2014, Issue 1 - NJ Sharing Network

SPRING 2014
VOLUME 5
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ISSUE 1
A PUBLICATION OF
NJ SHARING NETWORK
Donate Life
Float Spreads
Healing Message
ROSE PARADE: JOURNEY OF HOPE
Partner hospitals unite to spread message of life
New Year’s Day of 2014 will be a special memory for
me. I was fortunate to join a delegation of organ and tissue
recipients and donor families from New Jersey who traveled
to Pasadena to witness the 125th-annual Rose Parade.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Vito Pulito
Chair
Bruce I. Goldstein, Esq.
Vice Chair
Howard A. Nelson
Treasurer
Marc H. Lory
I cheered and snapped photos along Colorado Boulevard,
watching a color-drenched parade filled with brilliant floral
floats, spirited marching bands and high-stepping equestrian
units. But what truly made it memorable was the Rose
Parade Donate Life float, decorated in “floragraphs” of
people who made the generous gift of organ and tissue
donation. It was the ideal platform for donor families, living donors and transplant recipients to
inspire the world to save and heal those in need.
The float honored three New Jersey donors and celebrated the health of two New Jeresey
transplant recipients, sending our message of hope and compassion to millions of viewers around
the world.
Secretary
Patrick M. Buddle, MD
Margaret Dreker
One poignant element this year was the rose dedication garden that made up part of the float.
I was especially pleased that the CEO of every one of our hospital partners participated in a rose
dedication ceremony to send a message of support. I can’t begin to explain how critical it is for us
to work closely with our hospital partners to effectively save more lives throughout the state.
Bonnie Evans
Edward J. Florio, Esq.
Michael P. Hedden
Aline M. Holmes, RN
Anthony L. Marchetta
This magazine includes a story about the people who flew cross-country to participate in the
Donate Life float, and express their appreciation to living donors and the families of other donors.
Vijay Rajput, MD
Timothy J. Touhey
ADVISORY BOARD
Mark J. Zucker, MD
Chair
Loretta Aigner, RN
And, as a follow-up to the cover story in the last issue, it is my pleasure to report Dorothea
Duffy has received the kidney she has waited years for and already has big plans to participate in
our annual 5K Walk and USATF Certified Race. Dorothea’s story is yet another reinforcement of
the work we do at NJ Sharing Network, and how our community always comes together to provide
healing and hope for those waiting for a second chance at life.
Looking into 2014, we have many exciting events in the works. We are making plans for Donate
Life Month in April with the 54 hospitals in our service area. Donate Life Month activities include
National Blue & Green Day, the Annual Volunteer Conference/5K Kickoff event, hospital flag raisings and MVC visits, all taking place in April.
Gail Clegg
Roseann DiBrienza, RN, MS
Stuart R. Geffner, MD
Michael Gould, MD
Sarah E. Jensen, Esq.
In addition, we will very soon have our annual reunion of friends, donor families, recipients,
volunteers and hospital partners at our 5K Walk and USATF Certified Race set for Sunday, June 8.
David A. Laskow, MD
James Lim, MD
Debra L. Morgan, MSW, LCSW
I am appreciative of the support NJ Sharing Network continues to receive. Even with our hard
work and successes, I am compelled to stay focused on the fact that nearly 5,000 people remain on
the transplant waiting list in New Jersey. As we focus on a new year, we are more dedicated than
ever to make the waiting list a thing of the past.
Shamkant Mulgaonkar, MD
Trish O’Keefe, RN, MSN
Ty J. Olson, MD
John S. Radomski, MD
Prakash Rao, PhD, MBA, FACHE, HCLD
Bruce Stroever
Harry Sun, MD
Dorian J. Wilson, MD
You can help… Please look for more ways to encourage friends, family, colleagues, co-workers
and others to become registered organ and tissue donors. Reach out to NJ Sharing Network as a
resource; we are always looking for new venues to highlight our mission.
Thank you, once again, for all you do. My best wishes.
EDITORIAL TEAM
Mara Barlow
Assistant Director, Marketing and Communications
NJ Sharing Network
Lernard Freeman
Public Relations Manager
NJ Sharing Network
Co-Produced by Jaffe Communications
& Campbell Health Media
Contributors:
Amanda Abramo
Joaquin Arisso, Jr.
Jan Hines
Rose Ann Melendez-Tavana
David O’Hara
Eneida Rebyak
Sharyn Sawczak
John Valentine
Comments to [email protected]
Joseph S. Roth
President and Chief Executive Officer
NJ Sharing Network
Since our last issue,
Dorothea Duffy has received
the kidney she has waited
years for, pictured left.
On the Cover: The 2014 Donate Life float participants wave to the crowd as they spread the message of this year’s theme,
“Light Up the World.”
NJ Sharing Network President and CEO, Joseph S. Roth, with New Jersey Hospital Association President and CEO, Elizabeth A.
Ryan, who dedicates a rose for the Donate Life Float rose dedication garden.
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SUMMER 2013
FOUNDATION BOARD
Peter Rooney, Chair
As the warm weather finally approaches, we have much
to share in the pages of this issue of Circle of Life about the
successes of the past year and our ambitious plans for
the future.
Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide
Resident of Mendham
First, your generous contributions helped support our
interactive exhibit on organ and tissue donation at Liberty
Science Center. On one recent visit I overheard different sets
of parents discussing the healing gifts of donation with their
children — exactly the type of conversations we want the
exhibit to spark.
Philip S. Kolm, Treasurer
We began 2014 so proud of the strong New Jersey showing on the Donate Life Float at the Rose
Parade on New Year’s Day. You can read more about the float in our cover story, and please know that
your support enabled us to be represented on the float. It was a wonderful way to bring our message
to tens of thousands of people on the parade route and millions more on national television.
Marla Bace, Vice Chair
Circles, a division of Sodexo
Resident of Berkeley Heights
Resident of Fort Lee
Alberta D’Addio, Secretary
Resident of Watchung
Donna Albanese-DeMair, Immediate Past Chair
Dairy Queen of Plainfield
Resident of Scotch Plains
Cheryl Cohen
Wells Fargo Equipment Finance
Resident of Chesterfield
J.D. de Leon
Resident of Jersey City
We are already gearing up for our fourth-annual 5K Walk and USATF Certified Race. Last year,
more than 8,000 people participated in the event, helping raise $760,000 and, more important,
spreading the word of our life-saving mission.
This year, we have set an unprecedented 5K fundraising goal of $1 million. As in years past, our
5K teams will represent donor families, recipients, volunteers, living donors, community groups,
corporate and hospital partners, and other advocates whose lives have been impacted by donation
or transplantation. I am excited for this year’s 5K and the opportunity to honor those who gave,
celebrate those who received, give hope to those who continue to wait and remember the lives lost
while waiting for the gift of life.
