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HONORING A LEGACY OF GENEROSITYThe “I am Drozd” Team Laces Up for the 5K Walk/Race

April is Donate Life

Month

This is my first message in NJ Sharing Network’s Circleof Life magazine since the Superstorm of our lifetime hitNew Jersey. All of the emergency protocols in place at NJSharing Network, as well as at the transplant centers acrossthe state, faced a real-life test that came fast and furious.

As New Jersey was reeling, NJ Sharing Network was operating on a large generator, with employees staying inlocal hotels near New Providence. There was some scram-bling, yes, but I am proud to say we didn’t miss a beat.

We coordinated a chartered plane on October 31 tobring a heart to New Jersey. It saved the life of Angel Vasquez of Newark at Newark Beth IsraelMedical Center, while much of the state was still in the dark (see story page 6).

Our response to the Superstorm was just one of our many accomplishments in 2012. In thesepages, we center on the incredible importance of tissue donation, and how a few donors can helpso many lives. Last year, we coordinated 378 organ donations and 23,712 tissue donations.

On page 5, we highlight Dr. Ronald Suarez, the Morris County Medical Examiner, and his dedication and tremendous work in tissue recovery.

Our cover story on page 9 brings the importance of tissue donation home, with a heartwarm-ing story of the Drozd family. Pam’s husband, Mike, enhanced the lives of more than 50 peoplethrough his generous gift of tissue donation.

We also feature Michelle Brugger on page 11. She is a business owner in New Providence wholearned she benefitted from a tissue donor when her ACL was repaired.

This issue also reports on our recently dedicated William Reitsma Hall at NJ Sharing Network,which honors one of our founding members. Bill served the organ and tissue community for over30 years; retiring from his role as Vice President of Clinical Services.

Looking into 2013, we have many exciting events planned through our Foundation, as well ashighlighting the extraordinary team in our transplant laboratory.

I look forward to the annual reunion of friends, donor families, recipients and hospital partnerson June 9, when we celebrate the gift of organ and tissue donation at our 3rd Annual 5K Walk andUSATF Certified Race.

Despite the support of so many, there still are approximately 5,000 people on the transplantwaiting list in New Jersey. We are more committed than ever to working with you to increase thenumber of registered organ and tissue donors so that waiting lists can become a thing of the past.

You are making an incredible difference. On a personal note: Thank You.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEESJohn J. Halperin, MDChair

Bruce I. Goldstein, Esq.Vice Chair

Vito A. PulitoTreasurer

Marc H. LorySecretary

Patrick M. Buddle, MDMargaret DrekerEdward J. Florio, Esq.Michael P. HeddenAline M. Holmes, RN Anthony L. MarchettaHoward A. NelsonTimothy J. Touhey

ADVISORY BOARDMichael Shapiro, MDChair, Transplant Surgeon Representative

Loretta Aigner, RNTransplant Center Administrator Representative

Gail CleggOrgan and Tissue Donor Family Member Representative

Roseann DiBrienza, RN, MSPublic Representative

Katherine KennedyVoluntary Health Organization Representative

Stuart R. Geffner, MDTransplant Surgeon Representative

Michael Gould, MDEmergency Room Personnel Representative

Sarah E. Jensen, Esq.Public Representative

David A. Laskow, MDTransplant Surgeon Representative

Debra L. Morgan, MSW, LCSWTransplant Center Administrator Representative

Shamkant Mulgaonkar, MDTransplant Center Administrator Representative

Trish O’Keefe, RN, MSNHospital Administrator Representative

Ty J. Olson, MDNeurosurgeon Representative

John S. Radomski, MDTransplant Surgeon Representative

Prakash Rao, PhD, MBA, FACHE, HCLDHuman Histocompatibility Specialist Representative

Bruce StroeverTissue Bank Representative

Harry Sun, MDTransplant Surgeon Representative

Dorian J. Wilson, MDTransplant Surgeon Representative

Mark J. Zucker, MDTransplant Center Administrator Representative

Joseph S. RothPresident and Chief Executive OfficerNJ Sharing Network

Joe Roth, president & CEO of NJ Sharing Net-work, recently appeared on NJTV as a guest ofSteve Adubato, Jr. to discuss the tremendous gift of organ and tissue donation.

NJ Sharing Network President & CEO, Joe Roth,and his wife, Lori, carry our life-saving messagewherever they go -- including trips to Mexico.

As we look back on 2012 there are so many reasons forus to be proud. We’ve seen our Annual 5K Walk and USATFCertified Race become a cornerstone event, helping us honorour donors, provide hope to those on the waiting list, and remember the lives lost while waiting. The 5K also gives recipients a way to express thanks for a second chance at life.

I am so pleased to report that in just two years the 5Khas raised more than $1 million. We are looking forward tothis year’s event on June 9.

And we’ve just completed our first-ever annual appeal,a successful effort that raises even more philanthropic dollars to support our education, research andlife-saving work. We are so thankful to donor family member Barbara Kuzminski for sharing theheart-warming story of her grandson, Jonathon, as part of our appeal.

I also must express my heartfelt gratitude to Donna Albanese for her three years of dedicationand leadership as chair of the Foundation. Donna has been an inspiring volunteer and supporter formore than a decade.

Donna passes the torch to Peter Rooney, a senior-level health care marketing executive whobrings a wealth of professional and personal experience to this new position. In these pages you canlearn more about Peter and his plans as chairman of the Foundation.

We have other board news to report. Helen Taverna Reagan, an entrepreneur and interior designer, has joined the board following her husband, Mark, a heart recipient and founding member.

Also joining the board is another long-time supporter, Juanita DiNizo. Juanita lost her husband,Romano, who was on the transplant waiting list, and she knows our work is far from over. Nearly5,000 people in New Jersey continue to wait for life-saving organs.

To all our supporters a heartfelt thanks. Together we continue our work to save lives everyday.

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FOUNDATION BOARDPeter Rooney, ChairOgilvy CommonHealth WorldwideResident of MendhamMarla Bace, Vice ChairCircles, a division of SodexoResident of Berkeley HeightsPhilip S. Kolm, TreasurerResident of Fort LeeAlberta D’Addio, SecretaryResident of WatchungDonna Albanese, Immediate Past ChairpersonDairy Queen of PlainfieldResident of Scotch PlainsJ.D. de LeonResident of Jersey CityJuanita DiNizoRobert Wood Johnson University HospitalResident of Scotch PlainsPhyllis L. ElinResident of StewartsvilleLenore C. FordResident of MorristownRandi GeffnerResident of LivingstonHonorable F. Michael GilesResident of West OrangeDerlys M. Gutierrez, Esq.Adams Stern Gutierrez & Lattiboudere, LLCResident of MontclairThomas Ludlum, Esq.City of Paterson Law DepartmentLudlum Law OfficesResident of Glen RockLisa MeyersSummit YMCAResident of SummitAnthony E. PizzutilloSmith Pizzutillo LLCResident of LawrencevilleHelen Taverna ReaganResident of Basking RidgeSuzann RizzoInvestors BankResident of Staten IslandBernard SimonResident of EdisonMyles VarleyPersonal Resource Management Associates, Inc.Resident of Mount Olive Township

Ex-Officio Members:Joseph S. Roth Barry NewmanPresident and CEO Chief Financial OfficerNJ Sharing Network NJ Sharing NetworkElisse GlennonExecutive DirectorNJ Sharing Network Foundation

EDITORIAL TEAMMara BarlowAssistant Director, Marketing and CommunicationsNJ Sharing NetworkLernard FreemanPublic Relations Manager NJ Sharing NetworkRomelle Holmgren Lysenko, MSW, LCSW Donor Family Aftercare CoordinatorNJ Sharing NetworkWendy RothschildFuneral Home Medical Examiner LiaisonNJ Sharing NetworkCo-Produced by Jaffe Communications & Campbell Health Media

Elisse E. GlennonExecutive DirectorNJ Sharing Network Foundation

onoring those who gave, paying tribute to those whoreceived, offering hope to those who continue to wait, andremembering the lives lost while waiting...for the gift of life.HH

You can help in our life-saving mission:

• Register to become an organ and tissue donor• Make a contribution• Sign-up for our 5K Walk/Race, June 9, 2013 in New Providence• Support our Golf & Tennis Classic, October 7, 2013 at Baltusrol

Golf Club

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Newark Couple’s Outreach to Hispanics Builds on Son’s Legacy of Generosity

ABOVE AND BEYOND

For Iris and Ezequiel Garcia, life seemedbleak. Grief over their son’s death made eachday difficult; they wondered how they would goon. Their 28-year-old son, Reinaldo, a teacher atScience Park High School in Newark, died in amotorcycle accident in September of 2011.

“When something like this happens, yousearch for a reason to keep living,” said Eze-quiel, in the living room of the family’s turn-of-the-century home in the Forest Hill section ofNewark. “We were lost. Then we realized wewanted to do something to keep Reinaldo’slegacy alive. He was sweet, caring and lovingand we wanted to honor his memory.”

After the one-year anniversary of their son’sdeath, the couple visited NJ Sharing Network tolearn how they could support organ and tissuedonation, specifically within the Hispanic com-

munity. Their son, a physicaleducation and healthteacher, talked about dona-tion with his students, andhis older brother knew he wanted to be a donor.Reinaldo’s corneas, heartvalves, and bone were donated to help others.

His parents now wantto build on their son’s generosity – a decision thathas brought solace and newpurpose to their lives.

“We visited NJ Sharing Network and wewere amazed,” said Iris. “Elisse (Glennon, exec-utive director of the NJ Sharing Network Foun-dation,) treated us like she knew us for years. We

left that day and decided that supporting this organization is a way we can honor our son.”

The couple, both educators who emi-grated from Puerto Rico and who have livedand worked in New Jersey for four decades, talkwith Hispanic community and church groupsabout donation.

“People respond better when they hearsomething in their own language,” Ezequielsaid. “We need more education. Some peoplemistakenly think doctors will not work hard tosave them if they are registered organ donors,or that they would be too old to donate.” Thecouple also has helped translate written infor-mation about donation into Spanish, and theyoften talk to Spanish-language media on behalfof the cause.

Transplantation experts say health out-comes would improve for minority recipients ifminority donation increased. Minorities com-prise 56 percent of those on the U.S. transplantwaiting list, while only representing 30 percentof living and 34 percent of deceased donors.

In their living room, near photographs ofReinaldo, as well as his two brothers and thecouple’s first grandchild, the couple remem-bered their son as a talented athlete dedicatedto his students and to his family. Iris and Ezequiel said their efforts to support organ andtissue donation build on their son’s legacy andkeep his spirit alive.Ezequiel and Iris Garcia, of Newark, pin a patch the couple made in memory of their son, Reinaldo, to a quilt honoring organ

and tissue donors from New Jersey.

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“People respond betterwhen they hear something in their own language.”– Ezequiel Garcia

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LET’S GET CLINICALMorris County Medical Examiner Plays Critical Role in Tissue, Cornea Donation

In the field of tissue donation, the clock begins ticking as soon as a patient passes away.

