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CareDx Lead Sponsor for 2022 Donate Life Transplant Games

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Tuesday, June 28, 2022
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View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220628005490/en/

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220628005490/en/
    CareDx is proud to be the lead sponsor for this years Donate Life Transplant Games, the largest transplant patient community event, said Reg Seeto, CEO and President of CareDx.
  • The biennial Donate Life Transplant Games is expected to draw over 6,000 athletes and transplant supporters from across the United States and globally.
  • For more information about the 2022 Donate Life Transplant Games, download the AlloCare app by going here .
  • This press release includes forward-looking statements related to CareDx, Inc., including statements regarding the potential benefits and results that may be achieved with CareDxs participation and sponsorship of the 2022 Donate Life Transplant Games (the Games), as well as CareDxs AlloCare transplant patient mobile health app.

Celebrating Its 20th Anniversary in the Rose Parade®, Donate Life Announces Its 2023 Float Theme, “Lifting Each Other Up”

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Wednesday, June 15, 2022
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Celebrating its 20th year of participation in the iconic Rose Parade New Years Day celebrations, the Donate Life community announced today the theme for the 2023 Donate Life Rose Parade float, Lifting Each Other Up.

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  • Celebrating its 20th year of participation in the iconic Rose Parade New Years Day celebrations, the Donate Life community announced today the theme for the 2023 Donate Life Rose Parade float, Lifting Each Other Up.
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    The 2023 Rose Parade theme, Turning The Corner, celebrates the opportunity of rising above and embracing a fresh start, full of hope and joy.
  • The 2023 Donate Life Rose Parade float, Lifting Each Other Up, celebrates the power of organ, eye and tissue donation, with donors and recipients working together to support one another.
  • Thousands of individually dedicated roses will also be part of the 2023 Donate Life float.

OneLegacy’s Donate Life Run/Walk Celebrates 20 Years of Inspiring Southern California Communities to Donate Life

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Thursday, May 26, 2022
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Celebrating 20 years of inspiring local communities to donate life, OneLegacys 2022 Donate Life Run/Walk will host an in-person event on June 4 at Azusa Pacific Universitys soccer fields.

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  • Celebrating 20 years of inspiring local communities to donate life, OneLegacys 2022 Donate Life Run/Walk will host an in-person event on June 4 at Azusa Pacific Universitys soccer fields.
  • Bunny will also be in attendance to complete the star-studded lineup to celebrate 20 years of inspiring local communities to donate life.
  • For Rich and Donna Hansen, as well as their family and friends, 2022 will be the 17th year of participation in OneLegacys Donate Life Run/Walk.
  • OneLegacys Donate Life Run/Walk is produced by OneLegacy, the largest organ procurement organization in the U.S., dedicated to saving lives through organ, eye and tissue donation in seven Southern California counties.

Donor Alliance Elevates Dr. Paul Lange to Chief Medical Officer

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Monday, May 23, 2022
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Donor Alliance , the federally designated organ procurement organization serving Colorado and most of Wyoming, today announced that Dr. Paul Lange, M.D., F.C.C.P.

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  • Donor Alliance , the federally designated organ procurement organization serving Colorado and most of Wyoming, today announced that Dr. Paul Lange, M.D., F.C.C.P.
  • A board-certified physician in pulmonary and critical care medicine, Dr. Lange has served as a medical director for Donor Alliance since January 2021.
  • Throughout his career, he has held several leadership roles, including chief medical officer at Gift of Life Michigan, the organ procurement organization for the state of Michigan, and chief medical officer for Ascension Borgess Medical Group.
  • As chief medical officer, Dr. Lange will continue in his role as medical director while also helping lead Donor Alliance in growing its physician services, providing professional education on donation and transplantation and increasing advanced practice clinical skills.

Honoring National Donate Life Month and Blue and Green Day with Flag Raising Ceremony

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Tuesday, April 19, 2022
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WHAT: April is Donate Life Month and April 22 marks the special Blue and Green Day, to help spread the importance of registering to be an organ donor.

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  • WHAT: April is Donate Life Month and April 22 marks the special Blue and Green Day, to help spread the importance of registering to be an organ donor.
  • HCA Florida Largo Hospital CEO Adam Rudd and HCA Florida West Florida Division President Ravi Chari, MD, open the event with inspiring words of appreciation for The Gift of Life.
  • Altruistic kidney donor Guy Kitchens and recipient Jeff Cooper will share their transplant journey after surgery - their first meeting since the day after surgery.
  • Music enthusiast and heart transplant recipient Anthony Gonzalez will play a special song as we raise the donate life flag in honor of organ donors to close the ceremony.