Let me close by introducing the newest member of our Foundation board, Cheryl Cohen, a
Chesterfield resident and health care industry professional. Cheryl’s brother’s life was extended eight
years because of the gift of a heart transplant. She was so moved by the passion she saw at NJ Sharing
Network that she knew she had to play a key role.
We are very pleased to have Cheryl on board and so thankful for the time, talent and support
you all give to our mission to save lives in New Jersey through organ and tissue donation.
Lenore C. Ford
Resident of Morristown
Randi Geffner
Resident of Livingston
Honorable F. Michael Giles
Resident of West Orange
Derlys M. Gutierrez, Esq.
Adams Stern Gutierrez & Lattiboudere, LLC
Resident of Montclair
Thomas Ludlum, Esq.
City of Paterson Law Department
Ludlum Law Offices
Resident of Glen Rock
Lisa Meyers
Summit YMCA
Resident of Summit
Anthony E. Pizzutillo
Smith Pizzutillo LLC
Resident of Lawrenceville
Helen Taverna Reagan
Resident of Basking Ridge
Suzann Rizzo
Investors Bank
Resident of Staten Island, NY
Elisse E. Glennon
Executive Director, Foundation
NJ Sharing Network
Daniel Sarnowski
Resident of Cutchogue, NY
Cheryl Cohen,
new Foundation
board member
Bernard Simon
Resident of Edison
Myles Varley
Personal Resource Management Associates, Inc.
Resident of Mount Olive Township
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SHARING
news
Zoe’s Legacy Lives On
Patti Jackson sees the legacy of her daughter, Zoe Jackson, live on in kidney recipient Abel Montesino. Abel
received Zoe’s kidney in April 2011, when he was 13; he’s now 16 years old. Mary Ellen McGlynn, Manager
of Family Aftercare for NJ Sharing Network, was on hand for their first meeting along with Abel’s mother,
father, brother and aunt as well as other members of Patti’s family. Both families live in Newark. Along with
flowers, Abel brought a hand written letter for Patti, expressing his thanks to Patti for the transplant that
changed his life and calling Zoe his miracle. “Two beautiful, warm and caring families came together to
remember Zoe, celebrate the health of Abel, and forge a new friendship,” Mary Ellen said. Pictured, left to
right, is Abel; Abel’s mother, Carmen Arce, holding Patti’s daughter, Parker; Patti; Mary Ellen McGlynn.
Sharing Organs, Saving Lives
at Liberty Science Center
NJ Sharing Network Foundation Board Member Randi Geffner tests
a new exhibit focusing on organ and tissue donation at Liberty
Science Center in Jersey City. The interactive exhibit provides viewers
with a deeper understanding of the life-saving value of organ and
tissue donation. The NJ Sharing Network Foundation funded the
interactive exhibit to educate people about donation and encourage
more people to register as organ and tissue donors. Students at
the museum also get to view live transplants, on a large, state of
the art-theater with closed circuit television, from NJ Sharing Network hospital partners. Students frequently
express awe seeing — with their very own eyes — how transplantation brings life to patients. Participating in the
program is Dr. Stuart Geffner, who performs living kidney transplants at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, and
Dr. Margarita Camacho, who performs heart transplants at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.
Did you know in 2013…
138 Organ donors gave the gift of life
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SPRING 2014
Team Liberty is gearing up for the 2014 Transplant
Games of America in Houston, July 11-15. This
multi-day competition celebrates organ, cornea and
tissue transplantation. The Games honor those who
gave the gift of life and healing, and also motivates
people to join their state donor registries. Here’s Team
Liberty at the 2012 Games, held in Michigan.
For more information or to sign up, please visit
http://www.njsharingnetwork.org/2014teamliberty
371 Bone donors gave the gift of mobility
392 Skin donors gave the gift of healing
756 Cornea donors gave the gift of sight
NJ Sharing Network Transplant Laboratory facilitated 170 living donor kidney transplants
and 433 deceased donor kidney transplants
117 New volunteers completed our certification training
2,622 “Likes” on our Facebook page to-date
325 Hand-made shawls given to donor families
2.443 million NJ residents are registered organ and tissue donors
Philanthropic giving climbed to $1.201 million making more programs possible
to assist with our life-saving mission
Let the Games Begin!
R.N. Alert
Organ and Tissue Donation and Recovery CE
Requirement for RNs educated prior to 2008 or
an RN educated since who has not had nursing
education in this area.
N.J.S.A. 45:11-26.1 and N.J.A.C. 13: 37-5.3(j)
require all RNs whose nursing curriculums did not
contain content in organ and tissue donation and
recovery, and who have not completed continuing
education in organ and tissue donation and
recovery, to complete a one hour continuing
education course in this area prior to their next
scheduled license renewal.
The Board is monitoring compliance with this
requirement by incorporating a question in the
2014 and 2015 online renewal forms. For RNs due to
renew their license in 2014, they will have to meet
the requirements by May 31, 2014. For RNs due to
renew their license in 2015, they will have to meet
the requirement by May 31, 2015.
http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/nursing/
For questions, contact Barbara Turci
[email protected].
Lives Saved through
Organ Donation*
Spotlight on
Team Courtney
The annual 5K Walk/Race is just one event
on the calendar for Team Courtney, which
spends the year raising money for the NJ Sharing
Network Foundation in honor of Courtney
Dayback.
The team holds its annual golf outing
the week before NJ Sharing Network’s 5K at
Pebble Creek Golf Club in Colts Neck, attended
by 125 golfers. There is the Super Bowl pool, in
which half the winnings are raised for Team
Courtney. And there’s the all-new “corn hole”
tournament in the parking lot of Jakeabob’s Bay
in Union Beach, with 50 teams competing, as
well as the Marine marathon in Washington,
D.C., in October and the memorial boat trip in
September, with 75 attendees.
All told, Team Courtney is able to raise
nearly $24,000 by the time the participants
board the team bus in Holmdel and head up the
Parkway for the annual 5K Walk and USATF
Certified Race each June.
Team Courtney is named in memory of
Courtney Dayback, who died at age 19 of a
heart attack in September 2008. Her organs
saved the lives of seven others. The team is
anchored by Courtney’s mother and father,
Linda and Dennis, as well as her three sisters,
Kristina, Anna and Diana.
Team Courtney is already focused on the
next 5K, scheduled for Sunday, June 8. The team
hopes to have 50 runners on the team bus, with
many more team members heading up on
their own.
“All of this fundraising helps us through
some difficult times and allows us to just
remember Courtney,” said her father, Dennis.