Tissue must be recovered within 15 to 24hours or donations could be for naught.

Dr. Ronald Suarez, the Morris CountyMedical Examiner, understands the critical rolehe and other medical examiners play in tissuedonation; he does all he can to support familieswho want to donate.

“Not everybody can be an organ donor.For the majority of families who want to donate, tissue may be their only opportunity,”Dr. Suarez said.

Dr. Suarez frequently facilitates the recovery of tissue before he conducts an

autopsy, reducing time as well as the chance of contamination. He said many medical examiners, but not all, follow that protocol, a measure that increases available tissue.

“We all know about organ donation; organs are lifesaving,” he said. “Tissue is notquite that obvious. We need to get the story out about how tissue donation can help children with orthopedic cancers and burn patients. Cornea donation helps preserve or restore eyesight. Heart valves help people liveagain. So many others are helped, too.”

Dr. Suarez said only rarely must he declineto recover tissue. A criminal investigation wouldnot necessarily prevent tissue donation, although

Dr. Suarez generally consults with prosecutorsfirst and on rare occasions may limit the tissuehe recovers to parts of the body not affected bya possible crime.

He credited NJ Sharing Network with build-ing strong bonds with medical examiners.

Wendy Rothschild, funeral home and medical examiner liaison for NJ Sharing Network,said some medical examiners will allow tissue recovery only after an autopsy is complete, whichsometimes pushes recovery past the time limit andcauses the donation to be lost.

“Dr. Suarez will incorporate our needs withinhis investigative process,” she said. “He completelyunderstands and values our mission.”

Four New Jersey Hospitals Participate in National Learning Congress

Representatives of four New Jersey hospitals participated in the National Learning Congress in October as part of a nationwide effort to increase the number of organ and tissue donations across America.

Physicians and nursing leadership fromRobert Wood Johnson University Hospital in NewBrunswick, Overlook Medical Center in Summit,Capital Health in Trenton and Cooper MedicalCenter in Camden travelled to Grapevine, TX, tolearn new tools to ensure every organ donationmeets exceptional quality standards.

“The National Learning Congress helps ensure that donated organs are held in the high-est regard and appropriately safeguarded for

transplantation,” said Joe Roth, president &CEO, NJ Sharing Network, who invited repre-sentatives of the four hospitals to participate.

“The four hospitals are eager to work toward implementing best practices to improveorgan donation and transplantation,” Joe said.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospitaland Cooper Medical Center received the presti-gious Silver Medal of Honor Award for achievingboth national donor consent and conversion rates.

About 2,000 hospital and organ procure-ment organization representatives from aroundthe country participated in the conference, con-sidered the largest program of its kind focusingon increasing donations.

Susan McVicker of The UniversityHospital’s Family Support Team retiresafter years of service and dedication. Hercareer was spent helping to support families in their time of need, and fulfillingloved one’s end-of-life decisions. Susan ispictured on her last day with Oscar Colon, a clinical donation specialist fromNJ Sharing Network, (left) and UMDNJ’sDevashish Anjaria, MD (right).

McVicker Retiresfrom UMDNJ

Attention Critical Care Professionals:Interested in learning more about howyou can save and enhance lives in your healthcare institution? Register today for one ofour Donor Advocacy Trainings. Go to www.NJSharingNetwork.org today and sign-up!

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Donor Mom Hears Daughter’s Heart Beat in Hillsborough College Student

The moment an organ recipient and adonor family meet is a moment filled with emotion.

Time does little to lessen the feelings.More than seven years ago, Joseph DiSanto

of Hillsborough was hospitalized and on theorgan donation waiting list. He would die with-out a new heart. He was just an 11 year-old boy.

On July 8, 2006, Natalia Crousillat, a 22year-old, was killed in an automobile accidentnear Washington, D.C. Her heart gave Joseph achance to grow up.

Jump forward to October, 2012. Natalia’smother, Guili Crousillat, traveled to New Jerseyto meet Joseph for the first time and to listen toher daughter’s heart beat in his chest. At the

meeting, she hugged Joseph and held her ear tohis chest, sobbing.

The emotional first meeting was followedwith talk about their lives and Natalia’s gener-ous decision to check “yes” to organ donationon her driver’s license. Joseph, now a student atMonmouth University in West Long Branch,told Giuli that he respects his gift of life and thathe wants to volunteer to spread the word aboutorgan and tissue donation. Then he handed herthe medal he won from the Transplant Gamesof America.

The meeting was filmed by WNBC-NYand News 12 of New Jersey. Both segments areavailable on www.NJSharingNetwork.org.

NJ Sharing Network Schedules First Annual Volunteer Conference on April 6

NJ Sharing Network volunteers and thoseinterested in volunteering are urged to marktheir calendars for Saturday, April 6, for a fullday of important updates about organ and tis-sue donation and to thank those who help NJSharing Network fulfill its life-saving mission.

“This day-long conference to be held at NJ Sharing Network headquarters, is a great opportunity for active volunteers to attendtraining to stay abreast of new information andprovide new volunteers with information they will need as they begin to volunteer,” explained Sandy Erwin, assistant director of theNJ Sharing Network Foundation.

Participants can select topics of interest, in-cluding clinical aspects of organ donation andtransplantation, up-to-date facts and figures,speaker training and more. The day culminates

with a Volunteer Appreciation Celebration inthe afternoon.

Joe Roth, president & CEO of NJ SharingNetwork, will present the organization’s vision.There will also be a general session on legisla-tion governing organ donation.

Among the many sessions will be one focused on the annual NJ Sharing Network 5KWalk/Race with advice for team captains abouthow to use email, social media, and the web todrive team contributions and participation.

Anyone interested in becoming a new volunteer can complete their training at one of the monthly new volunteer training sessions. For more information and to RSVP for the April 6 event, contact Amanda Abramo ataabramo@njsharingnetwork.org.

Joe DiSanto, an 18 year-old heart recipient from Hillsborough,NJ, meets the mother of his donor, Guiliana Crousillat, for the first time at NJ Sharing Network's headquarters in NewProvidence. Joe also gave Guiliana one of the medals he wonat the Transplant Games of America during the emotion-filledmeeting to show her what her daughter’s gift has allowedhim to do since receiving a life-saving transplant.

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Hall Honors Bill Reitsma

Bill Reitsma, the former vice presi-dent of clinical services and foundingmember of NJ Sharing Network, with hiswife Nancy, during a ceremony to honorhis 32 year career in organ donation andtransplantation. Bill helped establish NJSharing Network, where he worked untilretiring last December. NJ Sharing Net-work dedicated its Hall of Remembrancein Bill’s honor, recognizing the profoundimpact he has had on the transplant com-munity over the past three decades.

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Hurricane Sandy Did Not Stop Life-Saving Heart TransplantThe call came just after Hurricane Sandy

ripped through New Jersey, knocking downtrees and power lines, and sending homes intothe sea.

The call said a heart was available for Newarkresident Angel Vasquez. The organ needed to beretrieved from a Mid-Western hospital.

NJ Sharing Network arranged for a chartered plane that left New Jersey in the after-noon of October 31 with Margarita Camacho,surgical director of Barnabas Health’s CardiacTransplant program, and George Forleo, a surgical recovery specialist from NJ SharingNetwork. The team returned that evening andsurgery began an hour later at the Harvey andGeorgina Weinstein National Heart and LungTransplant Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.

The hospital transplant team performedthe surgery while much of the state was

plunged into darkness, relying completely ongenerator power.

Angel Vasquez woke up the next day witha new heart.

The transplant was successful because both NJ Sharing Network and Barnabas Healthwere prepared.

“We have spent a lot of time preparing forthese emergencies,” Joe Roth, president andCEO of NJ Sharing Network, told Star-Ledgermedical reporter Susan K. Livio, who wrote anarticle on the Hurricane Sandy transplant.

“We have a very large generator in NewProvidence. We lost power Monday eveningand there was no hiccup in our operations. Employees had hotel rooms, and we have emergency vehicles with lights and sirens so wecan get them around town as necessary.”

After beginning his life with a new heart,Angel thanked God and his doctors.

Angel Vasquez recovering after his heart transplant atNewark Beth Israel Medical Center

For Twins, 18th Birthday is Time to Register as Organ DonorsTurning 18 years old is a milestone for any

young person. Twins Lauren and Stephanie Turci, and

about 25 advanced Spanish students at WestMorris Central High School in Chester, decidedto mark the big day – which fell on NationalDonor Day (February 14) – to become regis-tered organ and tissue donors and to educateothers about the need for life-saving transplants.

The teenagers invited Ezequiel and IrisGarcia of Newark to the high school to tell thestory of their son, Reinaldo, who died in a motorcycle accident and became a donor. Thecouple told the students that knowing their sonhelped others has provided them with a meas-ure of solace during their time of grief.

The program, all in Spanish, was part of a community awareness project assigned bySpanish teachers Betsy Lynch and Maria Zezes.

“We became adults and can register asdonors on our official driver’s licenses,” explained Stephanie. “Teens may shy away fromthese issues, but it’s important that we under-

stand and can make informed decisions.”Stephanie and Lauren are the daughters of

Barbara Turci, who is Donation Education Manager at NJ Sharing Network. The teens areasking, in lieu of birthday presents, that peopledonate to their 5K Walk/Race team, Long Valley Laps for Life.

Ms. Pumps, the official mascot of NJ Sharing Network, celebrated her third birthday, which happens to be NationalDonor Day, with students and teachers at West Morris Central High School in Chester. Twin sisters, Stephanie and Lauren Turci (l-r), standing on either side of Ms. Pumps,also celebrated turning 18 on February 14. Also pictured(l-r) are: Ezequiel and Iris Garcia, a donor family from Newark,Maria Zezes and Betsy Lynch, both Spanish teachers at the high school, Barb Turci, mother of Stephanie and Lauren, and Oscar Colon, a clinical donation specialist at NJ Sharing Network.

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On the front cover:Top Row: (L - R) Doug Burns, Tim Malone, Chris Drozd, Pat “POPS” MaloneMiddle Row: Peg Simurra, Pam Drozd, Geri EntrupKneeling: John Olesin, Tyler Malone

Pictured here:Chris Drozd, Pam Drozd, Tim Malone

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When Pam Drozd and her 5K team mem-bers lace up their sneakers and move through thestreets of New Providence this June, they will behonoring her husband, Michael Drozd, and hislegacy of generosity in both life and death.

They will walk or run to educate othersnot just about the value of organ donation – butabout the value of tissue donation as well.

The “I Am Drozd” team will be one ofmore than 250 teams participating in the third-annual NJ Sharing Network 5K Walk/Race, aUSTAF-certified race. More than 5,000 partici-pants are expected to fill the roads for the June9 event.

Mike, a volunteer firefighter known for hiskindness to others, made it clear to his wife,Pam, that he wanted to be a donor.

