join the Donate Life California is a nonprofit, state-authorized organ and online registry directly. At the time of license renewal, a Yes on the tissue donor registry, administered by California’s four nonprofit, fed- DMV form results in the pink donor dot being printed directly onto the erally designated organ procurement organizations. As a state-author- licenses. Those who sign up can opt out, alter personal information or ized public service, the registry assures that all personal information change donation preferences anytime through the online Donate Life is kept confidential and stored in a secure database, accessible only to California Registry. For more information or to sign up online, visit authorized organ and tissue recovery personnel. www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org or www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org.

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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 project leader Kathy Kelly. OneLegacy Ambassadors and staff celebrated the DMV- Donate Life California partnership at DMV field offices throughout the Southland. (2) RIVERSIDE: Monica Collins, kidney/pancreas recipient; Debbie Morgan, 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 President of the Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation; Scott Wang, liver recipient; Sabrina Ho, Asian Community Development Coordinator, OneLegacy; Kenny Wong, liver recipient; Charles Gau, donor father; LaVonne Leaman, 4 5 kidney/pancreas recipient and her father Richard; and Rosemary Chen, Tzu Chi Commissioner. (4) WESTMINSTER: Tony Ngo, liver recipient; Peggy Coleman, heart recipient; Bich-Phuong, KXLA-44 Saigon reporter; and Pete Wesslink, heart recipient. (5) SANTA BARBARA: Roger L. Horton; Santa Barbara City Council; Ester Medina, liver transplant candidate; George Miller, liver recipient, TRIO Ventura County/West Valley Chapter; and Debbie Courtney, donor mother.

12 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2006 Fall 2006 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 5 Run, Walk... For the Donate Life Run/Walk, 2006 will always Donation in the Media be remembered as the year of the donor family. Thanks to the efforts of OneLegacy’s Family DMV/DONATE LIFE CALIFORNIA PARTNERSHIP Services staff, more than 800 donor family Approximately 42 regional media stories focused on July’s DMV- members were inspired to walk in honor of their Donate Life California partnership, including the following outlets: loved ones. The images of donors on hundreds General of T-shirts inspired the record 4,000 participants 1 in the April event. Adding even more meaning to TV: KNBC-4, KABC-7, KCET-8 (PBS) “California Connected”, the event was the debut of the Circle of Life KCAL-9, KTTV-11 (FOX), KGET-17 (NBC) Bakersfield, KERO-23 (ABC) Bakersfield Garden, an elegant display of 30 signs with photos of and personal messages to donors and Print: Bakersfield Californian, LA Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Los Angeles Times, Glendora Press recipients alike. With support from Sav-on Highlander, Orange County Register, Press-Enterprise, Drugs, St. Joseph Hospital and a host of other Redlands Daily Facts, San Gabriel Valley News Tribune, sponsors, the fourth annual Donate Life Ventura County Star Run/Walk raised approximately $70,000 which Radio: KFI AM 640, KFWB News 980, KNX-1070 News Radio will fund media campaigns to promote enroll- In July a contingent of ment in the Donate Life California Organ & EMBAJADORES IN ACTION Spanish Embajadores de OneLegacy fielded more than 500 phone calls Tissue Donor Registry. (See article on Page 1.) TV: KMEX-34 (Univision)”A Su Lado” y “Noticiero 11”, as organ donation was the featured issue on KMEX-34’s “A KVEA-52 (Tele), KAZA-54 (Azteca), KRCA-62, Piolin 2 3 Su Lado”. Front row, seated (*denotes OneLegacy employee): (1) The family of Martha Macias shows their pride Print: Excelsior (OC), La Opinion, La Prensa (Riverside), La at walking in her honor. (2) Barbara Facio, mother Elena de la Cruz*, Maria Elena Constantino, Luz Díaz* and Estrella (Ventura County) of organ donor Andrew Ortiz, releases a bird as the Carolyn Fagundo. Second row: Edith González, Mary recipient of Andrew’s heart, Fred Phillips (left), Radio: KLAX-97.9 (La Raza), KLYY-97.5 (Entravision), XTRA-690 Coronado* and Meredith González. Third row: Sergio Gomez, (W Radio), KSCA 101.9 (Univ), Radio Campesina, looks on. (3) The Circle of Life Garden, with approx- Clemen Sabah*, Annette González*, Natalie Coronado, Iris SuperEstrella imately 30 memorial signs at the finish line, was a Rodríguez, Sonia Navarro*, Chris González, José Bueno and new feature this year. (4) “Team Ted” made another Asian strong showing in support of lung recipient Ted Connie Moreno. Back row : Arnold and Eva Pérez, Icela and Askier. (5) Victor Constantino spoke eloqoently of Jesús Nava, Maria Bourne*, Lilia Spencer Bueno, Norma TV: TV Korea 24, KTAN (Korean American Television) his father Hugo, who died awaiting a lung trans- Bueno González, Cristian Nuñez* and Anthony Maldonado*. Print: China Press, Chinese Daily News, Korea Times, Sing plant and whose memory inspired more than 2,300 Tao, Taiwan Daily friends and Sav-on Drugs colleagues to register with Donate Life California. (6) Donate Life African American 4 5 Run/Walk co-founder and OneLegacy community Print: LA Sentinel, LA Watts Times partnerships coordinator Kathleen Hostert inspires the crowd as her husband, co-founder Craig, looks In addition, the partnership was supported by OneLegacy’s first non- on. (7) OneLegacy’s Asian community development grant-funded media campaign, including this July activity (Tv indi- coordinator Sabrina Ho (kneeling in black jacket) cates :30s; Radio indicates :60s + :30s, if applicable): brought an enthusiatic Asian community contingent. (8) Participating in a pre-race bird release are General kidney donor Tony Huy; Raegan Pratt, recipient of his kidney; and Dr. Ervin Ruzics, their St. Joseph Radio: KROQ 106.7 (27), KZLA 93.9 (36) Hospital transplant surgeon. (9) Excitement builds Spanish at the starting line. (10) A class of Los Angeles Police Department cadets participates in formation TV: KMEX-34 (Univision) (10), KKEY-11 (Telemundo) Bak. (59) for the duration of the event. (Photos by Tony Print: La Opinion Kawashima) 6 7 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 Lobo 102.9 (90+44), Radio Campesina (50) ‘THUNDER’-OUS DONOR SABBATH Legendary singer/song- writer Stevie Wonder, owner of KJLH-FM and host of the sta- Asian tion's Thursday morning program "Stevie Wonder's Morning Radio: KAZN AM1300 (30), KMRB AM1430 (123), TVB Jade (45), Thunder", interviewed Ralph D. Sutton, OneLegacy African VCNR 106.6FM (14), Radio Little Saigon 1480AM (:60) American Community Development Coordinator, and Eunice African American Gibson, double lung recipient and OneLegacy Ambassador, about National Donor Sabbath and Donate Life America's Give Print: ACC Church News, LA Sentinel, LA Watts Times, LA Focus, Our Weekly Newspaper 8 Thanks, Give Life campaign. Wonder led into the segment with a poignant endorsement for organ and tissue donation. Radio: KJLH (130), KTWV (22). KKBT (90), KTYM (10) 9 10