“None of this could be accomplished without
the incredible support of family and friends. I
Bayonne Medical Center
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
Capital Health Regional Medical Center
CentraState Medical Center
Chilton Hospital
Community Medical Center
Cooper University Hospital
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hoboken University Medical Center
Holy Name Hospital
Jersey City Medical Center
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
JFK Medical Center
Morristown Medical Center
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Newton Medical Center
Ocean Medical Center
Overlook Medical Center
Palisades Medical Center
Raritan Bay Medical Center Old Bridge
Riverview Medical Center
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway
Saint Barnabas Medical Center
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center
The Valley Hospital
Trinitas Regional Medical Center
University Hospital
University Medical Center Princeton at Plainsboro
January - December 2013 Total
could give you a very long list of people who
work very hard throughout the year to pull off
all these events. We are so grateful.”
Elisse Glennon, executive director of the
NJ Sharing Network Foundation, said Team
Courtney has been one of the most active 5K
teams, with its year-long dedication to make the
5K Walk/Race an ongoing success.
SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2014
4th ANNUAL 5K WALK & USATF CERTIFIED RACE
Starting at NJ Sharing Network Headquarters, 691 Central Ave, New Providence, NJ
www.NJSharingNetwork.org
Presented by:
5
7
51
6
2
3
45
5
21
2
2
21
54
24
25
5
6
3
4
2
3
5
29
5
13
29
11
4
39
2
433
In cooperation with:
Lives Enhanced through
Tissue Donation*
Bayonne Medical Center
Bayshore Community Hospital
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
Capital Health Regional Medical Center
Care One at Trinitas
CentraState Medical Center
Chilton Hospital
Christ Hospital
Clara Maass Medical Center
Community Medical Center
Compassionate Care Hospice
Cooper University Hospital
East Orange General Hospital
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack University Medical Center at Pascack
Hackettstown Regional Med. Center
Hoboken University Medical Center
Holy Name Hospital
Hunterdon Medical Center
Jersey City Medical Center
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
JFK Medical Center
Kessler North
Kimball Medical Center
Kindred Hospital Rahway
Meadowlands Hospital and Medical Center
Monmouth County Medical Examiner
Monmouth Medical Center
Morris County Medical Examiner
Morristown Medical Center
Mountainside Hospital
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Newton Medical Center
Ocean County Medical Examiner
Ocean Medical Center
Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center
Overlook Medical Center
Palisades Medical Center
Raritan Bay Medical Center Old Bridge
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy
Regional Medical Examiner
Riverview Medical Center
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway
Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Saint Clare’s Hospital Denville
Saint Clare’s Hospital Dover
Saint Clare’s Hospital Sussex
Select Specialty Hospital Northeast NJ
Somerset Medical Center
Specialty Hospital of Central Jersey
St. Francis Medical Center
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center
St. Joseph’s Wayne Hospital
St. Luke’s Warren Hospital
St. Marys Hospital
St. Michael’s Medical Center
St. Peter’s University Hospital
The Valley Hospital
Trinitas Regional Medical Center
Union County Medical Examiner
University Hospital
University Medical Center Princeton at Plainsboro
VA New Jersey Heath Care System - East Orange
Vandermay Funeral Home
January - December 2013 Total
420
496
568
1536
2
584
1246
420
516
1500
8
1360
182
334
1722
188
448
608
558
606
396
1882
1324
42
320
2
134
42
376
242
1878
320
522
430
332
314
1106
1114
458
232
578
92
582
1420
428
690
394
664
456
518
2
300
2
230
970
136
318
132
758
134
1034
550
92
334
258
4
42
35,886
* One organ donor can save up to eight lives. It is estimated that one
bone donor can help 50 people, one skin donor can help 40 people,
one heart valve donor can help two people.
www.NJSharingNetwork.org
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SOCIAL
Donate
Life Month
April is Donate Life Month, a time
to celebrate activities that support
our mission to save lives. There will
be proclamations and visits to Motor
Vehicle Agencies around the state.
April 11 is National Blue & Green Day,
which will feature a social media
photo contest. April 12 is the annual
volunteer conference and kickoff for
the 4th Annual 5K Walk and USATFCertified Race. Throughout the
month, NJ Sharing Network will
2013 Donate Life Month flag raisings abounded throughout the state.
conduct programs in conjunction
with corporate, community and
education partners around the state.
Additionally, banners will be displayed in the lobbies of our 54 hospital partners, and many will host flag
raising ceremonies, such as the one pictured here at Palisades Medical Center last year.
In recognition of National Literacy Day, McGinn Elementary
School in Scotch Plains invited Rebecca Perlman Coniglio,
a children’s author, to read Rebecca's new book, “Lily’s
Little Life Lessons: Lily’s Laces,” to third grade students.
Rebecca’s book teaches children about the life-saving gift
of organ and tissue donation. The book is available at
mascotbooks.com, amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com.
A portion of the proceeds will benefit NJ Sharing Network.
Mike Strusiak, center, a kidney/pancreas
transplant recipient, shared his personal
story and gratitude for a second chance
at life with Emmy-award winning NJTV
host Steve Adubato, left. NJ Sharing
Network president and CEO, Joe Roth
talked about the organization’s
mission to save and enhance lives.
Pictured in the center is heart recipient, Mark Meade, with his arm around
his wife, Terry. On his left is his sister-in-law, Terry and on the far right is
Mark’s brother, Harvey. Mark and his wife greeted Super Bowl XLVIII attendees
at Newark Liberty Airport as selected volunteers for the Super Bowl Host
Committee. Their volunteer activity was featured on Fios1 News. Mark, a
Giants season ticket holder of 49 years, watched his beloved Giants win the
Super Bowl in 2008 from a hospital bed, near death and waiting for a heart
transplant. In June 2008, Mark received that new heart. He and his wife are
now volunteers for NJ Sharing Network, spreading the life-saving message
of organ and tissue donation and sharing how his donor’s generosity
allowed him to see the first cold weather Super Bowl played in his
home team’s stadium.
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Lennar Greenbriar Active Adult
Community invited NJ Sharing
Network to talk about organ and
tissue donation on their community
cable access show. Pictured in
the studio are Chris Conner, left,
clinical nurse specialist at Ocean
Medical Center; Katie Strusiak,
middle, hospital services manager
at NJ Sharing Network; and Joan
Monte, right, host of Greenbriar’s
community cable access show.
Thanks to the Raritan Valley Chapter
of The Links, Inc. for allowing
NJSN to share the message of organ
and tissue donation with local
8th grade students as part of the
HealthLinks Program.
