MONROE - Monroe Clinic is among the more than 85 Donate Life Wisconsin member and partner hospital organizations that simultaneously hosted a statewide Donate Life Flag raising ceremony and moment of silence April 2 to promote the mission of organ, tissue and eye donation and honor donors and their families. At 10:08 a.m. a moment of silence was observed for one minute and 14 seconds to recognize the more than 114,000 patients waiting for a life-saving transplant. Of those patients, more than 2,000 live in Wisconsin.
Donate Life Wisconsin created the inaugural Pause to Give Life event as a new, statewide observance to take place annually on the first Monday morning of April to mark the start of National Donate Life Month.
The public was invited to attend the brief ceremony. Suzanne Dornink, Monroe Clinic's director of surgical services, provided a reflection on the importance of organ donations.
The Donate Life flag was first introduced in 2006. Since then it has become a national symbol of unity, remembrance and hope, while honoring those touched by donation and transplantation. During the past 12 years, 50,000 Donate Life Flags have flown across the U.S.
Donate Life Wisconsin created the inaugural Pause to Give Life event as a new, statewide observance to take place annually on the first Monday morning of April to mark the start of National Donate Life Month.
The public was invited to attend the brief ceremony. Suzanne Dornink, Monroe Clinic's director of surgical services, provided a reflection on the importance of organ donations.
The Donate Life flag was first introduced in 2006. Since then it has become a national symbol of unity, remembrance and hope, while honoring those touched by donation and transplantation. During the past 12 years, 50,000 Donate Life Flags have flown across the U.S.