“He said, ‘If I don’t need it and somebodyelse does, they can have it. Let them take what-ever can help someone else.’ That was howMike lived his life, giving to others,” recalledPam. In 2008, a faulty rear axle in the truck Mikewas driving caused an accident on Route 4 inParamus. At the hospital, his heart could not be re-started. Mike’s story drives home the importance of talking to loved ones about donation wishes.

Because he died instantly, Mike was not acandidate for organ donation. A person must beon mechanical support and declared brain deadin order for organs to be viable for transplant.

“The hospital told me that Mike could notdonate his organs. I did not think I could be anymore devastated at this point, but I was. I felt asif I had failed him by not fulfilling his wishes tobe an organ donor,” Pam recalled.

But soon after, she spoke to transplant coordinators from NJ Sharing Network andlearned that Mike was a candidate for tissue donation. Pam immediately agreed, knowingdonation would honor Mike’s wishes.

“Mike was able to help 57 people. 57!That’s an incredible number of people all overthe country whose lives are better now becauseof Mike. When we participate in the 5K, we willbe honoring Mike’s generosity and keeping hislegacy alive,” Pam said.

Tissue donation can enhance lives in manyways. Donated cornea can help blind people see again. A donated heart valve can save a life. Donated bone can prevent an amputation for achild with bone cancer. Donated skin can helpa burn victim recover and live a more normallife. The list goes on.

Tissue donation also can help donor families. “Mike lived his life helping others, soknowing that he was able to help people evenafter death brings me some solace,” Pam said.

Mike and Pam met while volunteering atthe Bergen County Fire Academy. They hit it

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off immediately; Mike asked Pam to go out thatvery night.

“I said, ‘I just met you!’” Pam recalled. Butsoon they were seeing each other regularly.Mike worked with computers and later was afire inspector for the Township of Mahwah. He was a volunteer with the Mahwah Fire Department and a volunteer driver for Mahwah Ambulance and Rescue Squad Co. #1. He alsoserved as Pipe Sergeant with the Bergen CountyFirefighters Pipe Band.

The couple married in 2006; Mike died 22months later. They were together just five years. “But the way we lived and loved eachother gave us more happiness than many peopleexperience in a lifetime,” Pam recalls.

This will not be the first time the “I AmDrozd” team will participate in the 5K. Lastyear, 38 people came out to honor Mike, eachwearing the Hawaiian shirts Mike loved. Recently, team members gathered in Mahwahto talk about this year’s event.

“We are running again to honor Mike,”said Mike's brother, Christopher Drozd. “If youever needed anything, Mike was there. At hiswake, we heard story after story of how Mikehelped people. A friend had a leak on his roofduring a storm, and Mike showed up with a ladder and a tarp to help out – during the storm!Who does that?”

Christopher Drozd said all Mike’s siblingsnow are registered organ and tissue donors.“That’s another legacy of my brother,” he said.

The “I Am Drozd”team comprises familymembers on both sides, aswell as friends, includingmany who knew Mike fromhis varied work as a volun-teer. Doug Burns knewMike from the pipe band,noting Pam introduced him to NJ Sharing Network.“Being a donor is somethingyou don't think about, butnow we all know so muchmore about organ donation. It’s as simple as checking off yes on your driver’s license,” he said.

While some on the team are learningabout donation, Pam’s cousin, Peggy Simurra,already understood the need for organ trans-plants and tissue donation. She is a nurse withexperience working with dialysis patients. Shealso donated her own kidney to the husband ofa friend.

“Donation has always been something I believe in,” Peggy said. “And I am happy thatMike is putting some focus on tissue donationas well. I think people know much less aboutthe value of tissue donation, which can enhancethe lives of so many people.”

Organ donation may get more headlines.But Pam said she, too, is happy that her husband’s story can help spread the word abouttissue donation.

“You take an athlete who might never beable to play a sport again because of a tornACL. With tissue donation, that person can gethis or her life back,” Pam said.

At the 5K, Mike’s friends and family – somewho met each other only through the 5KWalk/Race – shared stories of his life, anotherway the 5K event is keeping Mike’s legacy alive.

“When we get together, everybody has achance to talk about Mike,” said Pat Malone,Pam’s father. Pam’s brother, Tim Malone, recalled when he and Mike both shaved theirheads to raise money for a children’s cancercharity.

“Nobody was surprised that Mike was aregistered donor,” said Tim Malone. “He wasthe type of person who would drop everythingfor everybody else. That’s the kind of guy hewas – and now he’s doing things for others, forall of us, even after he’s gone.”

Members of the ‘I am Drozd’ team at last year's 5K, wearing the Hawaiian shirts thatMike loved.

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As a business leader in downtown NewProvidence, Michelle Brugger has been a supporter of NJ Sharing Network.

Her team “Martial Arts for Life” will participate in the NJ Sharing Network 5KWalk/Race for the second time. Michelle supports NJ Sharing Network for its local tiesand life-saving mission.

But Michelle also learned that she has a personal connection to the organization’s work. She is a tissue recipient now able to walk without pain and pursue her career inmartial arts. She is owner of Martial Arts forLife in New Providence, and without the sur-gery using donated tissue, she would not beable to own this business that she loves.

“I was talking to NJ Sharing Network’sJackie Lue Raia who shared her experience donating her mother’s organs and tissue. Shementioned a soccer player who had her ACL repaired with donated tissue. I thought, ‘Wait a minute! I had my ACL repaired. They told me it was donated tissue but I didn’t make theconnection. But, yes, I am a tissue recipient,’”she said.

Her story underscores the myriad of usesfor donor tissue; sometimes even the recipientsare not aware, or forget, the origins of the materials used in their medical interventions.And only because of Michelle’s ACL repair isshe physically able to race in the 5K.

She was 24 years old when she fully ruptured her ACL, a crucial ligament in theknee. Her leg swelled; she had difficulty walkingand even standing. She was unable to run orperform in any sports, which not only stoppedher from the activities she loved, but alsostopped her from fulfilling her career as a

martial arts instructor. Her leg would just not function.

Now 31 years old, she recalls the surgeonsaying donor tissue would be used to repair her knee.

“The surgery allowed me to be myselfagain, to do what I love. I never really consid-ered where the donor tissue came from orthought of someone’s generosity to donate. Ihave a great sense of gratitude now. I have mylife back because someone chose to give a giftthat could help so many,” she said.

She is especially grateful to create a teamto run in the 5K on June 9.

“If I did not have that surgery I would noteven be able to walk, let alone run, in a 5K,” she said.

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Repaired ACL

Michelle Brugger is the owner of Martial Arts for Life inNew Providence and a tissue recipient.

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It was December 1983 when Darcie Weberwas playing for the girls’ basketball team atJohnson Creek High School in Wisconsin andrealized she was not feeling well. She had beenelbowed in the gut during a game and blamedit for the pain.

Weeks passed. As her team marched thatwinter to the state finals – a huge achievementfor a grades 7-12 school with only 250 students– Darcie knew she had to keep playing. Theteam needed her.

But the six-foot-tall junior was exhausted,on the verge of collapsing when the team ultimately clinched the title.

Things went from bad to worse. Living ina house with 11 siblings, one bathroom and afather being treated for prostate cancer, it washard to get special attention.

Local doctors dismissed her strange weightgain, constant sleep, swollen ankles and lack ofmenstruation as teen pregnancy, or perhapsacute hepatitis.

It all reached a head at 11 a.m. one hot dayin August 1984, as the 17 year-old sat shiveringin her house in a sweater, under three coats,gasping for breath. A brother drove her to theUniversity of Wisconsin Medical Center in

Madison; she continually vomited in the vanduring the ride.

Doctors took a barrage of tests, the resultswere evident: Her liver was destroyed; she wasabout to die.

Miles AwaySome 925 miles due southeast that same

day, Mary Ellen McGlynn had just started working as a transplant coordinator for NewarkBeth Israel Medical Center. She was called toSomerset Medical Center to evaluate Lee AnneWalter, a beautiful, blond-haired, 17 year-oldgirl who had died from injuries sustained in aterrible car accident.

Devastated from their loss, Lee Anne’s parents found the strength to make the life- saving decision to help others through organand tissue donation. Mary Ellen started makingcalls to transplant centers to find recipientswhen she learned of an urgent need for a liverat the University of Wisconsin.

Within minutes, plans were made for aWisconsin transplant team to fly to New Jerseyand bring the liver back. That next day, LeeAnne’s donated liver was placed inside Darcie,saving her life.

“I didn’t know a lot at the time about organ

donation,” said Jane Walter, now 75, a soft-spo-ken widow living in Fort Pierce, Fl. “I remem-ber they asked me if I wanted to donate LeeAnne’s organs and tissue. I really didn’t knowmuch about it, but we just decided to do it.”

Because of this generous gift, Lee Annehelped many, with her eyes, her kidney, herheart and, of course, her liver.

Ten Years LaterBy 1994, Darcie was a 27 year-old surgical

technician in Milwaukee. She thought often ofJane Walter – the mom whose selfless act in amoment of grief had saved her life.

She wondered if Jane was still alive. If so,how could she thank her? Darcie finally putwords to paper; the words flowed about her life in Milwaukee and about how she was sothankful for the life-saving organ.

Weeks later, she received a hand-written response from Jane, with a photo of Lee Anne.Jane told Darcie how Lee Anne died in a car accident. “I looked at that letter at least once a week,” Darcie said. “I looked at that pictureof that beautiful girl with the long blonde hair.I tried to figure out what she liked and what she did.”

The Story of a Daughter and a MotherA Lifelong Connection –

Lee Anne Walter gavethe gift of life.

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In 2011Time would pass again; the two would not

swap letters again until 2011. Re-enter MaryEllen McGlynn – the transplant coordinator –into the story.

By 2011, Mary Ellen had been working for two decades at NJ Sharing Network, nowmanaging the donor family aftercare program.In May that year, Mary Ellen was running a bereavement workshop for donor families coping with a recent death.

Sitting among the group was Jane, whoMary Ellen had never met. Jane quietly said shewas there because her husband, Arthur, haddied in 2010. But she noted she first became involved in organ and tissue donation in 1984,when her daughter died.

“My brain clicked,” Mary Ellen said. “1984.Walter. Oh, my goodness!”

“I asked Jane what her daughter’s namewas,” she said. “When she said ‘Lee Anne,’ it allcame back to me. The flight from Wisconsin…The liver transplant that saved a 17 year-oldgirl’s life... All of it.”

Jane asked how Darcie was faring. MaryEllen said she did not know, but it prompted herto reach out to the University of Wisconsin foran update.

“I learned that Darcie was doing great andwould love to have contact again with the donorfamily,” Mary Ellen said. “I was able to send theinformation on to Jane, and I felt really goodthat they wanted to have personal contact witheach other.”

By 2011, Darcie’s, life had become hectic.She was 44 years old, married (now Darcie Zietlow), with two young boys and a mortgage,while juggling life as a full-time surgical nurse.But when she had learned someone from NewJersey was looking for her, all she could thinkabout – once again – was Jane Walter.

