Page 15 - IMPRESSION Newsletter April19

Flags Across America

Throughout the month of April, Johns
Hopkins Bayview Medical Center will
fly the Donate Life flag in honor of
organ, eye and tissue donors past,
present and future. As part of the
“Flags Across America” campaign, the
flag brings great awareness to the
115,000 people waiting for a life-saving
transplant.

Every day, about 20 lives are lost
waiting for a lifesaving organ. The
Flags Across America campaign honors
and celebrates the hundreds of
thousands of donors and recipients
whose lives have been affected by
organ, eye and tissue donation.
The campaign rallies every donor
hospital and transplant center, as well
as all recovery agencies, to collectively
fly the Donate Life flag during April.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical
Center, also chooses to fly a Donate
Life flag throughout the year every time
a donation occurs at the facility.

The concept is to make a very visible
statement about the importance of
donation and thus reflect the dire need
for donors and encourage people to
register their donation decisions.
Donate Life flags will fly at venues
across the country as part of a program
sponsored by The Living Legacy
Foundation.