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LifeGift and the City of Houston Host Press Conference Announcing Workplace Partnership
City of Houston to promote organ donor awareness among its workforce to save lives
CONTACT:
Elvia Valdez
(713) 349-2572 (office); 832-215-1897 (cell)
WHAT:
LifeGift and the City of Houston have joined forces to educate and empower the more than 23,000 city-wide employees on the importance of organ and tissue donation.
WHEN:
Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 at 2 p.m.
WHO:
- Mayor Annise Parker
- Mr. Omar Reid, City of Houston Human Resources Director
- State Senator Mario Gallegos, liver transplant recipient
- City Council Members, Wanda Adams, Al Hoang and Jarvis Johnson
- State Representative Armando L. Walle
- Dr. Roland Smith, Associate Provost at Rice University and Chairman of the Board, LifeGift
- Janice Whaley, Managing Director of Clinical Operations, LifeGift
- Connor Tondre, Texas Children's Hospital, 14-year-old lung transplant waiting list
- Jasmine Davis, Texas Children's Hospital, 15-year-old kidney waiting list patient
- Transplant recipients
WHERE:
City of Houston City Hall Rotunda, 901 Bagby, 1st floor, Houston, Texas 77002
WHY:
The City of Houston will announce its intention to become a Workplace Partner in conjunction with LifeGift to encourage organ and tissue donation among its workforce. The Workplace Partnership for Life initiative is spearheaded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to increase donor awareness among corporations, hospitals and other entities. The City of Houston will make this announcement on the heels of National Minority Organ Donor Awareness Day, which is observed annually on August 1 to increase awareness of organ and tissue donation among African-American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian and other multicultural communities.