It was time to write another letter.“One of the hardest things to do is write

this kind of thing,” Darcie said. “You don’t wantto brag, but I wanted her to know a part of herdaughter was still on this earth. I didn’t knowhow to put it in words without sounding bad.

Was I sounding selfish?”Darcie spilled out her life in a four-page

letter, including a photo of her family. It tookJane some time, but she again replied, notingshe had recently lost her husband, whose tissueshe also donated.

There was some talk of Darcie and herfamily stopping by Fort Pierce on a vacation toFlorida, if finances would allow. Jane said shewould welcome that visit.

But Darcie’s mind continues to swirl. Whatwould she do when she finally met Jane, afterall these years?

“If I got to meet her, I would give her thebest hug ever,” Darcie said. “I would ask herabout her daughter. And I would thank heragain and again.”

Mary Ellen McGlynn, RN, NJ Sharing NetworkManager, Family Aftercare Program

Darcie continues to celebrate her gift of life with her family attheir Wisconsin home.

Why You May Not Receive a Letter in Return

It may take months or perhaps years before an organ recipient and/or family member of adonor is ready to send and/or receive a letter. Be aware that you may never hear from them.

An organ transplant is a major surgical procedure and it can take several months before arecipient feels healthy again. Other times, the transplant may not have been a complete success.

Although some organ recipients may be open to receiving correspondence, others may feeloverwhelmed and find it difficult to express their thanks and gratitude. “Survivor’s guilt” often isfelt by an organ recipient, making him/her unable to respond to a donor family letter until theycome to terms with these feelings.

On the other side, some donor families may not write for personal reasons. Certain peoplefind it helpful to disconnect from situations that remind them of their loss. However, once timehas passed, some donor families are able to communicate with recipients.

It’s important to keep in mind that everyone has a right to privacy. And, that every individualdeals with situations differently and in their own time.

Letter-Writing Tips for Recipients• Acknowledge your donor family’s loss with an

expression of sympathy.• Say “thank you.” It may not capture all of your

feelings, but it’s a start. • Tell your story – explain how your transplant

experience has changed your life. Tell them aboutyourself, your family, your hobbies and interests.

• You may want to tell the family that you would like to hear from them or meet them in the future (if theychoose) and that you will respect their feelings on this matter.

Letter-Writing Tips for Donor Families• Share whatever is comfortable for you about your

loved one, their hobbies and interests.• Tell them why the decision to donate was made.• Wish them well in their recovery.• If you would like to hear from them, let them know.

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Mark Reagan recalled standing on the Donate Life Rose Parade Float, the cool windagainst his face and throngs of people applaud-ing block after block.

“The emotion I felt from the audience wasas powerful as the emotion I felt meeting thedonor families and recipients riding on the floatwith me,” Mark said. “People on the paraderoute were giving us the ‘thumbs up’ sign andcheering us on. We were so close to the curband the crowd never let up. It was spectacular.”

Mark, a heart recipient from BaskingRidge, rode on the Donate Life float at thisyear’s Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadenaas one of 32 riders who were recipients, livingdonors, or who represented deceased donors.He stood next to the “floragraph” of his 18 year-old donor, Jorge Gonzales. In the crowd wasJorge’s family.

Mark rode on the float to honor his donorand spread the word about organ and tissue donation to more than one million people alongthe parade route, and another 40 million whowatched on television.

“The float was a celebration of the wholeDonate Life process,” Mark recalled. “It was acelebration of my story and the stories of somany others.”

The tenth-annual Donate Life float wasconstructed with a pathway of looping heartslined with 72 “floragraphs,” or depictions of deceased donors, including Jorge, created throughflowers, seeds and organic materials. The themeof the float was “Journeys of the Heart.”

Mark knows these journeys. A successfulbusinessman in the construction industry, hewas on a business trip in the Amazon in 1995when he contracted a viral infection that attacked his heart. He went into cardiac arrestin 1998 and doctors told him his only hope wasa heart transplant. He spent nearly six monthsat Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in 2003before he learned a heart was available.

The heart came from Jorge, an 18 year-oldfrom Florida who had attended a program forthe special needs children his father workedwith in the state. After the event, the teen toldhis parents to go home, he would stay late to clean up. He died in a car accident while driving home.

Hours after Jorge passed away, Mark waswheeled into the operating room. He woke up to

a second chance at life. After his transplant, hewanted to meet the people who made his new lifepossible. Eventually Mark and his wife, Helen,traveled to Florida to meet the Gonzales family.

“The Gonzales family had a wonderful,young, healthy and terrific 18 year-old who wasdoing a good thing,” Mark recalled. “His familyexhibited incredible generosity amidst their unspeakable grief.”

A few years later the Gonzales family flewup to Boston for a Reagan family gathering, andthis New Year’s Day the two families met inPasadena.

“It was an incredible four days,” Mark said.“To see the donor mom listening to your heartand hearing her son’s heart beat ... There are really few words.”

Mark has brought comfort to the Gonzalesfamily, said Jorge’s sister, Lucia, who accompaniedher parents, Magaly and Jorge Sr., to Pasadena.

“Losing Jorge is not something our familywill ever get over. But Mark is very special to myparents. And I cannot imagine not knowingMark in my life. We are like family,” Lucia said.

She was moved by the parade and the Donate Life activities surrounding the event.

“Mark truly honored my brother. And see-ing people who are alive today because of organdonation was amazing,” she said. “Having Markin our lives has brought light to our darkness.”

Elisse Glennon, executive director of theNJ Sharing Network Foundation, joined theNew Jersey delegation at the parade.

Heart Recipient Rides Donate Life Rose Parade Float to Honor Donors and Spread Message of Hope

Mark Reagan spends time with the family of the late JorgeGonzales, Jr., whose organ donation saved Mark’s life. Pictured (left to right) are: Helen Taverna Reagan, Mark’swife, Magaly Gonzales, Mark Reagan, Lucia Gonzales and Jorge Gonzales, Sr.

Journeys Heart

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After 11 year-old Jason Jiaa of Livingstondied of an allergic reaction, his mother did notimmediately agree to allow his organs to be donated. Distraught and confused, she reachedout to friends and family and spoke to a trans-plant coordinator from NJ Sharing Network.

“I spoke to many people and at the lastminute I made the best decision,” said Sue Jiaa,whose son died in 2008. “The decision of gen-erosity came from the strength of many people.”

Others are alive today because of that decision. An eight year-old North Carolina girlreceived Jason’s heart, a 33 year-old New Jersey man received his kidney and pancreas,a 55 year-old Wisconsin woman received hisother kidney, and a 47 year-old Marylandwoman received his liver.

The floragraph, created by volunteers inCalifornia, was made of flowers, seeds andother organic materials. It was one of 72 included on the Donate Life Rose Bowl Floatat the New Year’s Day parade in Pasadena, Ca.To honor Jason and to spread the word aboutorgan donation, Jason’s mother and father, Sue and Henry, put the finishing touches on a“floragraph” at a December event at the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation in Cedar Grove.

Elisse Glennon, executive director of theNJ Sharing Network Foundation, attended theTzu Chi Foundation event, along with localand Chinese media. She said she found paral-lels between Tzu Chi Foundation philosophyand the mission of NJ Sharing Network.

“The Tzu Chi Foundation believes inshowing great mercy and love, even tostrangers, with no expectation of getting anything in return. At NJ Sharing Network, we support donor families who give the gift of lifeto strangers with no expectation of getting anything in return,” she said.

Elisse added that NJ Sharing Networkworks every day to help the 5,000 New Jerseyresidents on the transplant waiting list get thelife-saving organs they need. “Our work wouldnot be possible without people like the Jiaa

family making these generous decisions,” she said.

Jason’s mother said knowing that herson’s organs saved others has given her somemeasure of comfort in the midst of pain andtruly reflects her philosophy.

“We must help each other to make theworld beautiful. I learned that if I really lovedmy son I needed to give his organs to help oth-ers live,” Sue said. “If you have heart for yourown son, you have heart for others,” she said.

The Taiwanese family continues to receive support from the Buddhist Tzu ChiFoundation, which supports organ donation.Sue said helping others helps her heal.

“If you only think about yourself you willbecome depressed. You must reach out to helpothers to help yourself,” she said.

She described Jason as an academicallygifted student who played the piano and vio-lin, and studied karate. His music teacher saidhe had superior memory. Jason often was ableto master the school work of his older siblings.

Sue, who works in human resources, saysshe has come to understand that life is not justmeasured in years lived.

“Jason never complained. He showed me how to be a better person and let mespend those years with him. I feel blessed,” shesaid. “After he passed away, our family clungtogether and we became closer. We are all partof him.”

Donor mom, Sue Jiaa of Livingston, put the finishingtouches on a floragraph rendering of her son, Jason,

at a decorating ceremony hosted by the Tzu Chi Foundation in Cedar Grove, NJ. Jason’s donated organs

saved five lives. The floragraph was displayed on the Donate Life float at the Tournament of Roses Parade

in Pasadena, CA on New Year’s Day. Debbie Chen, executive director of the Tzu Chi Foundation, is also

pictured at the decorating ceremony.

Floragraph on Rose Parade Float Honors 11 year-old Organ Donor

Heart recipient Mark Reagan is holding a photo of his donor,Jorge Gonzales, while he proudly waves to his donor familywho is watching this moment from the grandstands. Jorge'sfloragraph is appropriately located right next to Mark.

“For me, one of the best moments was seeing Mark on the float, locking eyes with hisdonor family in the grandstand,” Elisse said. “Itwas very moving and reminded us all how fragile life can be.”

The Donate Life families in Pasadena attended a brunch for 500 people. Mark met achild with cancer whose arm was saved fromamputation by a donated femur. He met otherheart recipients, as well as the family of a babywho died in infancy and whose organs saved thelives of many other children.

Before he left for Pasadena, Mark stoppedat Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, where hespoke to two men waiting for hearts: TrevorWilliams, a 22 year-old Summit resident, andBrian Eaton, a 48 year-old Pine Beach residentand father of two teenagers. He hugged the twomen and offered hope.

“You will get your life back,” he told thetwo men.

Mark, a founding board member of the NJSharing Network Foundation, continues to support the mission of NJ Sharing Network andhis wife, Helen, is now a board member. But hequickly objects to the assumption that he feelsan obligation to educate others because of hisgood fortune.

“Obligation, no, not at all,” he said. “Tome, having the opportunity to spread the wordabout organ donation is truly a gift. I see my efforts as a gift I have been given and not an obligation at all.”

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Mara Barlow, Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications for NJ Sharing Network, displays the 2012 MarCom Award. NJ Sharing Network was named a Platinum Winner in the prestigious MarCom Awards for itsmedia campaign supporting the “NJ Sharing Network 5KWalk/Race.” The 2012 international awards competition recognizes creative achievement by marketing and communication professionals.

lifeSOCIAL Hard to find a seat at Café

Gourmet for the “Make A Differ-ence Fundraiser” benefiting theNJ Sharing Network Foundation.

