{"id":62187,"date":"2015-04-01T12:18:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T19:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=62187"},"modified":"2015-04-06T12:42:17","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T19:42:17","slug":"avh-marks-national-donate-life-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/04\/01\/avh-marks-national-donate-life-month\/","title":{"rendered":"AVH marks \u2018National Donate Life Month\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Antelope Valley Hospital staff and OneLegacy representatives join corneal transplant recipient and AVH Respiratory Therapist Jessica Horton (shown in center of flag) at the Donate Life Flag Raising Ceremony Wednesday, April 1. (Contributed photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 Antelope Valley Hospital (AVH) on Wednesday joined more than 50 southern California hospitals and transplant centers in promoting \u201cNational Donate Life Month\u201d by flying or displaying \u201cDonate Life\u201d flags in honor of organ, eye and tissue donors.<\/p>\n

Hospitals across the nation take part in this month\u2019s \u201cFlags Across America\u201d campaign as a way to bolster organ and tissue donor registries.<\/p>\n

AVH\u2019s Donate Life flag, which was raised at the main entrance of the hospital Wednesday morning, will continue to fly for the remainder of the month.<\/p>\n

Through its participation in Flags Across America, AVH hopes to motivate local residents to consider the benefits of organ donation. In addition to raising public awareness about donation, the hospital also is honoring all of its past organ, eye and tissue donors who have saved or enhanced countless lives with their generous gifts.<\/p>\n

\u201cOrgan and tissue donation can save and improve lives right here in our community, throughout the state of California and across the nation. In fact, one of our own employees, Respiratory Therapist Jessica Horton, is a corneal transplant recipient,\u201d stated Dennis Knox, AVH chief executive officer. \u201cJoining the Donor Registry gives hope to those in need of organ and tissue transplants, while leaving a legacy of generosity for the donor and his or her family. Antelope Valley Hospital is proud to show our support by displaying this symbolic flag.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than 21,000 California residents are waiting to receive life-saving hearts, livers, lungs, kidneys and other organs. There are not enough donors to meet the growing need in the state, let alone the country. In fact, 18 people die every day in the U.S. waiting for an organ transplant, and the national waiting list currently holds more than 123,000 people.<\/p>\n

Those wishing to make the commitment to donate may register online at www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org<\/a> or its Spanish-language counterpart, www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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LANCASTER \u2013 Antelope Valley Hospital (AVH) on Wednesday joined more than 50 southern California hospitals and transplant centers in promoting \u201cNational Donate Life Month\u201d by flying or displaying \u201cDonate Life\u201d flags in honor of organ, eye and tissue donors. Hospitals across the nation take part in this month\u2019s \u201cFlags Across America\u201d campaign as a way […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}