6 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2006 Fall 2006 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 11 DESIGNATION: National Goal 100 Million ...and Remember High School Program is Tissue Manuals Continued from Page 3 OneLegacy’s annual “Fields of Gold” Donor Delivered to Hospitals Remembrance Ceremonies are a March totaling approximately 60 million registered organ donors. The ‘Bridging Lives’ tradition. This year, 115 organ and tissue Donor Designation Collaborative seeks to add another 40 mil- donor families attended ceremonies at OneLegacy Hospital Services is lion registered donors over the next 18 months, with the poten- Now that first-time drivers will have the opportunity to make a UCLA, Loma Linda University, the Hyatt currently distributing a Tissue Donor Manual to all hospital units. tial to honor the generous donation wishes of an additional donation decision on their DMV drivers license application, Regency Long Beach and the Doubletree The binder contains a treasure 400,000 Americans just in the next couple of years. OneLegacy has committeed newfound focus to educating high Bakersfield. Musical performances, donor school students about organ and tissue donation. Youth educa- family and recipient speakers, and a per- trove of tools and information to This national collaborative effort was launched in New tion coordinator Simera Nichols has been busy presenting sonal video tribute left families feeling guide the donor management and close to their loved ones and appreciated Orleans, La. on October 18, 2006 and featured teams represent- OneLegacy’s Bridging Lives high school program areawide: referral process, including for their decisions to donate life. ing 44 states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia and Ontario, Preliminary Screening Questions; Canada. These teams — consisting of representatives from organ Sept 6 Moorpark Moorpark College Identification, Management and Surgical Recovery of the Tissue and tissue recovery agencies, motor vehicle departments, trans- Sept 20 Bakersfield Highland High School Oct 4 Palmdale Palmdale High School Donor; JCAHO Requirements and plant centers, eye and tissue banks, state health departments, Oct 11-12 Irvine Northwood High School Regulations; HIPPA Regulations; civic groups and corporate partners — will lead efforts to found Oct 13 Bakersfield Liberty High School and Key Contacts at OneLegacy. new effective donor registries in states that do not currently Oct 31 Bakersfield Bethel Apostolic Academy operate a registry; improve the effectiveness of existing donor Nov 2 Irvine Woodbridge High School For information, please contact registries; and work diligently to promote these registries and Nov 6-7 Los Angeles Crenshaw High School Clinique Burrell in Hospital secure millions of additional donor registrations. Nov 9 Reseda Trinity Lutheran Junior/Senior H.S. Services, 213-229-5634 or Nov 13 Glendora High School Health Careers (ROP) [email protected]. As someone who waited 25 months for a double-lung trans- Nov 16 Hemet Baptist Christian School Nov 17 Burbank John Burroughs High School plant, I see this as the type of groundbreaking work that gives Nov 20 West Covina High School Health Careers (ROP) 2 hope to those waiting, said Trey Schwab, outreach coordinator NATCO Grant Awarded Nov 28 Pomona Pomona Catholic High School 1 for UW Health OPO in Madison, Wis. and vice president of the Dec 1 Goleta Dos Pueblos High School Wisconsin Coalition on Donation. The Donor Designation Dec 3 Saugus Saugus High School Collaborative is a powerful way to increase the number of donor Dec 4 Needles Needles High school Dec 7 Lakewood Artesia High School registrations in each state. The real power of this initiative Dec 11 Santa Barbara San Marcos High School comes in helping people understand that when they have the Dec 18 Lompoc Lompoc High School opportunity to sign up on a state donor registry, they have the Dec 22 Garden Grove Bolsa Grande High School power to save the lives of eight people and touch many more through eye and tissue donation, and in helping states make the To schedule a presentation at your local high school, contact signup process as easy as possible for their residents. Simera Nichols at 213-229-5673 or [email protected].

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(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’s In August, OneLegacy received the heart, Mark Sabin, who proudly holds his son Matthew. (3) At Loma Linda University, Dr. Joseph NATCO Grant for Research for 2006 Cohen (left), the Chief Forensic Pathologist for the Riverside County Sheriff/Coroner, receives the OneLegacy Life Bridge Award from hospital services coordinator Mike Thomas. (4) The Bakersfield for the study, Increasing Organs ceremony concludes with a balloon release to Terry Harrington’s rendition of “Over The Rainbow.” per Donor: Use of the USCOM Non- Harrington, a heart recipient, is the “voice” of Lisa Simpson’s saxophone on “The Simpsons”. Invasive Cardiac Output Machine to Guide Donor Management. In Memory of Craig Shmorhun Congratulations to primary investi- gator Stephanie Collazo (above, 1 2 3 A beloved member of our OneLegacy family, Craig with Marilyn Bartucci, NATCO Shmorhun, died in his sleep yesterday. Craig was a very Research Committee Co-Chair), active Per Diem Procurement Transplant Coordinator in our clinical education specialist, and OneLegacy In the Community Redlands office as well as a nurse at Desert Regional Dr. Mudit Mathur of Loma Linda (1) Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe presents the county’s official proclamation of National Donate Life Month. Joining him in the Board cham- Medical Center, where our staff worked with him in our University Medical Center, our ber are recipient wife Cora Johnson; OneLegacy hospital services director Esther-Marie Carmichael, CEO Tom Mone and communications director Bryan shared effort to help donor families. Craig’s caring, presence project partner. Stewart. (2) Heart recipient and OneLegacy hospital services coordinator Glenn Matsuki and Ambassador Kevin Monroe, a living kidney donor, hold the and smile will be greatly missed. Craig leaves behind a wife proclamation from the City of Long Beach. (3) Sabrina Ho, Asian Commmunity Development Coordinator, is joined by KMRB AM1430 radio personality and three children who we have in our hearts and prayers. Howard Lee at the LA Wellness Fair.