Reenie Harris, middle, a new NJ Sharing Network
volunteer, and her daughter, Natasha Kruse, left,
both gave the gift of life to total strangers when they
each became living kidney donors. At age 70,
Reenie became the oldest living altruistic kidney
donor in the United States. Mother and daughter are
shown with Carolyn Lake from the InterFaith Food
Pantry of Morris County during a Thanksgiving
visit to continue to give back.
Mother and daughter, Irene
and Hasona, at MetLife Stadium
showing their driver’s licenses
indicating each is a registered
organ donor. NJ Sharing Network
supported the Super Bowl Host
Committee’s efforts to promote
blood drives around the state.
Heart transplant recipients Steve Sims, left, and Russ
Jackson, both NJ Sharing Network volunteers, staffed
an organ donor awareness table display at the Big Game
5K race at Garden State Plaza Mall.
Donate Life
Around the World
Will you be traveling or spending time with friends and family? Don't
forget to call 908-516-5400 to get your own Donate Life/NJ Sharing
Network banner to bring along so you can submit your photo for our
“Donate Life Around the World” campaign! So strike a pose and email
your photo to Lernard Freeman at [email protected]
or post directly to our Facebook page.
NJSN Transplant coordinator Rachel Smith’s
husband, Kevin, provided the first ever
Donate Life Around the World underwater
submission. The photo comes from waters
off the coast of Mexico.
Chris Welter, left, and his older
brother, Nathan, are two would-be
Pirates of the Caribbean.
They carried the Donate Life
message to the high seas
near the Bahamas.
Steve Sutkowski, a volunteer at NJ Sharing
Network, roots for his favorite team and the
power of organ donation in the Hoosier State of
Indiana, home of the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts.
Newlyweds Kristin and Chris Snyder and their
guests share the life-saving message of organ and
tissue donation at their wedding reception.
The couple also set up an information table
encouraging guests to make a contribution to
NJ Sharing Network in lieu of wedding gifts.
To see more pictures from our events, please visit www.NJSharingNetwork.org.
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Hope
Journey
of
K
Float Carries Message of Healing
Katharine Lawrence says she will always
remember the bright sunshine and 70-degree
breezes as she rode on the Donate Life Rose
Parade Float on New Year’s Day.
“You could see people on the parade route
look at us, and then realize, ‘Oh, they’re
all organ and tissue recipients!’ People kept
cheering us on,” the Asbury resident recalled.
“My arm got tired from waving, but I can't put
into words what I saw on people’s faces.”
Katharine, whose quality of life drastically
improved after a generous donor gave her the
bone to allow for major back surgery, traveled
to California to join 29 other organ, tissue and
cornea recipients from around the nation who
rode the float, which traveled through Pasadena
past tens of thousands of spectators. She was
part of the strong New Jersey contingent
participating in the parade, the culmination of
a series of local events to honor the generosity
of donors and send messages of hope and
remembrance.
Among the events were rose dedication
ceremonies with the CEOs of every NJ Sharing
Network hospital partner.
“We are so proud to be the only Organ
Procurement Organization in the nation to
have 100 percent of our hospital CEOs participate in rose dedication ceremonies,” said Joe
Roth, president and CEO of NJ Sharing
Network. “Our hospitals are critical to our lifesaving efforts; we are grateful for their messages
of hope and healing.”
The 7,740 dedicated roses — each with a
message of hope and appreciation in an
accompanying vial — created an inspiring
dedication garden on the deck of the Donate
Life Rose Parade Float. The dedicated roses
came from anyone wishing to share a message.
Some honored donors; others remembered
those who died waiting.
In preparation for the parade, Joe and others
from NJ Sharing Network traversed the state to
participate in hospital CEO rose dedication
ceremonies, including one in Princeton at the
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New Jersey Hospital Association.
“Our hospital CEOs all support the lifesaving mission of NJ Sharing Network, and
know that nearly 5,000 people in our state are
waiting for lifesaving organs,” said Elizabeth A.
Ryan, president & CEO, New Jersey Hospital
Association. “We were all proud to send messages
of hope and remembrance and support.”
In recent months, in preparation for New
Year’s Day, there were a series of emotional
“floragraph” decorating ceremonies honoring
the legacy of donors and attracting media
coverage from both television and print outlets.
The “floragraphs” are artistic depictions of
deceased donors created with seeds, spices and
other natural materials. Eighty-one memorial
“floragraphs” were displayed on the float.
The Donate Life float has become a
tradition uniting the American transplant
community. It promotes a single message of
love, hope and compassion. This year’s float
which took home the Theme Trophy, featured
five enormous lanterns as part of a theme called
“Light Up the World.” Recipients proudly
waved from the float, displaying “floragraphs”
honoring deceased donors, while 12 living
kidney donors proudly walked alongside.
Another tissue recipient on the float
was Navy Corpsman Edward Bonfiglio, 28, of
Runnemede, now a student at Penn State.
Edward was on a routine foot patrol in
Afghanistan, on his third deployment, when his
unit was ambushed. He took a round to the
sciatic nerve in his left leg and immediately lost
all function and feeling below his knee.
Surgeons were able to allow Edward to
keep his leg by repairing the severed peripheral
nerve with an AxoGen Avance Nerve Graft.
Tissue donation is essential to the surgery.
Edward now is able to walk and jog.
In addition to the New Jersey recipients,
three “floragraphs” on the float honored people
from the state.
One honored Mike Drozd, who gave the
gift of tissue after he was killed in an automobile accident in Bergen County in 2008.
“I am so thankful to NJ Sharing Network
for sending me and giving me the opportunity
to honor my beloved husband, Mike,” Pamela
Drozd said. “Whether you were at an event like
the ‘floragraph’ family breakfast, or decorating
the float, or at the parade, there was a sense of
compassion and hope surrounding us.”
Also honored with a “floragraph” was
Todd Elliot Semon. Todd suffered a heart attack
at the age of 38. After a cycle of illness and
hospitalizations, he received a heart transplant
in 2000, which gave him 13 years of health.
When he died at age 60, he returned the gift and
became a tissue donor.
“In Pasadena, I met so many other donor
families,” said his wife, Diane. “They are true
heroes. My husband was very sick, but after the
transplant he was able to get back into life. We
are so grateful.”
Another “floragraph” honored Ena “Po-Po”
Lue, who was 68 years old when a tractor-trailer
hit the car she and her family traveled in on their
way home from the airport. After the accident,
the decision to donate was left to her four
children, who unanimously said yes.
Her daughter, Jackie Lue Raia, saw how
her mother’s gift helped save the lives of three
people and how her tissue healed 43 more. But
she also recognized how the experience helped
her own family heal from the devastating loss.
Jackie eventually joined the staff of NJ Sharing
Network to spread the mission of organ and
tissue donation.