Pictured (left to right) enjoying the fundraiser are:

Jan Hines, NJ Sharing NetworkManager of Hospital Services,Bob, a heart recipient, Kathy,

the daughter of NJ Sharing Network volunteer and heart recipient, Nick Cerbo, who isseated next to her, Matthew

Pierone, owner of Café Gourmet,and Nick’s cousin, Allison. Many

thanks to the Morris CountyTransplant Group and Café

Gourmet for organizing this event.

Many thanks to our new part-ners at the Sanford-Brown Institute in Iselin for inviting NJ Sharing Network to speakto their allied health studentsduring Family Wellness Week.Sanford-Brown has also com-mitted to forming a team forthe 3rd Annual 5K Walk/Race. Welcome Team Sanford-Brown!

Elisse Glennon, executive director of the NJ Sharing Network Foundation, met with KenOrchard, president of TriState Capital Bank and board member of the NJ State Chamberof Commerce, aboard the train for the 76th Annual Walk to Washington. NJ Sharing Network spread the message of organ and tissue donation awareness by distributinggreen bracelets and sunflower seed packets to fellow riders.

Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Centerin Camden will light the hospital’s

iconic 30-foot, 15-ton statue of theBlessed Mother green each time a

patient is undergoing an organtransplant at the hospital. The

statue will stay lit for several days.The hospital plans to make this a

tradition for years to come.

Kudos!

D.C. Bound… While presenting at the 61st Annual NJ NursingStudents Convention in Atlantic City, NJ SharingNetwork’s Sharyn Sawczak, manager organ donation services, and Alyssa D’Addio, resourcedevelopment coordinator, spent time with TinaConner (pictured on right), a living kidney donorwho helped save her husband’s life and SuzieCarano, a donor family member, whose brothersaved and enhanced the lives of over 20 people.

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NJ Sharing Network Hospital Services Manager, Zadith Colon, sat down with Telemundo’s “Buenos Dias Nueva York” morning news anchor, Allen Villafana, to talk about the importance of organ and tissue donation and transplantation. (Photo on left). In another television news program,NJ Sharing Network Senior Family Support Coordinator, Jay Arriso, Jr, promoted organ donation with Dr. Tallaj, host of La Salud de Nuestra Comunidad, and Ezequiel and Iris Garcia of Newark, donor parents.

NJ Sharing Network’s own Alida Sandoval brought thelife-saving message of organ and tissue donation andtransplantation to the historic wall that surrounds OldJerusalem. Pictured (left to right) helping Alida carrythe message are her parents, Ruben and CarmenzaSandoval, and aunt, Lilia Bustos.

NJ Sharing Network volunteer and kidney recipientColleen Amaro was thrilled to carry the organ and

tissue donation and transplantation message to Jamaica for another installment of Donate Life

Around The World. Colleen also celebrated the eighthanniversary of her life-saving kidney transplant on

the white sand beaches of the Caribbean.

Donate Life Around the World

Mollie Rubinstein, NJ Sharing Network 5K Team Captain for“Linda’s Home Team,” traveled to Washington, DC, to participatein President Obama’s Inauguration ceremonies. Thanks for sharing the message with the other 800,000+ attendees, Mollie. Hail to the Chief and to YOU, our Captain! See you on June 9th at our 5K Walk/Race.

NJ Sharing Network hosted a Pediatric Designator Requestor Program at Morristown Medical Center. BarbaraKuzminski (right) spoke about hergrandson, Jonathon, and the gift of lifehe gave to three other children. Wyatt(middle) received Jonathon’s liver.Wyatt’s parents, Kimberly and Matthew,shared their experience and thankedthe Kuzminski’s for saying yes to organ donation.

Congratulations to NJ Sharing Network’sfinancial whiz, Barry Newman, for being

honored as one of the top chief financial officers in the state at the annual NJBIZ

CFO of the Year award ceremony. Picturedwith Barry as he accepts the award arethe judges for this year’s competition.

Way to go Barry!

Friends and collegeaues attend a ceremony honoring Bill Reitsma as we dedicatethe “Hall of Remembrance” in his name.

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Sunflower Program Shines Light on the Legacy of Donors

Faith Leaders to Talk About Life Saving Donation

In the event of unforeseen tragedy, familiesoften turn to their faith leaders for spiritual support. The topic of organ and tissue donationoften enters the conversation. To increase support and understanding of organ and tissuedonation, NJ Sharing Network offers Faith-

Based CommunityGatherings.

Every majorreligion supportsdonation. At thegatherings, a panelof faith leaders,such as Jewishrabbis, Catholicpriests, Protes-tant ministers,Buddhist leadersand others talk

about how their faith supports donation.“They talk of how donation is a generous

act supported by their faith,” said Jay Arisso,senior family support coordinator for NJ Sharing Network. At the gatherings, spiritualleaders hear perspectives and personal testi-mony about how organ and tissue donationsaves lives, restores health, and offers healing tofamilies who have lost loved ones.

Donor Sabbath is a national weekend inNovember that focuses on how religious leaderscan spread the life-saving message of organ andtissue donation. “At our Donor Sabbath gather-ing, faith leaders talk about how their own faithmotivates them to support donation,” Jay said.

Another faith-based gathering is plannedfor October 9. For additional information, con-tact Jay Arisso at jarisso@njsharingnetwork.org.

When Ena (Po-Po) Lue died in a car accident on January 23, 2010, all her familycould think about was the sunshine.

They recalled how Po-Po would sing “Youare My Sunshine” to her children and grand-children. When family and friends attended herwake, they were given felt pins in yellow and orange, shaped like happy sunbursts.

“It was a very, very cold day,” recalls herdaughter, Jackie Lue Raia. “We all needed a little sunshine; a little bright spot.”

Po-Po, which translates into “grandma” inChinese, donated three of her organs. Forty-three other people benefitted from her tissue.

From the tragedy of Po-Po’s death, therehas been a rebirth – a grassroots effort of pro-viding sunflower seeds to raise awareness aboutthe importance of organ and tissue donation.

The effort was spearheaded through Jackie,who joined NJ Sharing Network in March 2012as the manager of foundation development. Shecalls the sunflowers “Po-Po Petals” after hermom.

“When we plant one seed, it forms into abeautiful new life that creates many otherseeds,” she said. “It is an incredible symbol of

what donors do, and how the gift of life cantouch so many, including their own loved ones.”

Since the program started, NJ Sharing Network has distributed more than 1,000 sunflower seed packets to groups large andsmall – from hospitals to schools. Recently the Woodbridge Metro Chamber of Commerceplaced the seed packets on 250 seats at a holidayluncheon.

“One of the most impactful things we havedone with our sunflower seeds campaign is tocollaborate with our donor family council tocreate letters of thanks on behalf of donor families to go into our partner hospitals to present them not only with sunflowers but the sunflower packets as well,” said Jackie.“Hospitals can proudly display that they havepartnered with NJ Sharing Network and arehelping to continue the gift of life throughorgan and tissue donation.”

Jackie also helped distribute the seeds onthe train to Washington, D.C., where 900 statelawmakers and business leaders traveled to the

annual New Jersey Chamber of CommerceCongressional dinner on January 31.

“My hope is that people will take the seedshome, plant them and continue the legacy,”Jackie says.

To obtain packets of seeds, please contact Jackie Lue Raia at jlueraia@njsharingnetwork.org

NJ Sharing Network Holds Annual Bereavement Workshop

Donor families came together at NJSharing Network’s offices in New Provi-dence for an annual bereavement workshopin early December to prepare for difficultholidays without their loved ones.

The two-hour program was designedfor those coping with recent loss. Partici-pants were encouraged to surround them-selves with loving family, friends andmemories.

“During the holidays, some people arereally lost and hurting,” said Mary EllenMcGlynn, manager of the family aftercareprogram at NJ Sharing Network. “This wasa chance for people to come together. Theevent was moving and very personal. It wasa small group; we lit candles and we talkedabout loss.”

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2012 – A YEAR IN REVIEW115,000 people are waiting for a life-saving transplant nationwide……and 18 people die each day waiting One organ donor can save up to eightlives and restore health to 50 others4832 NJ residents wait for organs(Source: United Network for Organ Sharing)

Kidney 4084 Liver 536 Heart 71 Kidney/pancreas62 Pancreas 41 Lung 33 Intestine 3 Heart-Lung 2

139Organ donors gave the gift of life

252Bone donors gave the gift of mobility

Lives Enhanced through Tissue Donation*

Bayonne Medical Center 406Bayshore Community Hospital 410Bergen County Medical Examiner 40Bergen Regional Medical Center 40Camden County Medical Examiner 40Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell 322Capital Health Regional Medical Center 1124CentraState Medical Center 602Chilton Hospital 552Christ Hospital 180Clara Maass Medical Center 334Community Medical Center 882Cooper University Hospital 588East Orange General Hospital 180Englewood Hospital and Medical Center 310Hackensack Medical Center North 90Hackensack University Medical Center 974Hackettstown Regional Med. Center 318Hoboken University Medical Center 90Holy Name Hospital 230Hunterdon Medical Center 502Jersey City Medical Center 596Jersey Shore University Medical Center 768JFK Medical Center 634Kimball Medical Center 50Meadowlands Hospital and Medical Center 180Monmouth County Medical Examiner 242Monmouth Medical Center 184Morris County Medical Examiner 562Morristown Medical Center 1036Mountainside Hospital 260Newark Beth Israel Medical Center 544Newton Medical Center 284Ocean County Medical Examiner 90Ocean Medical Center 380Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center 570Overlook Medical Center 830Palisades Medical Center 50Raritan Bay Medical Center Old Bridge 182Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy 454Riverview Medical Center 624Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital 858Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton430Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway230Saint Barnabas Medical Center 300Saint Clare’s Hospital Denville 270Saint Clare’s Hospital Dover 334Saint Clare’s Hospital Sussex 92Somerset Medical Center 662St. Francis Medical Center 184St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center 1110St. Joseph’s Wayne Hospital 270St. Luke’s Warren Hospital 342St. Marys Hospital 272St. Peter’s University Hospital 130The Valley Hospital 532Trinitas Regional Medical Center 90Union County Medical Examiner 272University Hospital 510Other 402012 Total 23,712

Lives Saved through Organ Donation*

Bayshore Community Hospital 1Capital Health Regional Medical Center 40CentraState Medical Center 1Chilton Hospital 5Clara Maass Medical Center 2Community Medical Center 6Cooper University Hospital 21East Orange General Hospital 3Hackensack University Medical Center 15Hackettstown Regional Med. Center 2Jersey City Medical Center 18Jersey Shore University Medical Center 9JFK Medical Center 8Morristown Medical Center 37Mountainside Hospital 5Newark Beth Israel Medical Center 13Ocean Medical Center 2Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center 4Overlook Medical Center 25Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy 10Riverview Medical Center 7Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital 37Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton2Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway4Saint Barnabas Medical Center 10Saint Clare’s Hospital Denville 2Somerset Medical Center 7St. Francis Medical Center 5St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center 22The Valley Hospital 15Trinitas Regional Medical Center 4University Hospital 362012 Total 378

* 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.

