Rededication to honor donors

The Island Now

The rededication of the Eisenhower Park Rose Garden will be held on Saturday, Sept. 21, as part of the Long Island Transplant Recipients International Organization’s annual ceremony to recognize and honor organ donors and donor families. Among the speakers at the ceremony will be elected officials and healthcare professionals, donor families and organ and tissue recipients. 

“Each year thousands of people die due to a lack of available organs for transplants,” said Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano. “Organ and tissue donation can save and improve the lives of family members, friends and neighbors not only in our community, but across the nation.”

This year’s Rose Garden ceremony will be very special as we honor our heroes, the donors and donor families who gave so generously and who provided the gift of life and a second chance at life for transplant recipients. They are lifesaving heroes who have shared life. Many recipients are thrilled and very lucky to thank Long Island and New York donor families for creating a brighter tomorrow.  

The ceremony will take place from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Eisenhower Park Rose Garden, located near parking fields 6 and 6A. The LITRIO maintains the Rose Garden as part of their participation in Nassau County’s Adopt a Park Program in recognition and celebration of life giving organ donations. 

LITRIO is the local chapter of Transplant Recipients International Organization, which is an all-volunteer non-profit international organization committed to improving the quality of lives touched by the miracle of transplantation through support, advocacy, education, and awareness.

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