10 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2006 Fall 2006 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 7 From Santa Maria to Lakewood, Valencia to Venice, and Orange to Apple Valley, OneLegacy professionals and Ambassadors reach out to communities Spanning the Southland throughout the greater Los Angeles area. From April to mid-November 2006, donation was represented at more than 155 community events.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - CENTRAL SANTA BARBARA/VENTURA COUNTIES RIVERSIDE & SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES

Apr 3 West Hollywood OL Speaker Donate Life Month City Proclamation May 20 Santa Barbara Table Santa Barbara Arthritis Walk Apr 16 Walnut OL Speaker Mt. San Antonio College Apr 4 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speakers Donate Life Month City Proclamation May 24 Goleta OL/AMB Speakers Dos Pueblos High School Apr 19 Blythe AMB Speaker Blythe Rotary Program Apr 7 Los Angeles OL Speaker Venice High School May 26 Santa Barbara OL/AMB Speakers Santa Barbara High School Jun 1 Riverside OL Speaker NKF Inland Empire's Council of Nephrology Social Apr 11 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speakers Students for Organ Donation Lecture May 31 Santa Barbara OL/AMB Speakers San Marcos High School Workers Meeting Apr 22 Los Angeles OL Speaker Cedars-Sinai Fifth Annual Patient Picnic Jul 15 Riverside Table Healthy Heritage Wellness Conference Apr 22 Los Angeles Table St. Vincent Medical Center Health Fair Oct 13 Santa Barbara Table Pediatric Critical Care Conference Aug 29 Loma Linda OL Speaker Liver Support Group Apr 27 Los Angeles Table 50 + Health and Fitness Jamboree 1K & 5 K Walk Oct 17 Santa Barbara AMB Speaker Deacon Dinner for First Presbyterian Aug 20 Riverside Table Renal Support Network Meeting Apr 29 Los Angeles Table Children's Fair Oct 18 Goleta Table Raytheon Benefits Fair Sep 23 Colton Table Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Community May 7 Beverly Hills Sponsor NKF Gift of Life Celebration Dinner Oct 19 Goleta Table Raytheon Benefits Fair Health and Safety Fair Jun 2 Burbank Participant North LA/Ventura/Santa Barbara Quilt Unveiling Oct 21-22 Goleta Table Lemon Festival Oct 27 Temecula Table Nicolas Valley Elementary Safty and Health Festival Jun 3 Los Angeles Table 5th Annual Norwood Health & Peace Family Festival Nov 3 Lompac Table U.S. Military Retirees Apprieciation Day Oct 29 Loma Linda Table Family Health Fair Jun 3 Los Angeles AMB Speaker American Career College Nursing Students Nov 5 Santa Paula Table Santa Clara Valley Health Expo Nov 9 Pomona AMB Speaker Hospital Collaborative Learning Session Jun 8 Glendale AMB Speaker Collaborative Planning Committee Awards Ceremony Nov 4-5 Palm Desert Table Conference for Healthy Living Jun 22 Montebello OL/AMB Speakers Rehabilitation Nurses Society Meeting Nov 16 Santa Barbara AMB Speaker Hospital Collaborative Learning Session Jul 8 Los Angeles Table National Concil of La Raza Apr 9 Ventura Materials Donate Life A Walk in the Park Jul 8 Los Angeles Table NCLR Annual Conference May 13 Oxnard Table Mother's Day Mariachi Festival Jul 22 Los Angeles Table Mel's Fish Market 2nd Annual Block Party May 25 Ventura AMB Speaker Mary A Liver More Society (Unitarian Universalistic Jul 23 San Gabriel Table The Los Angeles Beauty and Wellness Extravaganza Church Group) LOS ANGELES COUNTY - NORTH Jul 29 Los Angeles Table HealthCare Partners Medical Group Health Fair Jul 30 Bakersfield Table Renal Support Network Meeting Jul 30-31 Hollywood Table CSNY Summer Concert Aug 18 Bakersfield AMB Speaker WestChester Rotary Club Aug 1 Torrance Table Harbor UCLA Med Ctr Minority Donor Awareness Day Sep 6 Shafter AMB Speaker Shafter Rotary Club Apr 2 Encino OL Speaker Transplant Games Team Southern California Aug 26 Los Angeles Table Mothers in Action/Brotherhood Crusade 8th Annual Apr 5 Palmdale OL Speaker Palmdale Chamber of Commerce Back to School Health & Family Festival Sep 9 Bakersfield Table KGET Health Fair 2006 Sep 18 Lake Isabella Table Lake Isabella Senior Health Fair Apr 7 Van Nuys OL/AMB Speakers Donate Life Month City Proclamation Aug 31 Los Angeles Table Donate Life Rocks Apr 15 Marina Del Rey Sponsor American Liver Foundation Gala Aug 19-20 Los Angeles Table NBC4/Telemundo 52 Health and Fitness Expo Oct 3 Santa Paula AMB Speaker AARP Meeting Apr 27 Los Angeles OL Speaker In-service for National Lab Week Sep 9 Los Angeles Table St. Vincent Medical Center Health Fair Nov 10 Santa Clarita AMB Speaker Donor Sabbath Apr 29 Los Angeles AMB Speaker 3rd Annual Liver Symposium Sep 9 Los Angeles Table Glassell Park Community Festival Nov 17-18 Thousand Oaks Table National Donor Sabbath St. Max Apr 30 Van Nuys Table Sober Day L.A. Sep 13 Los Angeles Table King Drew Medical Center May 7 Van Nuys Table Israel's 58th Independence Day Festival Sep 19 Pasadena Table Pasadena Area Community College 