274Skin donors gave the gift of healing 667Cornea donors gave the gift of sight

551Transplants performed at NJ centers NJ Sharing Network Transplant Laboratory facilitated 186living donor kidney transplants and 378deceased donor kidney transplants

125New volunteers completed our certification training 130News stories were published about NJ Sharing Network

1,300“Likes” on our Facebook page 245Hand-made shawls given to donor families

32.53%of NJ residents are registered organ and tissue donors Philanthropic giving climbed to $1.130 millionmaking more programs possible to assist with our life-saving mission

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DONATIONmattersGratitude and GenerosityMark High Holy Days

Elliott Kominsky of Warren knew exactly how he would markthe Jewish High Holy Days: expressing his gratitude to others. Hesaid a special prayer on Yom Kippur to the person whose heart nowbeats in his chest. He also gave back in multiples of 18, representing“Chai,” which translates to “Life,” to the organizations that savedhis life: NJ Sharing Network and Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark.

“I owe my life to NJ Sharing Network and to Newark Beth Israel and the way I can give back is to write checks and, more important, to give my time and to tell my story,” the 62 year-oldmarried father of two said.

Kominsky spoke recently after an hour on the elliptical machine, sounding only slightly winded. He recalled how after histransplant he wrote to his donor family.

“I wrote saying that I will never forget them and I promisedto keep this heart working, to listen to the doctors and to take allmy medicine,” he said. “I get up every day and I think about thisfamily and the generosity of their donation.”

New Board Chair of NJ SharingFoundation Goal ‘To Save Lives’

Ask Peter Rooney his goal as Chair-man of the Board of the NJ Sharing Network Foundation and his answer issimple: “To save lives.”

Peter, a Mendham resident and sen-ior-level health care marketing executive,has experience in health care marketingand advertising as well as a personal connection to organ donation.

His father, a Millburn firefighter also named Peter Rooney, wasamong the 18 Americans who die everyday while waiting for an organtransplant. The senior Rooney suffered from end-stage renal disease andwas on the organ donation waiting list when he died in 2006.

“As a firefighter, my father literally answered the call to help others,”Peter said. “Unfortunately, that call never came for him. But through mywork with NJ Sharing Network, I have met so many people who did receive life-saving organs and who feel blessed and so grateful. It is miraclewhen a life is saved through donation.”

In his leadership role, Peter said he plans to focus his efforts on bothphilanthropy and education. His aim will be to educate people about thelife-saving value of organ donation, as well as to raise funds that supportcritical programs, such as one that provides specialized training for trans-plant coordinators who deal directly with families and staff in the hospital.

Peter praised the Annual NJ Sharing Network 5K Walk/Race as agreat campaign; the fundraiser has raised more than $1 million in justtwo years.

“The 5K was a tremendous success,” Peter said. “I want to build onsuccesses such as this and take our effort to the next level, seeking outmore corporate sponsorships and increasing individual contributions.”

Elisse Glennon, executive director of the NJ Sharing Network Foundation, noted Peter’s commitment and expertise in health care communications, marketing and promotion.

He is Executive Vice President, Director of Client Services, at OgilvyCommonHealth Worldwide.

“We are thrilled to have someone of Peter’s caliber to lead ourboard,” Elisse said. “His exceptional expertise in health care, along withhis personal understanding and passion for our mission, will help us meetour philanthropic and educational goals for 2013 and beyond.”

“I owe my life to NJ Sharing Network

and to Newark Beth Israel… ”

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Grants Awarded to Help Fulfill Mission

Clinical GrantsEffectiveArts– EffectiveArts, a leading consulting, research and training firm in thefield of organ, tissue and eye donation, is under-taking a year-long comprehensive program toenhance NJ Sharing Network’s performance infamily care and family donation authorization. Faith Based Outreach– This programfunds outreach to faith-based leaders who promote education about organ and tissue donation among worshippers, with focus withinmulti-cultural communities.

Laboratory ResearchLaboratory Research- A three-year studyin the molecular immunology of clinical organtransplantation represents the first effort towardestablishing a state-of-the-art research programat NJ Sharing Network.

Donor Family SupportDonor Family Support- These grants helpcreate materials that assist families through theprocess and include beautiful tribute keepsakebooklets for donor families attending the annualdonor memorial program. There also are family sponsorships, in which a donor family or recipient attends the Rose Parade and Donate Life Float activities annually. The foundation also supports the “Wrapped inLove” program, providing donor families withshawls handmade by volunteers as a tangible expression of comfort and compassion.

Education & OutreachHigh School Heroes- This innovative educational program established in response tothe state law mandating donation education inNew Jersey high schools is designed to educateall high school students about the importanceof organ and tissue donation to ensure they canmake an informed decision regarding donorregistration. In addition to resources and train-ing, teachers can download a complete HighSchool Heroes classroom guide (at no cost) byvisiting www.NJSharingNetwork.org. Benjamin R. Chirls Scholarship– Thisscholarship is named in memory of BenjaminChirls, a kidney recipient and strong advocatefor organ, eye and tissue donation. The NJ Sharing Network Foundation, in cooperationwith Donate Life NJ and Gift of Life Donor Program, awards one $4,000 scholarship annually. The scholarship awardee is a transplant recipient, a donor family member, orawareness advocate. Applications are availableat www.NJSharingNetwork.org. Hospital-Based Memorials to HonorOrgan and Tissue Donors- The Founda-tion helped fund the creation of two donor memorials featuring photos, tributes and lettersfrom transplant recipients, personalizing the impact of the gift of life. The “Wall of Heroes”memorial was established at Jersey City Medical

Center and “Zan’s Garden of Life” memorialwas established at Jersey Shore University Medical Center.Liberty Science Center- This partnershipprovides an organ donation and transplantationexhibition opening summer 2013 to educate visitors about the benefits of organ and tissuedonation and transplantation.Digital Memorial Wall- The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, in partnership with NJ Sharing Network, has devised a new way to honor donors: a digital memorial wall. A 32-inch screen is to be unveiled during Donate Lifemonth in April 2013, showing photos of donorsfrom The Valley Hospital, honoring their lifesaving gift. Learn more by contacting WhitneyDowner, resource development coordinator forNJ Sharing Network, at wdowner@njshar-ingnetwork.org, 908-516-5431.

The NJ Sharing Network Foundation is committed to supporting the work of NJ Sharing Network and to increasing the number oflives saved through four distinct areas: Clinical Grants, Laboratory Research, Donor Family Support, and Education & Outreach.

“Grants are awarded to honor those who gave, pay tribute to those who received, offer hope to those who continue to wait, and remember the lives lost while waiting for the ‘Gift of Life’,” said Elisse Glennon, the Foundation’s executive director.

Highlights of funded projects by the NJ Sharing Network Foundation include:

Kelsea Longo of Nutley (center) was awarded the 2012-2013 Benjamin R. Chirls Scholarship. Also pictured Charles Kistinger,chair of the Benjamin R. Chirls Scholarship Committee (far left), Kelsea’s parents, John and Vicky Longo, and NJ Sharing Network President and CEO Joe Roth (far right).

Facilitator shares helpful tips with NJ Sharing Network staffduring EffectiveArts training. The program includes one double day intensive workshop for all clinical staff memberswho conduct donation conversations, five half-day practicesessions, three full-day critical topics workshops and threefull-day sessions for hospital services managers.

Faith leaders gather at NJ Sharing Network to learn how theycan spread the life-saving message of organ and tissue donation in their faith communities.

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2012 ANNUAL FUNDIn Memory of Katelyn “Katie” Ackerman

Ms. Tara AseaAnn and Dale BechtelMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. BrandlerMs. Lillian M. BranterMr. and Mrs. Joseph CostaMs. Lisa DeRosaMr. Kenneth GenoveseLynne and Anthony GinexiThe Glander FamilyVytautas Iskeliunas and Claire RussoMilko and Lesia LasiyMrs. Mary L. LioMs. Kathleen S. MahoneyMs. Patricia MansfieldMs. Gina McSheffreyMr. William MikesellMr. Antoni NerantzoulisPeter and Amy NollRyan & Ryan Public Relations Inc.Schuyler Tuna & Fishing Club, Inc.Mr. Jeremy StrifeMr. and Mrs. Christopher Wever

In Honor of Adele A. AlbaneseDonna Albanese Demair

In Memory of Stanley AleskiMs. Terri BordenCroll Reynolds Co., Inc.Mr. Samuel DempseyMs. Eleanor FanicaseMr. Edward GalickiThe Harmon FamilyMs. Constance C. HasekMr. James R. HasekPaul and Suzanne JancoSusan MageeMs. Patricia MurphyJoyce and Jerry NemzerRochelle, Marissa and Ross NewmanJitendra and Sushila PatelMr. and Mrs. J. PetrianoMs. Muriel ScherMs. Irene SidunDebbie and Jeff StrubleAlexander and Betty Swetz

In Memory of Jordan AllenBurlington County Institute of Technology

In Memory of Keith AmatoMr. and Mrs. Anthony KaramMrs. Amelia VassalloMr. Vincas M. Vyzas

In Memory of Amy Elizabeth Anderson

Kevin McCarthyIn Memory of Tommy C. Anderson

Lois M. AndersonIn Memory of Albert Annuzzi

Mary Jo and Jorge AgostinhoAutomatic Data Processing, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Caravela andMichele DonatoRosemary LadisMs. Judith MihalMs. Rachel Morejon

The Partnow FamilyMr. and Mrs. Francisco A. Pinho

In Memory of James C. AppelRichard and Victoria BernatCharles Pecukaitis

In Memory of Heather Anne AuroraAndrea Pedregon

In Honor of Karen and Randy Barlow’s Wedding

Mara L. BarlowIn Honor of Hannah Barr

Heidi SlurzbergIn Memory of Rosalie Bartiromo

Sally O’NeillIn Memory of Mervin Baxter

Stanlee and Florence KisselIn Memory of Walter Beam, Sr.

Janet BeamIn Memory of Albert Bell

The Rotuba Extruders, Inc.In Memory of James Bertone, Jr.

James and Rose BertoneIn Memory of Bernie Blye

Felisa L. SheinIn Memory of Angela Bongiovi

Alliance Technologies, LLCBNY Mellon Community PartnershipMs. Barbara BolellaKathryn and Dominick BongioviMs. Jennifer BrandtTerry and Tim CapannaCondor Capital Investment ManagementConnelly Campion Wright InsuranceDigit Payrol CorporationMr. and Mrs. Robert W. DrozdEighteen Glass Company, Inc.Ms. Emily KarlMs. Jacquelyn KirkMr. and Mrs. Joseph J. KosaToni M. KuzmackGayle and Cassandra MartinezMs. Barbara PetersenMs. Amy L. RafanoMs. Lee SandersonMr. and Mrs. Pasquale SelvaggioSouth River Glass, Inc.The Toye FamilyMs. Debbie YesisMs. Dorothy Zajac

In Honor of Cindy Boyea Paramount Group, Inc.