Donor Alliance Invites Wyoming Residents to Celebrate National Donate Life Month at the Annual Wyoming Donor Dash and Other Events Across the State

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Monday, April 18, 2022
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In honor of National Donate Life Month this April, Donor Alliance is inviting Wyoming residents to celebrate the gift of life by raising awareness for organ, eye and tissue donation at events across Wyoming.

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  • In honor of National Donate Life Month this April, Donor Alliance is inviting Wyoming residents to celebrate the gift of life by raising awareness for organ, eye and tissue donation at events across Wyoming.
  • As we honor National Donate Life Month in Wyoming, were aiming to grow awareness and support of the generous gift of organ and tissue donation.
  • This years annual Wyoming Donor Dash returns to the Tate Pumphouse along the Platte River Trails.
  • For more information visit DonorAlliance.org or the Donate Life Colorado or Donate Life Wyoming Facebook pages.

Enhanced Paid Leave Benefit Empowers Employees to Give the Gift of Life

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022
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WALTHAM, Mass., April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA), the nation's leading provider of kidney care products and services, today announced an increase in its paid leave program with six weeks of full paid time off to give the gift of life through living organ donation. The newly expanded benefit for eligible employees will provide full pay during the time needed to undergo a qualified organ donation or bone marrow transplant procedure and fully recover.  

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  • The newly expanded benefit for eligible employees will provide full pay during the time needed to undergo a qualified organ donation or bone marrow transplant procedure and fully recover.
  • "By increasing our paid donor leave benefit, we are increasing support for employees who selflessly choose to save lives through living organ donation," said Brian Silva, Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Vice President, Administration for Fresenius Medical Care North America.
  • It was only natural for us to evolve this benefit which helps our employees while also improving the lives of those impacted by kidney disease."
  • FMCNA has exceeded that minimum standard in providing employees with six weeks off, fully paid.

OneLegacy Celebrates Donate Life Month Through Outreach and Awareness Activities Promoting the Power of Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022
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National Donate Life Month recognizes the generosity of those who have saved and healed lives by becoming donors while also highlighting the critical need for more people to say yes to donation.

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  • National Donate Life Month recognizes the generosity of those who have saved and healed lives by becoming donors while also highlighting the critical need for more people to say yes to donation.
  • The Flags Across America initiative started in 2009 to commemorate the cause and to honor those who have given the gift of life through donation.
  • City Proclamations: During the month of April, OneLegacy is reaching out to hundreds of elected city and county officials to encourage them to issue proclamations for Donate Life Month.
  • Donate Life Run/Walk: Throughout the month of April, OneLegacy will be encouraging people to register for the 20th annual Donate Life Run/Walk, to be held June 4 at Azusa Pacific University.

April is National Donate Life Month

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Friday, April 1, 2022
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RICHMOND, Va. , April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Each April, Donate Life America (DLA) leads National Donate Life Month (NDLM), an observance to focus national attention on the need and importance of organ, eye and tissue donation. National Donate Life Month is about the importance of registering your decision to be a donor, and honoring deceased and living donors — recognizing that the generosity of donors makes saving lives through transplantation possible.

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  • RICHMOND, Va., April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Each April, Donate Life America (DLA) leads National Donate Life Month (NDLM), an observance to focus national attention on the need and importance of organ, eye and tissue donation.
  • National Donate Life Month is about the importance of registering your decision to be a donor, and honoring deceased and living donors recognizing that the generosity of donors makes saving lives through transplantation possible.
  • April is National Donate Life Month.
  • The 2022 National Donate Life Month Artwork was inspired by the vital role that bees play in sustaining life.

Tampa General Hospital Doesn't Miss A Beat in Reaching Milestone of 1,500 Heart Transplants

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Friday, April 1, 2022
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TAMPA, Fla., April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tampa General Hospital (TGH) and the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine reached a milestone earlier this year with its 1,500th adult heart transplant.

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  • TAMPA, Fla., April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tampa General Hospital (TGH) and the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine reached a milestone earlier this year with its 1,500th adult heart transplant.
  • Tampa General heart transplant surgeons replace an ailing heart for a number of reasons, such as dilated or ischemic cardiomyopathy, pulmonary hypertension, and congenital heart disease.
  • "Being a part of a patients' heart transplant journey is an honor and a privilege," noted Dr. Benjamin Mackie, heart transplant medical director at Tampa General.
  • With five medical helicopters, Tampa General Hospital transports critically injured or ill patients from 23 surrounding counties to receive the advanced care they need.