“Seeing my mother honored on the
Donate Life Float was truly a life-changing
experience for me,” Jackie recalled. “To know
our mother’s legacy of generosity and compassion is inspiring others today keeps her alive in
our hearts.”
A Singular Rose Dedication
On New Year’s morning, Dan Sarnowski arose at 6:00 a.m. and surfed the web until he
found a link to a live KTLA television interview about the Donate Life Rose Parade Float.
The television reporter was talking to Bryan Stewart, chairman of the float committee.
He explained that each of the 7,740 roses on the float contained a special message of hope
and remembrance.
Dan, a member of the NJ Sharing Network Foundation Board, immediately
remembered the message he wrote and submitted in honor of his life companion,
Betsy Niles, a Montclair resident who became an organ donor in 2011. As Sarnowski watched,
Stewart picked a random message to read.
What happened next still boggles Dan’s mind. He sat amazed as Stewart picked his
message about Betsy as the single one to read: In Memory of Betsy Niles. She loved, gave, gifted. She gave strangers the gifts they needed: Another chance
at life. Betsy lives on in our memories and hearts; and in the lives of others who live on with her gift of life.
“I could not believe what I was hearing. I played the clip over and over several times,” Dan recalled. “I do believe it was a message from Betsy
that all is well, and that she is so honored by the dedication rose and by the work we are all doing in organ donation in her memory.”
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Congratulations to our Hospital Partners for
100% Participation in Rose Dedication Ceremonies
www.NJSharingNetwork.org
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THEY GAVE
With Everlasting Gratitude to all of our 2013
MiCHaeL V.
Larry P.
ViNCeNT Z.
MirkO M.
MiCHaeL S.
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LIFE.
Organ and Tissue Donors
*listed chronologically, Jan. - dec., 2013
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We graciously
acknowledge
TRIBUTE GIFTS
July 1 - December 31, 2013
Individual gifts made through our fundraising events are acknowledged online throughout the year. We sincerely regret any errors or omissions.
In Memory of Anthony Aguanno
Mrs. Stacey Russell
In Memory of Paul A. Bachmann
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Filipek
Joseph and Freya Gervasi
Steven and Karen Klose
Mr. and Mrs. John Lynch
Kevin and Estelle Malone
Matthew Marko
Middlesex County College
Faculty Union, Local 1940 AFT
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Moeller
Mrs. Jane Murray
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Ms. Arlene Verniero
Joseph and Stephanie Volpe
In Memory of Woodwerth C. Bein, III
Estate of Woodwerth C. Bein, III
In Memory of Brian Bernstein
Ira and Virginia Boskey
In Memory of Ann Binder
Ms. Irene S. Reed
In Memory of Lauren Block
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Garonce
In Memory of Angela Bongiovi
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Drozd
In Honor of Nancy Buddle
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Sofia
In Honor of Patrick Buddle
Elliot and Beth Bass
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Sofia
In Memory of Kurt Bundschuh
Ms. Carissa Zingariello
In Memory of Michael Buro
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Buro
In Memory of Gregory Carrera
R&S Dental
In Memory of Resia Carroll
Ruth Jones
In Honor of Nick Cerbo
Ms. Cathy Cerbo
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McCarthy
Ms. Lora Rios
In Honor of the Bat Mitzvah of Isabelle
Shira Chirls
Mr. Richard Chirls
In Memory of Eileen Cinquemane
Ms. Irene M. Amitrani
Mrs. Doris A. Cinquemane
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Cinquemane
Michael and Jennifer Cinquemane
Mrs. James E. Coghlan
Mr. Mark A. Colacioppo
Mr. and Mrs. Pete M. Dagro
Mr. and Mrs. Simon P. Fox
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Hammer
Rob and Tara Hanas
Mr. Brian J. Henry
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jurusz
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Kayser, Jr.
Mrs. Mary Ann Knight
Mr. Bobby Knight
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Kopchala
Richard and Elvira Larsen
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Larsen
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Lehman
Ms. Deborah Mahovetz
Ms. Lindsay M. Mahovetz
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. McMullin
Mr. and Mrs. Sean Meldrum
Mr. and Mrs. Lew Moynihan
Mrs. Rebecca Moynihan
Mike and Dawn Pagliaro
Mr. and Mrs. Danny Palko
Mrs. Diana M. Passero
Mr. Ralph Passero and Ms. Nicole Vitiello
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Stiloski
Mr. Louis A. Taite
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Trapp
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Villa
Mr. and Mrs. Mario J. Vitiello
In Memory of David William Compton
Stephen and Christina Amoriello
Ms. Joan Bassett
David W Compton Memorial Fund
William and Jane Elliot
Mrs. Jacqueline Lue Raia
McKean Defense Group
The Mutual Fire Foundation, Inc.
In Memory of Catherine Condon
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Barlow
Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. DeLuca
In Support of James Condon
Ms. Tara Condon
In Memory of Christopher Consiglio
Mr. Richard Baum
Mr. and Mrs. George Higgins
Ms. Mary McMurray O’Halloran
In Memory of Ryan William Coyle
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Carter
Mrs. Janet Carter
In Memory of Veronica Coyle
Doreen, Marilyn, Nancy P., Nancy R.
and Penelope
Dr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Buddle
Kathleen Degnan and Family
Ms. Mary Ann Donahue
Mr. and Mrs. Enrico Gaglioti
James and Alvina Bartos,
Balog Foundation
Ms. Denise W. King and Mr. Jim Trombly
John and Elizabeth King
Mr. Michael Petrane
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Reitz
Spring Lake Police Association
Mr. Jim Trombly
In Memory of Ronald Creed
Alpha Kappa of Alpha Kappa Delta
c/o Arleth School
In Honor of Alyssa D’Addio
Ms. Mary Blanco
In Honor of Alyssa D’Addio’s Engagement
to Mike Bialko
Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. DeLuca
In Celebration of Joseph V. D’Addio
Ms. Alberta D’Addio
Mr. Chris Kiser
Mrs. Maria Sontag
In Memory of Joan C. Danley
Raymond and Charlotte Laird
Mrs. Gail Wetherbee Ruopp
In Memory of William Delaney
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Scala
In Memory of Margaret Delio
Mr. and Mrs. Dominick Marino
In Memory of Frank P. Dell’Aquila, MD
Geraldine A. Dell’Aquila
In Honor of DeModna
Jodi Slattery
In Memory of Judi Melillo-Dethloff
Mary and Frank Melillo
In Memory of Robbie Dillon
Mrs. Corinne F. Dillon
In Memory of Norman A. Doyle, Jr.