2006 Open May 18 Woodland Hills OL/AMB Speakers Taft High School Enrollment/Health Fair Jun 4 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speakers AAKP Transplant Seminar Sep 24 Arcadia Table Asian Moon Family Festival Jun 13 Santa Clarita AMB Speaker Interfaith Council Meeting Oct 6 Los Angeles Table Shriners Hospitals for Children-Los Angeles, 8th. ORANGE COUNTY Jun 14 Burbank Table Walt Disney Company Wellness Fair Annual Child and Family Health Fair Jun 29 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speakers National Youth Leadership Forum Oct 13 Los Angeles Table Bi-National Health Week, Mexican Consulate Jul 14 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speakers National Youth Leadership Forum Oct 17 Santa Monica Table Donor Awareness Event Apr 8 Bellflower Table YMCA Health Kid's Day Jul 24 Burbank AMB Speaker Providence Holy Cross Med Ctr Pastoral Care Students Oct 21 Crenshaw Table "Taste of Soul" Street Festival Jul 27 Los Angeles OL/AMB Speakers National Youth Leadership Forum Oct 18,23 Los Angeles AMB Speaker American Career College Nursing Students Apr 12 Orange Table UCI Medical Center Apr 13 Santa Ana OL Speaker Valley High School Aug 22 Glendale AMB Speaker Kiwanis Club Meeting Oct 7,13 Los Angeles Table Bi-National Health Week Aug 23 La Canada-Flintridge OL Speaker La Canada Noon Kiwanis Club Nov 1 Glendale AMB Speaker Hospital Collaborative Learning Session Apr 17 Buena Park OL Speaker California Federation of Women's Club Conference Oct 11 Thousand Oaks Table WellPoint's Annual Thousand Oaks Agency Fair Nov 5 Los Angeles Table Asthma Walk Apr 19 Los Alamitos AMB Speaker Los Alamitos Hosptial Oct 13 Antelope Valley Table "Celebration of Praise" Fundraising Concert Nov 5 Los Angeles Table ADA Health Fair, Olvera Street Apr 19 Mission Viejo Table Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center Oct 22 Glendale Table Church Health Fair Nov 19 Pasadena Speaker National Donor Sabbath at Saint Barnabas Apr 19 Orange Table UCI Medical Center Oct 14-15 Palmdale Table Palmdale Valley Fall Festival Apr 20 Anaheim OL/AMB Speakers Mended Hearts -Anaheim Chapter Apr 20 Fullerton Table Fullerton College Health Fair Apr 25 Long Beach Table Long Beach Memorial Medical Center LOS ANGELES COUNTY - SOUTH Apr 25 Anaheim Table Kaiser Foundation-Anaheim Apr 26 Orange Table UCI Medical Center KERN COUNTY Apr 27 Newport Beach Table Hoag Memorial Presbyterian Hospital Apr 4 Rowland Heights OL Speaker Shelyn Elementary School Apr 29 Orange AMB Speaker American Association for Medical Transcription Apr 13 Downey OL/AMB Speakers Downey Regional Medical Center Annual Symposium Apr 4 Bakersfield OL/AMB Speakers Highland High School Apr 15 Santa Monica Table Earth Day Los Angeles Apr 10,12-13 Santa Ana Table Western Medical Center Donate Life Table Apr 6 Bakersfield AMB Speaker Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Apr 28 Torrance Table Harbor UCLA Medical Center May 3 Bakersfield AMB Speaker Highland High School Apr 18,25 Long Beach Table Long Beach Memorial Medical Center May 6 Bakersfield Table Bakersfield Relay for Life May 6 Downey Table 13th Annual Downey Street Faire Apr 19-20 Montebello Table Beverly Hospital Jun 10 Whittier Table Whittier Hospital Event May 9 Lake Isabella OL Speaker Kern Valley High School ECHO Program Jun 21 Harbor City Table Kaiser South Bay Medical Center Health Fair Apr 20,27 Newport Beach Table Hoag Memorial Presbyterian Hospital May 23 Bakersfield Table AERA Energy Health and Safety Fair Aug 5 Compton Table 6th Annual Back to School Health and Community Fair Apr 24,26-27 Orange Table St. Joseph Medical Center Donate Life Table Oct 21 Wasco Table Delano Regional Center Health Fair Aug 26 City of Industry Table 10th Annual Staying Fit Community Health Fair Apr 5,12,19,26 Orange Table UCI Medical Center Oct 21 Bakersfield Table American Heart Association "Heart Walk" Aug 28 Manhattan Beach OL Speaker Manhattan Beach Rotary Club Meeting Apr 5,19 Mission Viejo Table Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center Oct 26 Bakersfield Table Chevron's 2006 Health and Safty Fair Sep 14 Manhattan Beach OL Speaker Manhattan Beach Police Department Jul 30-31 Irvine Table CSNY Summer Concert Nov 5 Weldon Speaker/Table National Donor Sabbath at Weldon United Methodist Oct 15 Bell Flower Table Bethel Church Community Health Fair Sep 30 Brea Table Wellness Festival 2005 Nov 6 Bakersfield AMB Speaker National Donor Sabbath at St. Phillips Nov 7 Bakersfield AMB Speaker Hospital Collaborative Learning Session Oct 4-6 Redondo Beach AMB Speakers Transplant Financial Coordinators Association Annual Oct 24 Long Beach AMB Speaker North Long Beach Women's Club Meeting Nov 12 Bakersfield Table/Materials National Donor Sabbath at Laurelglen Bible Church Nov 10 Buena Park Table Pepsi Bottling Group Health Fair Nov 12 Lake Isabella Speaker/Table National Donor Sabbath at Highland Chapel Methodist