In Memory of Ingrid BrewsterPaul Brustowicz

In Memory of Stanley R. BrinsterMs. Barbara AbbottToni and Bob BrinsterMs. Patricia K. CaillouetteMrs. Debbie CampbellMr. Gerald CarrinoJim and Dorothy DavisCarol and David EvansDave and Bev Evans

Mr. and Mrs. Richard GarlitzMr. Richard GeorgeMr. and Mrs. Edwin GollerMr. Richard T. GollerJackson Lacrosse Club, LLCAlan and Ann KingMr. and Mrs. William KonradMrs. Dorothy KozikowskiMs. Jean L. MatthesMs. Betty O’KeefeRoberta and Erling ThompsenMs. Marian H. VaughnMr. John Zdziarski

In Memory of Joseph BroxmeyerJennifer Baratta

In Memory of Evelyn BuddleMr. Craig BowlingMs. Maxine FredericksDr. and Mrs. Frederick Potulski

In Memory of Christopher BudzinskiMike and Linda Johnson

In Memory of Michael BuroSandra and Charles AltmanNancy and Paul ChazenMr. Victor DongMrs. Linda DudasBetty and Neil HalpernMr. and Mrs. Peter T. Morris

In Memory of James A. ByrneTheresa TaylorTheresa WilsonMary M. Wise

In Memory of Hugo CabreraFrances Valdes

In Memory of Mildred CaffreyJames and Mary Wood and Family

In Memory of Margaret CalabreseLeslie BabyakSara M. Solan

In Memory of Eric CaposeleFrank and Sandra BlundettoEdward Caposele

In Honor of Stephanie CarawayVenus O. Davis

In Memory of Nicole CarusoMr. and Mrs. Frank Ross

In Memory of William CashinNancy Cashin

In Memory of Frank Castellvi, Sr.Brian and Dianne ClarkCharles and Peg MarraWyckoff Reformed Church

In Honor of Leonard CereficeMarie and Bill de Lorenzo

In Memory of Vance ChapmanJoseph and Ann DavisNancy, Deb, Cheryl, Nan and Stefanie DelimanDavid and Kathleen FlagstadMs. Carol Kukucka and Doney FamilyGeorge and Eileen LutzJane and Marcy Silver

In Memory of Eileen CinquemaneMs. Stacy AllenMr. Michael D. AmitraniMs. Hazel BolandMr. and Mrs. Martin CinquemaneMr. and Mrs. Michael J. CinquemaneMrs. James E. CoghlanCrum and ForsterMr. and Mrs. Peter M. DagroMr. and Mrs. Simon FoxMr. and Mrs. Dennis HammerJohnson & JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Paul JuruszMr. John J. KayserMs. Tina KeeneMr. and Mrs. Joseph J. KopchalaMr. and Mrs. Richard LarsenMr. and Mrs. Richard M. LarsenMr. Jeff LehmanLord, Abbett & Co. LLC MatchingGifts ProgramMr. and Mrs. Chris LuongoMs. Deborah MahovetzMr. Manny MathewMr. and Mrs. Charles J. McMullinMs. Lisa MeldrumMs. Patricia A. PardeyMr. Ralph Passero and Ms. Nicole VitielloMr. Michael ProhammerMr. Christopher J. RoglieriMr. Thomas J. RoglieriMr. and Mrs. Vincent ScopelliteShoreline Family ChiropracticHon. Mark SmithMr. and Mrs. Robert S. StiloskiMs. Louis A. TaiteMr. Dominic TomainiMr. and Mrs. Charles TrappMr. Kevin M. TrappMr. and Mrs. John VillaMr. and Mrs. Mario VitielloMr. Christopher J. Welsh

In Honor of Kyle A. Clemens weddingMs. Alice D. Alexander and Mr. Roderick L. IrelandMs. Janell BullockMs. Mary FreemanMs. Shirin M. HollisMs. Christine Jenkins-Lucas

In Memory of Arthur J. CorniolaKaren and Robert EschbachLaurie and Matt MeccaRobert MoziloMr. and Mrs. Carmine Tufano

In Memory of Richard CrealEllen Greenfield

In Honor of John CrottyMichelle Crotty

In Memory of Salaam CruzDr. and Mrs. Gerald Mohl

In Memory of Apolonia Da SilvaMr. and Mrs. James G. Scala

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We graciously acknowledge gifts made to the NJ Sharing NetworkFoundation’s Annual Fund, January 1 – December 31, 2012Individual gifts made through our fundraising events are acknowledged online throughout the year. We sincerely regret any errors or omissions.

In Celebration of Joseph V. D’AddioAlpha Chi Omega SororityFlorence Anne BarryAlberta D’AddioValentino D’AddioQuick FoundationJohn SumasBill Toler

In Memory of Richard DeFilippisMr. and Mrs. Rafael Medina

In Memory of Michael DeLisoSusan DeLiso

In Memory of Frank P. Dell’Aquila, MDGeraldine A. Dell ‘AquilaPamela J. Dunn

In Honor of your birthday, BobGail Reynolds

In Memory of Judi Melillo DethloffMary and Frank Melillo

In Memory of William M. DonnellyLinda Ialacci

In Honor of All DonorsMichael Morris

In Memory of Brian DotsonJanet BelowichLeo and Elizabeth BeyerJames and Barbara BurnsMichael and Maureen DotsonHarlie MountainRon and Penny Pukl

In Memory of Brandon DowlerMr. Jason BarbanelMs. Ashley BulkoDr. and Mrs. Todd J. CoopermanDusal’s Ristorante, LLCMr. Tony KaralziaDina and David Okun

In Memory of Michael DrozdMr. and Mrs. Rodney A. Van Natta

In Honor of Lisa Dvorkin RubensteinBarry KesslerDana Maselli

In Memory of Daniel K. DwyerKevin and Fran O’DonnellMs. Jennifer RoeltgenMs. Jill Stricklin

In Memory of Carmen EcksteinAna L. Dobbs

In Memory of Ryan A. EngelkeRuth and Lance DagerKeith EngelkeJason KalinowskiWilliam L. NiedrachShawnee Corner’s Club, Inc.

In Honor of All FamiliesMichelle Lynn

In Memory of Matthew FedorochkoMargaret Fedorochko

In Support of Danielle FeehanGordon Campbell

In Honor of Paul FerrariLinda Haertel

In Memory of Sharon R. FeulnerCharles Feulner

In Memory of Michael Storm FischerMs. Andrea AluisiMs. Karen AndounianChris and Susan BazerMr. and Mrs. Roger BisbeSteven and Beverly BlanchardMs. Debbie BobilinBill and Joan BorowskiGeralyn and John BoyceMs. Cynthia M. BradyThe BrettschneidersBriggs & Riley TravelwareMrs. Emilie BrinsonJennifer Bryan & your friends in COMr. Travis CainMs. Kelly CavanaughMs. Julie ChadowskiThe Clauss FamilyDarlington County ParkJanet and Brandon DeckerMr. Andrew DiClementeRobert and Debra DittemerMs. Carol DunbarErskine Lakes Beach ClubErskine Lakes Property Owners Assoc.Erskine Lakes Sailing ClubThe Romansky FamilyMrs. Carol FischerMs. Diana FischerMr. Richard M. FischerMs. Tracy FloodGannett FoundationMs. Marjorie GoldnerHackensack River Canoe & Kayak ClubThe Heck FamilyEllyn, Carolyn and Sue IntemannDr. and Mrs. Michael KlotzMs. Roseline B. LaguerreMs. Linda LemboMs. Rene LevyVera and Mark LewandoskiMs. Yu F. Chan and Mr. George S. LinMs. Helen Matusow-AyresMerck Partnership for GivingThe MillersMoen, IncMs. Bernadette O’ConnorThe Phillips FamilyJane and James PicozziMr. and Mrs. John P. PokornyMr. Richard RanftMargaret and Carl ReadingerMs. Patricia ReinersMs. Mary Ann RenickRidgewood Orthopedic Group LLCKristie and Ian RippkeMr. and Mrs. Anthony RiscicaMs. Gloria M. RodriguezKathleen and David Sayles and FamilyRakesh Sharma, MD and Amita Kalia-Sharma, MDCoach and Mrs. Richard ShutteMs. Marcia SilfiesAndrea and Thomas SmithMarvin and Amy Stein

The Valley Hospital Education DepartmentRon and Barbara ThrenThe Valley HospitalThe Valley Hospital - Rehabilitation Medicine DepartmentThe Valley Hospital Staff, Physicians and their FamiliesValley Outpatient RehabMs. Tessie R. ViadoMs. Marianne J. WarholAdrienne and Chester WeinsteinRichard and MaryEllen WennerstenMs. Elena Zislin

In Memory of Thomas J. FlemingAlexandria GallantJosephine Infante-MeehanCamilla Morch

In Honor of Wyatt FlemingMargaret Fleming

In Memory of Tom FreyAndrew J. ClelandUS Equestrian Team Foundation, Inc.

In Memory of James H. FriarMr. and Mrs. David BaldwinMr. and Mrs. David McGrathJane Derickson-Friar, Crescent Garden Design

In Honor of Phyllis and Leon Freidman’s 50th Anniversary

Marcy and Stephen SiegelIn Memory of Theresa (Terri) Fritz

Nancy Ryder-CunninghamIn Memory of Michael Fusco

Cheryl A. FuscoIn Memory of Kathleen Gallagher

Margaret BallingerElena Bingham

In Memory of Will GanterLisa Giannetti

In Honor of Dr. Stuart GeffnerDonna Geffner

In Memory of Kevin GilbertBridget Hemenway

In Memory of Randall Marc GilesMrs. Donna Albanese-DeMairMr. Serge AntoninTed and Greta BrownMr. Christian CamerinoBen and Joan CohenEssex County Asst. Prosecutors AssociationMs Deborah FreierMickey Garrity and FamilyMr. Douglas T. HagueJudge Michelle T. Hollar-Gregoryand Mr. Milton H. GregoryMr. Peter JackowitzDr. Joseph M. JulianoMs. Laura MastropasquaThe Spano Brennan FamilyKenneth and Bernice SteinChristopher and Shelby TalbertMs. Sandra WidmannMs. Theresa WidmannMr. Mo WinogradGus Zois

In Memory of Al-Sharik GloverMr. Carlos E. ArochoMr. Mike BlackMr. Michael W. CleggMr. Kwan Cooper, Sr.Mr. Dwayne DavisMr. Terrell DayMr. Omar DiazMr. Chris FreestoneMs. Gwendolyn GeorgeMr. Scott GoffneyMs. Barbara LoganMr. Jeffrey LoganMs. Hazel LucasMs. Roxanna PerryMr. and Mrs. Timmy PerryThe Pierce FamilyMs. Mariah ShannonMr. Clarence SimsMr. James StewartMs. Camille Thomas

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Honoring those who gave,

In Honor of Garry GordonDonna Gioello

In Honor of Andrea GraceJoanne L. Davis

In Memory of Timothy Wayne GraceMs. Joanne L. DavisDrum Point Social CommitteeMr. Richard P. Gerlach, Jr.Ms. Susan GoughMs. Kristin McConvilleMrs. Miriam V. SchachterMr. Alajzezo Sczerenet

In Honor of Drs. John and Ellen Gribbon

Charles W. RileyIn Honor of Victor Groisser, MD

Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. RileyIn Memory of Richard E. Grossman

Mr. Aaron Grossman and Ms. KristenNardone

In Memory of Stephen HasbrouckMaryann Hasbrouck

In Memory of Christopher Hendershot

Theresa McCulskeyIn Memory of Mark Henderson

Samuel W. HendersonPatricia Meyer

In Memory of Jane HillierGeorge Hillier

In Support of Jan HinesRandi F. OstreyBruce Whelan

In Honor of Michael Horowitz, MDDr. and Mrs. Charles W. Riley

In Memory of Rose HundtJeanine M. Hundt

In Memory of Richard Emery HuntLinda FisherDorothy A. HerriottFrances Morrison

In Memory of John C. IannaconeMarianne Iannacone

In Memory of Paul IppolitoKerry Dodd

In Honor of The Jarema FamilyJohn Jarema

In Memory of Derek “Shorty” Johnson

Dorthia JohnsonIn Memory of William James Johnson, Sr.