Vincent and Margaret Doyle
Mr. Joseph C. Glavin
Mrs. Cammiel M. Green
Mr. James Lastella
Richard and Mary Ellen McCluskey
Ms. Claire McCurrie
Ms. Susan A. McCurrie
Mr. William McDonough
Joel and Irene McFadden
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Declan McKeon
Ms. Irene G. O’Sullivan
Ms. Madeline Peyko
Mr. Richard Ringle
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee, Inc.
Ms. Heather Smith
Mr. Thomas P. Stone, Jr.
Mrs. Mary S. Torres
In Memory of Emma Draine
Ms. Arete J. Bouhlas
In Memory of Michael Drozd
Mr. Jack K. Hinnes
Mr. Leonard L. Reinhardt
In Honor of Dorothea Duffy
Ms. Janet Greene
In Memory of Alice Dunn
Jeffrey Cartmell and
Jacqueline Taubjtwros
In Memory of Sondra Eagen
Mr. Peter Buhl
In Memory of Sondra Sunny Eagen
Ms. Beverly Ann Cambley
Exit 5 Robotics
Ferraioli, Wielkotz, Cerullo & Cuva, P.A.
Mr. James Healy
Theresa Kamieniecki Walter
and Karen Lashuk
Al and Linda Lavacca
David and Camille Lentchner
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin B. Lichter
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Lisk
Ms. LeeAnn Peters
Rico and Rubilyn Reyes
Mr. Steve Smith
Ms. Remelyn R. Tayag
Mrs. Gail Turner
Mrs. Gail Wallace
Mr. Jeffrey Wallace
Ms. Cheryl T. Wilson
In Memory of Carmen Eckstein
Ms. Ana L. Dobbs
In Memory of Kenneth E. Elslager
Frederic and Elizabeth Cox
In Memory of Ryan A. Engelke
Mrs. Marjorie Mulkewycz
Mr. Matthew Ryan
Mr. William Ryan
In Memory of Donnie Farrell
Jim and Teri LaSala
In Memory of Barbara Fascia
Richard and Karen Perry
In Memory of Domenick Ferragine
Scott and Laura Harrington
Ms. Kristin Mariani
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Plante
Ronald and Carol Poole
In Memory of Joseph Fidanza
Ernie, Michelle & Annie Geroni
In Memory of Michael Storm Fischer
Mr. Rob Fischer
Ms. Francine Marshall
In Memory of Noreen Fleischman
Norm and Nancy Barnett
Mr. Scott Barnett
Jim and Meg Ferrell
Mr. Jon Fleischman
Sara Lee Goldberg
Mrs. Christine Kline Merck
Ms. Carol M. Millerick
Robert Wood Johnson University
Hospital @ Rahway
Mr. Andy Ross
Ms. Diane Sanbothe Alex and
Robin Shipley
Your Friends at PEOSH
Kirk Tice, Steve Timoni, Bunny Bowe,
Marlene H. Lubinger and your
friends at RWJ Rahway
Daniel and Karen Tortoriello
Jimmy and Albertina Vargas
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Viso
Mr. John Vogler
Mr. Jay Zinberg
In Memory of Steve Franzman
Ms. Francine Lassin
In Memory of Kellyan Freda
Martin and Paula Mazza
Mr. Thomas Smeraldo
In Memory of Kevin C. Gallimore
Wayne and Barbara Newman and family
In Memory of Will Ganter
Ms. Lisa Giannetti
In Memory of Antonio Gasparro
Ms. Marilyn Scharffenberger
In Memory of Robin Gentile
Mr. Raymond C. Gentile
In Memory of Dawn Geoghegan
L’Oreal USA Consumer Care Center
In Memory of Dr. Randall Marc Giles
Mr. Gus Zois
In Memory of Robert Goarcke
Carl J. Goarcke
In Memory of Virginia Gottlieb
Anonymous
Nicholas and Mary Bulka
Your Quintiles SACOM Family
Andrew and Barbara Piazza
In Honor of Andrea Grace
Ms. Lynn Neary
In Memory of Timothy Wayne Grace
Ms. Lynn Neary
In Honor of Drs. John and Ellen Gribbon
Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Riley
In Honor of Victor Groisser, MD
Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Riley
In Memory of Stephen Hasbrouck
Ms. Susan Good
In Memory of Lisa-Karen Hawkins
Mr. Orenthal Hawkins
In Honor of Elizabeth Hewitt
Mrs. Elizabeth Bezares
In Honor of Jan Hines’ Engagement
to Brice
Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. DeLuca
In Honor of Olivia Hoffman
James and Patricia Hoffman
In Memory of Ralph W. Hooey
Mrs. Sally Hooey
In Honor of Michael Horowitz, MD
Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Riley
In Memory of Richard Hunter
Barbara and Richard Hoyt
In Honor of Dan Hussey
Mr. Brian Beattie
In Memory of John C. Iannacone
Marianne Iannacone
In Memory of Thomas S. Iozia
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Merson, III
In Memory of Jamila Irons Johnson
Ms. Grace Fung
In Memory of John Januszanis
Mr. Kevin F. Baxter
In Memory of William James Johnson, Sr.
Mrs. Charlotte Johnson
In Memory of Thomas S. Johnstone
Mrs. Joanne Johnstone
In Memory of Brian Kern
Mr. Daniel Kern
In Memory of Ron Kerstein
Ms. Naomi Kerstein
In Honor of Paul Kieltyka
The Urbano Family
In Memory of David Kornas
Mrs. Kathleen Kornas
In Support of Brett Kurland
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Greenberg
In Memory of Evan Charles Laible
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Catalano
Mr. Scott Holmes
Ms. Debra Latham
Sons of Pitches
Dominique, Natalia and Elaina Voitek
In Memory of Robert H. Lamb
Karen and Raymond MacNaul
In Memory of Holly Beth Larsen
Mary Ann and John Daudt
Prof. Didier Dorot
Ms. Nancy Greenblatt
Mr. Gary Larsen
Roy and Carol Larsen
Ruth Larsen
Mr. David Rankert
Ms. Deborah Siclari
Ms. Tina Sinopoli
Dr. Daniel Wilhoft
In Memory of Rebecca “Becky” Larsen
Mary Ann and John Daudt
Ms. Nancy Greenblatt
Mr. Gary Larsen
Roy and Carol Larsen
Ruth Larsen
Ms. Shawna Roth
Ms. Deborah Siclari
Ms. Tina Sinopoli
Dr. Daniel Wilhoft
In Memory of Kevin Latham
Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Nelan
In Memory of Michelle Latham
Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Nelan
In Memory of Charles Lega
Healthcare Quality Strategies, Inc.
In Memory of Chuck Levy
Ms. Arlene Inglis
In Memory of Helen Lippincott
Bellmawr Education Assoc.