8 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2006 Fall 2006 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 9 From Santa Maria to Lakewood, Valencia to Venice, and Orange to Apple Valley, OneLegacy professionals and Ambassadors reach out to communities Spanning the Southland throughout the greater Los Angeles area. From April to mid-November 2006, donation was represented at more than 155 community events.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - CENTRAL SANTA BARBARA/VENTURA COUNTIES RIVERSIDE & SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES

8 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2006 Fall 2006 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 9 DESIGNATION: National Goal 100 Million ...and Remember High School Program is Tissue Manuals Continued from Page 3 OneLegacy’s annual “Fields of Gold” Donor Delivered to Hospitals Remembrance Ceremonies are a March totaling approximately 60 million registered organ donors. The ‘Bridging Lives’ tradition. This year, 115 organ and tissue Donor Designation Collaborative seeks to add another 40 mil- donor families attended ceremonies at OneLegacy Hospital Services is lion registered donors over the next 18 months, with the poten- Now that first-time drivers will have the opportunity to make a UCLA, Loma Linda University, the Hyatt currently distributing a Tissue Donor Manual to all hospital units. tial to honor the generous donation wishes of an additional donation decision on their DMV drivers license application, Regency Long Beach and the Doubletree The binder contains a treasure 400,000 Americans just in the next couple of years. OneLegacy has committeed newfound focus to educating high Bakersfield. Musical performances, donor school students about organ and tissue donation. Youth educa- family and recipient speakers, and a per- trove of tools and information to This national collaborative effort was launched in New tion coordinator Simera Nichols has been busy presenting sonal video tribute left families feeling guide the donor management and close to their loved ones and appreciated Orleans, La. on October 18, 2006 and featured teams represent- OneLegacy’s Bridging Lives high school program areawide: referral process, including for their decisions to donate life. ing 44 states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia and Ontario, Preliminary Screening Questions; Canada. These teams — consisting of representatives from organ Sept 6 Moorpark Moorpark College Identification, Management and Surgical Recovery of the Tissue and tissue recovery agencies, motor vehicle departments, trans- Sept 20 Bakersfield Highland High School Oct 4 Palmdale Palmdale High School Donor; JCAHO Requirements and plant centers, eye and tissue banks, state health departments, Oct 11-12 Irvine Northwood High School Regulations; HIPPA Regulations; civic groups and corporate partners — will lead efforts to found Oct 13 Bakersfield Liberty High School and Key Contacts at OneLegacy. new effective donor registries in states that do not currently Oct 31 Bakersfield Bethel Apostolic Academy operate a registry; improve the effectiveness of existing donor Nov 2 Irvine Woodbridge High School For information, please contact registries; and work diligently to promote these registries and Nov 6-7 Los Angeles Crenshaw High School Clinique Burrell in Hospital secure millions of additional donor registrations. Nov 9 Reseda Trinity Lutheran Junior/Senior H.S. Services, 213-229-5634 or Nov 13 Glendora High School Health Careers (ROP) [email protected]. As someone who waited 25 months for a double-lung trans- Nov 16 Hemet Baptist Christian School Nov 17 Burbank John Burroughs High School plant, I see this as the type of groundbreaking work that gives Nov 20 West Covina High School Health Careers (ROP) 2 hope to those waiting, said Trey Schwab, outreach coordinator NATCO Grant Awarded Nov 28 Pomona Pomona Catholic High School 1 for UW Health OPO in Madison, Wis. and vice president of the Dec 1 Goleta Dos Pueblos High School Wisconsin Coalition on Donation. The Donor Designation Dec 3 Saugus Saugus High School Collaborative is a powerful way to increase the number of donor Dec 4 Needles Needles High school Dec 7 Lakewood Artesia High School registrations in each state. The real power of this initiative Dec 11 Santa Barbara San Marcos High School comes in helping people understand that when they have the Dec 18 Lompoc Lompoc High School opportunity to sign up on a state donor registry, they have the Dec 22 Garden Grove Bolsa Grande High School power to save the lives of eight people and touch many more through eye and tissue donation, and in helping states make the To schedule a presentation at your local high school, contact signup process as easy as possible for their residents. Simera Nichols at 213-229-5673 or [email protected].

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10 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2006 Fall 2006 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 7 Run, Walk... For the Donate Life Run/Walk, 2006 will always Donation in the Media be remembered as the year of the donor family. Thanks to the efforts of OneLegacy’s Family DMV/DONATE LIFE CALIFORNIA PARTNERSHIP Services staff, more than 800 donor family Approximately 42 regional media stories focused on July’s DMV- members were inspired to walk in honor of their Donate Life California partnership, including the following outlets: loved ones. The images of donors on hundreds General of T-shirts inspired the record 4,000 participants 1 in the April event. Adding even more meaning to TV: KNBC-4, KABC-7, KCET-8 (PBS) “California Connected”, the event was the debut of the Circle of Life KCAL-9, KTTV-11 (FOX), KGET-17 (NBC) Bakersfield, KERO-23 (ABC) Bakersfield Garden, an elegant display of 30 signs with photos of and personal messages to donors and Print: Bakersfield Californian, LA Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Los Angeles Times, Glendora Press recipients alike. With support from Sav-on Highlander, Orange County Register, Press-Enterprise, Drugs, St. Joseph Hospital and a host of other Redlands Daily Facts, San Gabriel Valley News Tribune, sponsors, the fourth annual Donate Life Ventura County Star Run/Walk raised approximately $70,000 which Radio: KFI AM 640, KFWB News 980, KNX-1070 News Radio will fund media campaigns to promote enroll- In July a contingent of ment in the Donate Life California Organ & EMBAJADORES IN ACTION Spanish Embajadores de OneLegacy fielded more than 500 phone calls Tissue Donor Registry. (See article on Page 1.) TV: KMEX-34 (Univision)”A Su Lado” y “Noticiero 11”, as organ donation was the featured issue on KMEX-34’s “A KVEA-52 (Tele), KAZA-54 (Azteca), KRCA-62, Piolin 2 3 Su Lado”. Front row, seated (*denotes OneLegacy employee): (1) The family of Martha Macias shows their pride Print: Excelsior (OC), La Opinion, La Prensa (Riverside), La at walking in her honor. (2) Barbara Facio, mother Elena de la Cruz*, Maria Elena Constantino, Luz Díaz* and Estrella (Ventura County) of organ donor Andrew Ortiz, releases a bird as the Carolyn Fagundo. Second row: Edith González, Mary recipient of Andrew’s heart, Fred Phillips (left), Radio: KLAX-97.9 (La Raza), KLYY-97.5 (Entravision), XTRA-690 Coronado* and Meredith González. Third row: Sergio Gomez, (W Radio), KSCA 101.9 (Univ), Radio Campesina, looks on. (3) The Circle of Life Garden, with approx- Clemen Sabah*, Annette González*, Natalie Coronado, Iris SuperEstrella imately 30 memorial signs at the finish line, was a Rodríguez, Sonia Navarro*, Chris González, José Bueno and new feature this year. (4) “Team Ted” made another Asian strong showing in support of lung recipient Ted Connie Moreno. Back row : Arnold and Eva Pérez, Icela and Askier. (5) Victor Constantino spoke eloqoently of Jesús Nava, Maria Bourne*, Lilia Spencer Bueno, Norma TV: TV Korea 24, KTAN (Korean American Television) his father Hugo, who died awaiting a lung trans- Bueno González, Cristian Nuñez* and Anthony Maldonado*. Print: China Press, Chinese Daily News, Korea Times, Sing plant and whose memory inspired more than 2,300 Tao, Taiwan Daily friends and Sav-on Drugs colleagues to register with Donate Life California. (6) Donate Life African American 4 5 Run/Walk co-founder and OneLegacy community Print: LA Sentinel, LA Watts Times partnerships coordinator Kathleen Hostert inspires the crowd as her husband, co-founder Craig, looks In addition, the partnership was supported by OneLegacy’s first non- on. (7) OneLegacy’s Asian community development grant-funded media campaign, including this July activity (Tv indi- coordinator Sabrina Ho (kneeling in black jacket) cates :30s; Radio indicates :60s + :30s, if applicable): brought an enthusiatic Asian community contingent. (8) Participating in a pre-race bird release are General kidney donor Tony Huy; Raegan Pratt, recipient of his kidney; and Dr. Ervin Ruzics, their St. Joseph Radio: KROQ 106.7 (27), KZLA 93.9 (36) Hospital transplant surgeon. (9) Excitement builds Spanish at the starting line. (10) A class of Los Angeles Police Department cadets participates in formation TV: KMEX-34 (Univision) (10), KKEY-11 (Telemundo) Bak. (59) for the duration of the event. (Photos by Tony Print: La Opinion Kawashima) 6 7 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 Lobo 102.9 (90+44), Radio Campesina (50) ‘THUNDER’-OUS DONOR SABBATH Legendary singer/song- writer Stevie Wonder, owner of KJLH-FM and host of the sta- Asian tion's Thursday morning program "Stevie Wonder's Morning Radio: KAZN AM1300 (30), KMRB AM1430 (123), TVB Jade (45), Thunder", interviewed Ralph D. Sutton, OneLegacy African VCNR 106.6FM (14), Radio Little Saigon 1480AM (:60) American Community Development Coordinator, and Eunice African American Gibson, double lung recipient and OneLegacy Ambassador, about National Donor Sabbath and Donate Life America's Give Print: ACC Church News, LA Sentinel, LA Watts Times, LA Focus, Our Weekly Newspaper 8 Thanks, Give Life campaign. Wonder led into the segment with a poignant endorsement for organ and tissue donation. Radio: KJLH (130), KTWV (22). KKBT (90), KTYM (10) 9 10