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Carter
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Deberardinis
Walt and Sharyn Reed
In Memory of Gerard Lynch
Ms. Maureen Halloran
In Memory of Scott M. Lysenko
Ms. Deirdre Maccini
In Memory of Ilene Mahoney
Lucy Bakalian
Kathleen Collani
In Honor of Victoria Mango
Mrs. Elizabeth Bezares
In Memory of Arturo Marrufo
George and Trudy Mazin
In Memory of Louis Massetti
Anthony and Bette Ingoglia
Mrs. Gertrude McNeill
In Memory of Stanley McGinley
Ms. Theresa M. McGinley
In Honor of Michael Meritz
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Mr. and Mrs. Grant Fisher
Mr. Dan DiSanto
In Honor of Steven Meyers
Mr. Michael Bergman
In Memory of Maddie Midwinter
Robert and Joanne Conklin
In Memory of Stuart Miller
John and Kate Bauer
Hedy and Jim and Hedy Nathan
In Honor of Gina Mingrone
Ms. Barbara A. Hartmann
In Honor of Suzanne Thomson Monohan
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Keane
In Honor of Ben Nachsin
Mr. Jonas Nachsin
Honoring those who gave, paying tribute to those who received, offering hope to those
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Michael Bunce
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Mr. Kurt Heinrich
In Memory of Kevan Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Brennan
In Memory of Susan Elizabeth Nelson
Mr. Kurt Heinrich
In Memory of Betsy Niles
Mr. Daniel Sarnowski
Sarnowski Family Foundation
In Memory of Marilynn Norinsky
Matthew and Cheryl Schutz
In Memory of Rhonda Olshewitz
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Heller
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Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Nestler
In Memory of Jeff Orr
Mrs. Virginia Orr
In Memory of Roger Pare
Ms. Lisa B. Reznik and Mr. Daniel Meyers
In Memory of Allan Penner
Lili Arkin Diane Chiappe
Ms. Sarah Dundas
Dr. and Mrs. Edward W. Forbes
Eileen V. Furrer
Donald and Anna Krall
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Loudermilk
Stephen and Mary Meier
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Rachel and David Penner
Mr. Richard Penner
Carol Shaw
Kelly West
In Memory of Susan Penner
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In Memory of Lucille Pepe
Ms. Deborah Collins
In Memory of Roberto DeJesus Perez
Dan and Pat Cavalli
Mr. Jerry Demaio
Ms. Luisa Lemuz-Zelaya
Ms. Mary Loizides
In Memory of Rita Pisano
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brennan
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Comfort
Mrs. Lynn Mizer
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Stanko
Ms. Marguerite Voynick-Jasman
Ms. Carol Washington
In Memory of Jennifer Piscopiello
Mr. Carlos R. Alfonso
Mr. John Baier
Gil and Elinor Bashe
Peggy and John Begley
4E/4W team
Mr. and Mrs. G. Michael Blazo
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Byrne
Children’s Specialized Hospital
Choral Art Society of New Jersey, Inc.
Dominic and Carole Colannino
Ms. Bernadette Donohue
The Ryan Family
The Yukas Family
The Zawacki Family
Prof. Thomas Figueira
Dr. and Mrs. Marc Fisk
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Holmdel Cardiology Associates
Norman and Iris Jacobsen
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Joseph and Helen Klish
Mrs. Julie Korman
Mrs. Phyllis Krauss
Thomas and Donna Lappostato
Ms. Madeleine Lee
Dr. Teresa Liccardi
Daniel and Harriet Lindblom
Ms. Janessa Maguire
Ms. Amy Margulies
The Cardiac Catheterization Lab,
Cardiac Diagnostics, Cardiac Rehab
& Nuclear Medicine Dept. from
Riverview Medical Center
Ms. Kathleen Mattingly
Medical Staff at RWJ University Hospital
Dr. and Mrs. Barton Nassberg
NRG Energy
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Osias
Anonymous
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Reichman
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Riverview Medical Center
Patrick and Joyce Rogers
Jeff and Anna Lisa Rosner
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Mrs. Barbara Ryan
Mr. Edward Ryan and Family
Mr. Tom Ryan
Donald and Beverly Schwartz
Mr. and Mrs. James Scoles
Richard and Ruth Smith
Russell and Marie Trotter
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Waldman
James and Lori Waldron
The Wood Family
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Mr. K. G. Younan
Ms. Ruth Zahn
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Wright
In Honor of Roy Praschil
Ms. Patty LaRose-Kent
In Honor of Sam Prince
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Resnick
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Archie and Janice McCauley
Ms. Jill McCauley
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Mr. Jeffrey Stokes
In Honor of Mark Reagan
Abid Ali and Mary Taverna-Ali
Mr. Edward Reagan
Mrs. Laura Taverna
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Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ambros
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Ms. Susan A. Rhodes
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Kathryn Ambrose
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Bob and Michele Ax
Stephen and Barbara Barrow
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Mr. Tim Gaffney
Mr. Buddy Geier
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Mr. Ted Kissel
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Mr. Jim Lennon
Robert and Rosanne Lennon
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Mr. Ted Loughlin
Joel and Irene McFadden
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Mr. James Moloney
Mrs. Elissa Morel
Mr. Mike Oliva
Mr. Andrew Ortiz
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Andrew and Adiela Rosen
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Arthur and Nancy Seter
Keith and Phyllis Shoemaker
Mr. Colin Somerville
Mr. John Vinci
Ms. Cathy C. Wagner
Ms. Marie Weber
Donald and Joan Weinpahl
In Memory of Palmyra Roberts
Louis and Alicia Vinci
In Honor of Rose Rodriguez
The Greenberg Family
Ms. Laura Nash
In Honor of Gary Rombough, MD
Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Riley
In Honor of Emma Rothman
Philip and Marlene London
In Memory of Libby S. Rubin
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Kominsky
In Honor of Michael Ruotolo
Mr. Frank Burgaretta
In Memory of Carole A. Sarnowski
Sarnowski Family Foundation
In Memory of Nicos Savva
Ms. Barbara Uriarte
In Memory of Kimberly Marie Schaffran
Ms. Angelina E. Engler
Anonymous
Anonymous
Uptowne Girl Salon
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Ms. Margaret Frampton
Ms. Kelly Rouba
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Ms. Lenore C. Ford
Rhys and Alice Foulkes
Ms. Betsy Fulton
Mr. Edward Green
Valerie and Jeffrey Herman
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Tom and Loretta Luglio, Jr.
Arthur and Barbara Martinelli
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mebane
Ms. Dorthy E. Moxley
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Charles and Lynda Rego
Ron and Ruth Rosensweig
Ms. Sarah M. Solan
Ms. Margaret Watt
Carl and Kathleen Woodward
In Memory of Susan Sher
Jennifer Marshall
In Memory of Wesley Sheridan
Peter and Elaine Lovering
Miracle Chemical Company
Sabre Systems, Inc.
Miss Jamie Schembari
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Ms. Dianne Byrnes
William and Judith Day
Amy Mastoris and Family
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Mr. Paul Ryskalchick
Dr. and Mrs. Morgan T. Smith
In Memory of Michael Stanko
Ms. Christine Debbe
In Memory of Carol Sue Steadman
Salon Botanique of Morristown LLC
Mr. Keith Szanto
In Honor of Michael Strusiak
Mr. David Fanale
In Memory of John J. Sullivan
Bayonne Medical Center
Ms. Janet Cogswell
James and Kathleen Hansen
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Ms. Jeanne Nocella
William H. Connolly & Co., LLC
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Ellen and John Callanan
Mrs. Rhea Talbert
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Ms. Susan Bumbico
Campbell Supply Company LLC
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Ms. Patsy G. Tetta
In Memory of Michael Tetta
Ms. Patsy G. Tetta
In Memory of Eugene Travinski
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Evans
In Honor of Stephen Tucciarone
Wayne and Heather Gucwa
In Honor of UMDNJ Liver Transplant
Support Group
Michael and Camellia Nazmy
In Memory of Romeo VanBuskirk
Mr. and Mrs. David Camiolo
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The Varzi Family
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Mr. and Mrs. Jaime Vega
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Mr. James Connolly
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Ms. Jean Verrico
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Denville Chapter of UNICO National
Ms. Karen Wall
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Mrs. Karen Whitaker
In Honor of Ursula Widocki
Ms. Jean Earle
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Mr. Andrew Pannone
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Tami Ellen McLaughlin
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Special thanks to 2013 event sponsors
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ASA Apple
Bridge to Life, Ltd.
CarePoint Health
Community Tissue Services
Dilworth Paxson LLP
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Eastwick College
Engineering and Refrigeration
ESSRX
Genentech a Member of Roche Group
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hampshire Real Estate Companies
Healthcare Quality Strategies, Inc.
Investors Home Mortgage
Investors Savings Bank Corporate Office
Ismael Leyva Architects, PC
Jaffe Communications and Campbell
Health Medical
Jersey City Medical Center
JFK Medical Center
Ms. Lenore C. Ford
Loran Associates
Lourdes Health System
Magnet Mailers.Com LLC
Mark and Helen Reagan
McCabe Ambulance EMS
Meridian Health
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
New Jersey Association of School
Resource Officers
New Providence Chiropractic
Newton Medical Center
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide
Overlook Medical Center
Palisades Medical Center
Peapack-Gladstone Bank
Pfizer, Inc
PNC Wealth Management
Posen Architects, LLC
Quest Diagnostics
Raritan Bay Medical Center
Robert Wood Johnson
University Hospital
Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Saint Peter’s Healthcare System
Sanford-Brown Institute
ShopRite
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
SourceOne Communication Group
Summit Medical Group
The University Hospital Liver Center
The Valley Hospital
Union County Conference PBA
Wells Fargo Bank
William H. Connolly & Co., LLC
Wiss & Company, LLP
WithumSmith+Brown, PC
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provided matching gifts in 2013
For more information about how your company may match your
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AXA Foundation
BAE Systems
Bank of America
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BlackRock
BNY Mellon Community Partnership
CA Technologies
C.H. Robinson Worldwide Foundation
C.R. Bard Foundation, Inc.
Charles Schwab Foundation
Chubb & Son
Dell
Deutsche Bank
Diageo
ExxonMobil Foundation
GE Foundation
Genentech GivingStation
General Atlantic Service Company, LLC
Goldman Sachs
Johnson & Johnson
Jones Lang LaSalle
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
KeyBank Foundation
LexisNexis Cares
Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC
Merck
Moretrench
Morgan Stanley
NJM Insurance Company
Novartis
Pepsico Foundation
Pfizer Foundation
PNC Foundation
Prudential Foundation
Quest Diagnostics
Quintiles Cares
RBC Foundation - USA
RHI International
Sanofi-Aventis
Schneider Electric /
Square D Foundation
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
North America, Inc.
Telcordia Technologies
The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation
Foundation
The Home Depot Foundation
The Horizon Foundation of NJ
The Janus Foundation
The Moody’s Foundation
The Pew Charitable Trust
The Warnaco Foundation
Toys “R” Us, Inc.
UBS
Verizon Foundation
Williams Community Relations
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Day in the Life – Wendy Rothschild
Wendy Rothschild
is proud that her Honda
Civic logs about 46,000
miles a year. From her
home in northwestern
New Jersey, Wendy is
regularly called to medical examiner offices and funeral
homes as far south as Camden.
The extensive travel is key to her 24/7 role as a
Funeral Home and Medical Examiner Liaison for NJ
Sharing Network. No two workdays are ever alike, as
Wendy is constantly meeting across the state with
dozens of funeral directors and 14 county medical
examiners, ensuring a smooth process for organ and
tissue donation from Sussex to Camden counties.
“Yes, it sounds like I have a crazy job, but it is very
satisfying,” Wendy said. “Before I joined NJ Sharing
Network four years ago, I spent 25 years as a medical
investigator. I worked closely with medical examiners,
funeral directors and NJ Sharing Network. I have such
admiration for all three groups. They are true public
servants, dealing with death and heartache with
professionalism and compassion for families.”
Wendy is one of two liaisons to funeral homes and
medical examiners for NJ Sharing Network; she works
with Patrick Sheridan. One liaison is on call for an entire
week, while the other catches up on paperwork and
other office responsibilities. Then, they switch.
Autopsies are required for all non-natural deaths,
including trauma, suicide and homicide. Successful
organ and tissue donation hinges on cooperation from
medical examiners, who must follow specific mandated
procedures in ascertaining cause of death.
Wendy helps medical examiners complete a
forensic investigation by securing X-rays, CT scans or
photographs. Or, she may be inviting a medical examiner to visit an O.R. to witness organ and tissue recovery.
“Organ and tissue donation is time sensitive;
medical examiners and funeral directors need to move
quickly and there is a lot of coordination required,” said
Wendy, noting she spends her days working remotely
and driving from place to place. “Trust is an important
key in the process, and I do what I can to make NJ
Sharing Network a trusted resource.”
When the donor family has selected a funeral
home prior to the recovery, Wendy notifies the funeral
director with the logistics of the recovery. She is also
sure to make follow-up phone calls within one week of
the funeral to ensure a consistent process.
“I have passion and a tremendous amount of
respect for my work, as well as the donor families and
their generous, life-saving gifts,” she said.
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