6 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2006 Fall 2006 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 11 DMV: 25,000 Per Week Signing Up to Donate Life

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12 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2006 Fall 2006 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 5 FRANKIE: I asked him, “What would you do? What should I do?” Continued from Page 1 Organ Donation Data for giving Patty a As we started kindergarten, Frankie demonstrated that he was chance to live a new Following are key OneLegacy performance indicators through September 2006. (Source: OneLegacy data) very smart and gifted. He was very popular and quickly made and better life. In her friends with everyone, and I do mean everyone: Belle, Thomas, letter, she explained Ms. Mohan, the parents, the cafeteria staff, the janitor. He received that after receiving Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep TOTAL many awards and recognitions throughout his school years. the transplant, Patty Organ Donors* 42 38 41 39 32 38 27 40 32 329 Frankie was a social butterfly , as I was told many times, in my was able to eat for the first time in nine Kidneys Recovered* 80 72 78 76 59 70 54 72 56 617 parent conferences. years and was learn- Kidneys Transplanted* 64 59 66 63 51 55 49 60 37 504 On March 6, 2005, he woke up and went to the park to watch ing the simple things the Sunday league baseball game. We left the park and headed like how to chew Extra-Renals Recovered* 68 72 64 54 54 61 44 62 38 517 home. He showered and had lunch and went out to play catch with and swallow. Extra-Renals Transplanted* 66 69 62 51 53 55 41 58 34 489 his dad. He complained of a headache, and it was unlike him to complain. I asked him to lie down and he began to say it really In that moment, Hearts Transplanted 11 15 9 9 13 13 11 12 4 97 hurts. So I suggested going to the hospital and he said, Yeah let’s reading the letter, I Livers Transplanted 32 26 31 27 25 26 18 31 20 236 go. That was unlike him too, and I began to worry. knew the decision Erica Rangel-Báez cradles her newborn that was made was son Benjamin as she holds a rose dedicat- Lungs Transplanted 111916498696 88 We drove off and as soon as we got onto the freeway he the biggest decision stopped breathing. I performed CPR and his dad called 911. The ed to her son Frankie. The rose vial is a Pancreas Transplanted 12 8 6 11 58563 64 I will ever have to replica of one that will adorn the ‘Family paramedics met us, took over performing CPR and transported make and am thank- Circle’ garden on the front of the 2007 Consent Rate 63.9% 65.2% 59.5% 70.6% 54.5% 55.7% 54.8% 64.3% 61.9% 61.3% him to the hospital. The doctors at the hospital informed us he had ful for the guidance Donate Life Rose Parade Float, which Erica Conversion Rate 66.1% 60.7% 61.2% 65.5% 61.0% 60.3% 51.9% 63.5% 60.4% 62.9% internal bleeding and needed to be transferred to another hospital. Cedars-Sinai and will ride in memory of Frankie. We arrived at Cedars-Sinai and immediately he was placed in sur- OneLegacy gave me Organs Recovered 148 144 142 130 113 131 98 134 94 1134 gery. He survived the surgery, but was in a coma. to help me make the correct decision. Patty and her family have Organs Transplanted 130 128 128 114 104 110 90 118 71 993 Day in and day out, we were there by his side, hoping for a mir- welcomed my family and me as one of their own. They have been Organs Recovered Per Donor 3.52 3.79 3.46 3.33 3.53 3.45 3.63 3.35 2.94 3.45 acle, and praying. There was nothing more to do but pray. On a great help in our journey. March 9, we were informed by eight different neurosurgeons that Organs Transplanted Per Donor 3.10 3.37 3.12 2.92 3.25 2.89 3.33 2.95 2.22 3.02 What I wouldn’t do to have one more month, day, or even a there was nothing more they could do. Frankie was simply no minute with my baby boy. But knowing that these children have longer responding. Several conversations with different doctors, been able to be hugged, and kissed by their families for even just and all leading to the same conclusion, one that no one ever wants one more day has been something that is gratifying. Ambassadors of the Year Named to hear. We sat next to Frankie’s bed, hoping for a miracle, even though DONATE LIFE ROCKS! OneLegacy honored five volunteers as Ambassadors of the Year were named in we were told he was brain-dead. A representative from OneLegacy Ambassadors of the Year at the 2006 five categories, one for each role walked in alongside Frankie’s nurse Pam. He asked if we were OneLegacy Ambassadors Fiesta on Ambassadors are encouraged to play in our interested in giving the gift of life. In the moment I had no other September 17 at Griffith Park. community: Media Representative (Edith choice but to wish this was not happening to me, hoping this was Gonzalez, at top right with OneLegacy simply a nightmare. The reality was that we were being asked to Since the Ambassadors program communications director Bryan Stewart), make a decision that could change a person’s life for the better. I launched in February 2003, more than 450 Event Staff (Daniel Ronco, at bottom right didn’t ask anyone but Frankie. I asked him, What would you do? donor family members, transplant recipi- with OneLegacy volunteer and community What should I do? My response was immediate: Yes. ents and others touched by donation have events coordinator Stephanie Schmitz), attended a one-day training workshop to Storyteller (Bob Mummey), Representative On March 11th, while at the cemetery planning his services, I prepare them for interacting with the com- (Marianne O Quinn), and Community was advised that Frankie had saved the lives of five children. With munity. The program now offers advanced Scout (Phil Arst). mixed emotions I was happy for the children and their families. workshops to Ambassadors interested in Musicians Alex Band (left) and Josh Kelley higlighted developing their presentation skills and tak- In addition, 20 Applause certificates Of the five children, I have met one of his recipients. Patty August’s “Donate Life Rocks” event at Hard Rock Cafe Los ing on greater responsibility. There is also a were awarded to Ambassadors who made received Frankie’s bowel. She’s an extraordinary little girl who is Angeles. Band, formerly of The Calling, wowed the crowd with his rendition “Wherever You Will Go”, which was select- special Embajadores de OneLegacy pro- significant contributions to the community Frankie’s age, and coincidently attended the same school as ed as the official song fo the 2007 Donate Life Rose Parade gram specifically designed for Spanish- during the previous year. Frankie. Patty and her family wrote to me shortly after my loss and Float, Giving From The Heart. speaking volunteers. her recovery. In Patricia’s (Patty’s mother) letter, she thanked me

4 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2006 Fall 2006 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 13 Organ Donor Referral Data HHS Honors 23 Southland Hospitals for Achieving Organ Suitable Organ Organs Organ Suitable Organ Organs Hospital Referrals Referrals Donors Tx’d Hospital Referrals Referrals Donors Tx’d Area s Highest Organ Donation Rates in 2004-2006 KERN COUNTY Vista Del Mar Hospital 1000 Bakersfield Memorial Hospital 19 1 0 0 West Hills Regional Medical Center 2000 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) honored Delano Regional Medical Center 2100 Kern Medical Center 73 17 12 47 LOS ANGELES COUNTY - SOUTH a record 23 area hospitals for excellence in organ donation at Mercy Hospital 61 5 4 12 Beverly Hospital 15 5 2 10 October s National Learning Congress in New Orleans. The HHS San Joaquin Community Hospital 14 2 0 0 Centinela Freeman Regional Med Ctr, Centinela Campus 34 13 7 14 Medal of Honor was awarded to hospitals with at least eight eligible Centinela Freeman Regional Med Ctr, Marina Campus 3211 LOS ANGELES COUNTY - CENTRAL Centinela Freeman Regional Med Ctr, Memorial Campus 20743 organ donors that achieved a donation rate of at least 75% for any Alhambra Hospital 4222 Coast Plaza Doctors Hospital 1100 consecutive 12-month period between May 2004 and June 2006. Brotman Medical Center 2000 Downey Regional Medical Center 20 5 1 2 Southland Hospitals Honored with California Hospital Medical Center 60 18 10 27 Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Med Ctr 5112 The awards, which are presented in concert with OneLegacy, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 57 11 4 5 Kaiser Permanente Harbor City Med Ctr 10 0 0 0 U.S Dept of Health & Human Services Century City Hospital 1000 LA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 39 9 5 12 reflect the success of the National Organ Donation Breakthrough Children's Hospital Los Angeles 11 5 4 9 LA County King / Drew Medical Center 28 7 3 8 Collaborative, an HHS initiative launched in 2003 to save and National Medal of Honor Citrus Valley Intercommunity Hospital 7100 Lakewood Regional Hospital 10 3 2 4 enhance thousands of lives annually by spreading best organ dona- Citrus Valley Med Ctr - Queen of the Valley Campus 18200 Little Company of Mary - San Pedro Hospital 12213 • Antelope Valley Hospital, Lancaster tion practices to the nation’s largest hospitals. The national initia- City of Angels Medical Center 2000 Little Company of Mary Hospital 28 6 4 11 • Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton Garfield Medical Center 10 2 1 3 Long Beach Community Medical Center 4200 tive provides hospitals and organ procurement organizations with • California Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles Good Samaritan Hospital 19 1 0 0 Long Beach Memorial Med Ctr / Miller Children's Hospital 48 17 9 23 the tools and processes needed to dramatically increase organ and Greater El Monte Community Hospital 6113 Los Angeles Community Hospital - Norwalk 1000 • Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange tissue donation rates. In the Los Angeles metropolitan area, organ Hollywood Community Hospital 1000 Memorial Hospital of Gardena 8525 • Citrus Valley Medical Center, West Covina Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Med Ctr 3312 Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital 19 6 5 11 donation is up 34% from September 2003, when the Organ Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Med Ctr 57 6 3 7 St. Francis Medical Center 60 26 15 50 • Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, Valencia Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Med Ctr 15213 St. Mary Medical Center 22 7 3 15 • Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach LAC + USC Medical Center 114 22 12 42 Torrance Memorial Medical Center 55 3 1 1 • Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Medical Center Los Angeles Community Hospital 1000 Whittier Hospital Medical Center 1000 Olympia Medical Center 7100 Deceased donation has • Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center 30 7 6 12 ORANGE COUNTY • Memorial Hospital of Gardena Queen of Angels / Hollywood Presbyterian Med Ctr 9100 Anaheim General Hospital 1000 increased 18% in the first nine • Mission Hospital, Mission Viejo San Dimas Community Hospital 2000 Anaheim Memorial Medical Center 30 4 1 0 San Gabriel Valley Medical Center 6100 Chapman Medical Center 1000 months of this year • Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Roscoe St. John's Hospital and Health Center 8112 Childrens Hospital of Orange County 34 8 5 13 • Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, Pomona St. Vincent Medical Center 4000 Coastal Communities Hospital 2000 • Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, Whittier UCLA Medical Center - Santa Monica 1000 Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Med Ctr 28000 Donation Breakthrough Collaborative first began. UCLA Medical Center - Westwood 82 15 8 19 Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center 5213 • Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Mission Hills USC University Hospital 11 2 1 6 Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian 25 6 4 16 • Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, Burbank Because of the Organ Donation & Transplantation White Memorial Medical Center 21 5 2 7 Huntington Beach Hospital 1000 • Riverside Community Hospital Breakthrough Collaborative and efforts to improve organ donation Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center 7113 • Riverside County Regional Medical Center, Moreno Valley LOS ANGELES COUNTY - NORTH Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Med Ctr 41 10 5 19 rates throughout Southern California and across the country, 23 Antelope Valley Hospital 43 15 7 21 Kindred Hospital Brea 1000 • Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital area hospitals achieved Medal of Honor status (see sidebar). Encino-Tarzana Regional Med Ctr, Tarzana 3000 Kindred Hospital Westminster 2000 • UCI Medical Center, Orange Foothill Presbyterian Hospital 9000 La Palma Intercommunity Hospital 5000 • UCLA Medical Center Glendale Adventist Medical Center 13 8 3 9 Los Alamitos Medical Center 11 1 0 0 We’re proud of the number of hospitals in our service area that Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center 16100 Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center 20 5 5 19 earned this award, and of how our collaborative effort has such a • USC University Hospital, Los Angeles Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital 15 4 3 9 Placentia Linda Community Hospital 1000 meaningful impact on the lives of donor families and recipients • Western Medical Center Santa Ana Huntington Hospital 42 8 5 20 Saddleback Memorial Medical Center 11 3 3 11 Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Med Ctr 13 2 1 5 South Coast Medical Center 1000 alike, said Tom Mone, CEO of OneLegacy. We will continue to Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Med Ctr 12434 Specialty Hospital of Southern California 1000 focus our effort on hospitals, transplant centers and the Donate St. Joseph Hospital 14 2 2 4 LA County Olive View / UCLA Med Ctr 3100 Life California Organ & Tissue Donor Registry as we work toward Lancaster Community Hospital 11 0 0 0 St. Jude Medical Center 17 2 2 4 Methodist Hospital of Southern California 15 5 1 1 UCI Medical Center 79 26 16 56 our ultimate goal of ending the wait for all people awaiting organ Mission Community Hospital - Panorama City Campus 5213 West Anaheim Medical Center 1000 transplants. Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Roscoe 23 9 6 15 Western Medical Center - Anaheim 3000 Pacifica Hospital of the Valley Med Ctr5228 Western Medical Center - Santa Ana 70 28 15 55 Throughout the seven-county area, deceased donation has Providence Holy Cross Medical Center 33 7 5 23 Sherman Oaks Hospital and Health Center 3213 RIVERSIDE & SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES increased 18% in the first nine months this year, and OneLegacy is St. Joseph Medical Center 20 3 1 5 Arrowhead Regional Medical Center 82 19 10 36 headed for its seventh consecutive year of all-time highs in organ Valley Presbyterian Hospital 12 2 1 0 Barstow Community Hospital 4000 donors and organs recovered for life-saving transplant. Verdugo Hills Hospital 5000 Chino Valley Medical Center 3000 HHS National Medal of Honor

14 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2006 Fall 2006 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 3 Donate Life America Launches ’Donor Designation January 1 to September 30, 2006 Collaborative‘ to Propel State Donor Registry Signups Organ Suitable Organ Organs Organ Suitable Organ Organs NATIONAL INITIATIVE SEEKS TO INCREASE DONOR DESIGNATIONS TO 100 MILLION BY APRIL 2008 Hospital Referrals Referrals Donors Tx’d Hospital Referrals Referrals Donors Tx’d Community Hospital of San Bernadino 9113 San Antonio Community Hospital 28 5 3 7 It is not just about the numbers - it is tion in states with effective donor reg- Corona Regional Medical Center 12 2 1 3 San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital 1000 about who and what the numbers repre- istries. Desert Regional Medical Center 51 14 8 27 St. Bernardine Medical Center 54 2 1 3 sent: lives hanging in the balance, and Desert Valley Hospital 10 0 0 0 St. Mary Regional Medical Center 13 1 1 2 This is an extraordinary opportunity people who bring them hope. With the Eisenhower Memorial Hospital 7113 Victor Valley Community Hospital 17 1 0 0 to save thousands more lives each year, Hemet Valley Medical Center 9312 number of people waiting for a life-saving said David Bosch, president of Donate Inland Valley Regional Medical Center 13 2 2 5 SANTA BARBARA & VENTURA COUNTIES organ transplant quickly approaching Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Med Ctr 1000 Community Memorial Hospital of San Buenaventura 13000 Life America and director of communica- 100,000, and the population of the United This effort, the Donor Designation John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital 6100 Los Robles Regional Medical Center 7114 tions and hospital development for Gift of Kaiser Permanente Fontana Med Ctr 75 12 6 14 Marian Medical Center 7100 States eclipsing the 300 million mark, Collaborative, promises to significantly Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network, Kaiser Permanente Riverside Med Ctr 23 1 1 4 Ojai Valley Community Hospital 1000 Donate Life America, a national not-for- increase donor designations nationwide. Loma Linda University Medical Center 123 32 19 60 Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 30 9 5 18 the non-profit, federally designated organ profit organization dedicated to saving It is also an important step for those Menifee Valley Medical Center 3112 Santa Paula Memorial Hospital 1000 and tissue recovery agency serving lives by inspiring people to be organ, eye awaiting life-saving organ transplants or Moreno Valley Community Hospital 1000 Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services 7428 Illinois. We currently estimate that only Parkview Community Hospital Med Ctr 12 0 0 0 St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital 2000 and tissue donors, has launched a unified life-enhancing cornea or tissue trans- 20 percent of US residents have formally Rancho Springs Medical Center 5000 St. John's Regional Medical Center 18 3 1 6 national effort to increase the number of plants, with statistics showing significant Redlands Community Hospital 8000 Ventura County Medical Center 13 1 1 2 registered as organ donors in their state, Americans registered to be donors in their increases in organ, eye and tissue dona- Riverside Community Hospital 39 16 8 26 Riverside County Regional Med Center 80 18 16 45 TOTAL 2685 586 329 992 states to 100 million. Please see DESIGNATION, Page 10

2 OneLegacy > The Bridge > Fall 2006 Fall 2006 < The Bridge < OneLegacy 15 www.onelegacy.org notification or donor referrals 24-hour line for routine 800-338-6112 Clinical Director Sherry Watson Clinical Director Jim Trisch Director of Communications Bryan Stewart Director of Family Services Jeff Fleming Director of Human Resources Anita Corliss and Quality Systems Director of Tissue Services Alan Cochran Hospital Services Director Esther-Marie Carmichael Chief Financial Officer Bobby Patton Chief Operating Officer Renee Hawthorne Chief Executive Officer Mone Tom Management Team The Bridge The community newsletter of OneLegacy, the non-profit organ and tissue recovery organization serving the greater Los Angeles area

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