Charlotte JohnsonIn Memory of Brian Kern

Daniel KernIn Memory of Donald A. Kerwin

Felix and Helen AlmanzorMr. and Mrs. Benjamin B. BackesGail and Vince DicksonMs. Mary Ann D’OriaMs. Maryann FrisbieAaron and Lora HobartMs. Analida IngrahamDave and Janet JacobyJohn and Karen KeithlerThe Lewallen FamilyMs. Donna LucianoGus and Linda ManukasJohn and Barbara Marchetti

Metaverse CorporationMr. and Mrs. Raymond C. MuleJames and Joanne Polera

In Memory of Yvonne KiamieThe Hobbie BrothersMr. and Mrs. Samer KaiamiMs. Gladys KoesterAlbert and Jane MichaelJanet and Gregg ReillyMs. Laura V. SchwabMs. Bertha Shimkus

In Memory of Matthew James KochElizabeth Crisafulli

In Memory of Horst KollerFrank Himmelsbach

In Memory of Mark C. KolodziejKaren Toth

In Honor of Elliott KominskyNorman and Beverly Kominsky

In Memory of David KornasKathleen Kornas

In Memory of Jessica Marie KupczakPeter Kupczak

In Memory of Marvin KurlandStephen and Stuart BreitkopfSeth Kurland

In Memory of Robert E. LadwigEvelyne B. Fardelmann

In Memory of Evan Charles LaibleMs. Francine FerrantiMr. Neil GetterMs. Renee GoldsmithAdrian and Mary GonzalezMs. Melissa HarderWilliam and Joan LloydMrs. Kara RomeoSanofi-Aventis Matching Gift CenterDominique, Natalia and Elaina Voitek

In Memory of Rebecca (Becky) J. LarsenMr. and Mrs. John CasseseRoy Larsen

In Memory of Ralph LashAsco Oldtimers Club AutomaticSwitch Co., Inc.Asco Power TechnologiesEmerson Network Power

In Memory of Jack LecompteRegina Snyder-Heater

In Honor of Lila’s Tikkun Olam andJon Lehman

Mr. and Mrs. Scott ClamanMr. Stephen Feldberg and Ms. Mary S. KnowlesMr. and Mrs. David M. GreenbaumMr. and Mrs. Jon V. LehmanMr. Frederick P. MirendaMr. and Mrs. Stanley RosenthalMr. Adrian C. Taylor and Ms. Hilary A. Rosenthal

In Memory of Susan LeventhalJerome Wittels

In Memory of Don LittFred and Majorie GreenbergDr. and Mrs. Herb Waldman

In Memory of Hugh MacDonald, Jr.Irene S. Reed

In Memory of David ManahanMr. and Mrs. Edward M. Block

In Memory of Joseph MarangiMr. and Mrs. Ronald AkersMr. David BerrianThelma and August De PreckerMs. Niella EdoneMs. Carol A. EspositoOlive Ferro, Michael and Dierdra MarangiMr. and Mrs. Russell FooteSandra FranklinSharon C. GarofaloLori GugginoOn Behalf of the Hill FamilyThe Marangi FamilyVirginia and Lon MurchisonHarold and Kathleen NightingaleJean and Steve PerrellaMr. Curtis PitzerMs. Marie RasoMrs. Mildred C. SantoraMs. Roberta A. ScioscioDorothy and David ShireyMs. Patricia SistiHoward and Darlene WeachterMs. Elizabeth A. Woetzel

In Memory of Ronald MartiniMr. and Mrs. John Flatley

In Memory of Louis MassettiAnthony IngogliaMary Louise Samson

In Memory of Michael MatthewsNikki MazurRidgeway Elementary School

In Memory of Stanley McGinleyTheresa M. McGinley

In Memory of Roseann McGuireIngrid ArmstrongJo Ann CavalloThe Kane FamilyLinda Mordhorst

In Memory of Keith McLaughlinTom HickeyMr. and Mrs. David McLaughlin

In Memory of Thomas G. McStayJoyce and Clay BorchardMr. and Mrs. Carl EspositoRobert, Carroll and Michael Onischuk

In Memory of Michael “Mick” MeritzDaniel DiSantoRick HaringSusan Sensinger

In Memory of Sgt. Lori MeshellBarry Newman

In Memory of Madeline “Maddie”Midwinter

Bank of AmericaDomenick M. BertelliRaymond CarneyDarciena ChristelRobert ConklinWilliam CoyleLorraine Day-MidwinterJeri Del Vecchio MosnickMarlene DelacruzVeronica EscalonaColleen FisherJoanne FreyMatthew and Madonna GehrlingJennifer C. GellerGina R. GenoveseLisa GoldmanDavid Goldstein

The Haase FamilyRichard and Patricia KalingerKathy A. KarlovichKenneth KeenKPMG LLPAnn LaGrotta and FamilyMr. and Mrs. James LaGrottaRichard LaGrottaJennyrose LisenaJoseph MaioranoDarren MarcantuoneJohn MidwinterNancy MidwinterVeronica I. MolyneuxMrs. Ilana Monteleone and FamilyAlicia MontesNavigant Consulting, Inc.Barbara NelsonDenise and Paul NeuwirthBruce PfauJoanne M. Quinlan-RobertsNancy RaschillaChristine and Michael RomeoSalt Brook Sunshine ClubSusanne Schaaffe-WhyteRebecca SchroeterChristi L. ShawRafael and Patricia ValdesMichael Van DemarkMr. Anthony Venditti and Ms. Paula WisemanEd and Jennifer VerkampKevin and Carolyn Walsh

In Memory of Sadie MignottMichael Malamut

In Honor of Gina MingroneBarbara A. Hartmann

In Honor of Suzanne Thomson Monohan

Mary J. KeaneIn Memory of Maryann Montano

Robert L. JacksonIn Memory of James Murphy

Barbara MarraIn Memory of Kathleen Myers

Audrey V. CherichellaThe Comer FamilyMaureen P. ConnaghanAnneMarie and Roy DeYoungMaxine and David Horowitz andMae MindlinRichad KusAngela Pridgen

In Memory of Jeneen NacionRubino KathleenErica Scarpulla

In Memory of Harriett NassifRuth Rosensweig

In Memory of Stanley NavarreCarol, Elliott, Jordan and JaredKominsky

In Honor of Dee NelsonKurt Heinrich

In Memory of Kimberly NelsonDiane Weidman

In Memory of Susie NelsonKurt Heinrich

In Memory of Elizabeth “Betsy” NilesExxonMobil FoundationRobert HeinzmanSusan and Johan NyeSarnowski Family Foundation

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paying tribute to those who received,

In Memory of Thomas “Tommy”O’Neill

Thomas CorradoMr. and Mrs. Robert ErvinMartha and BillMark and SandyJuanita MajorKathy and Andy OldenburgLinda S. Puvogel and Michael J.O’HalloranDonna and Peter ShaftRobert and Rosemary StepienThe Vecchione FamilyMrs. Susan Wallendahl

In Memory of Jeff OrrVirginia Orr

In Memory of Matthew PaperaMr. and Mrs. Richard Papera

In Memory of Susan PennerMr. and Mrs. Allan Penner

In Memory of Michael R. PentzMartha Pentz

In Memory of Roberto DeJesus PerezMr. and Mrs. Giovanny FelizzolaMary B. FerryMary LoizidesMaria Perez

In Memory of Christian Robert PetersVicki Peters

In Honor of Tanya PicciniRonald Oswick

In Honor of D. Shawn Pierson, MDThe Greenberg Family

In Honor of Paul PodrazikMr. and Mrs. Kevin KedzioraMeg Wright

In Honor of Sam PrinceMr. and Mrs. Gary Resnick

In Memory of Susan RabinowitzEdith and Jerry Ritz

In Honor of Mark and Helen ReaganJohnson & JohnsonJohn and Laura Taverna

In Honor of William ReitsmaMark Van Denend

In Memory of Bob RemerColleen Amaro

In Memory of Dennis RispoliNancy CoxNancy SpringleDonna Tomaro

In Memory of Anthony RizzoJohn and Kim BusciniPhilip S. Kolm

In Memory of Robert RoettgerCarol A. Roettger

In Honor of Leslie RogersKyle Rogers

In Support of Alan RogolskyIrina and Steve Stolyar

In Honor of Gary Rombough, MDDr. and Mrs. Charles W. Riley

In Honor of Cosmo RossiDebra A. Rossi-Kuhn

In Memory of William RovenskyMatthew and Cheryl Schutz

In Memory of Christopher RussellHope Longdaue

In Memory of Anthony RussoDr. Martin Greenberg

In Memory of Joseph RussoDonna Haskins

In Memory of Delecia (DeDe) SaltielMr. and Mrs. Fernando AlvesMr. and Mrs. Fred AlvesLinda CerchiaroAnnette Fay

In Memory of Carole A. SarnowskiExxonMobil FoundationSarnowski Family Foundation

In Memory of Susan SchiavoK. Grady Perry

In Honor of Stuart E. SchmelzMs. Vanessa L. Schmelz and James Marcinek

In Memory of Valentine SchumakoffSuzanne Schumakoff

In Memory of Kenneth R. SchwarzMr. and Mrs. Allan R. Beach

In Memory of Todd SemonSigrid B. Frawley

In Memory of Luke ShakJudy Felmeister

In Memory of Karen ShimomuraDrs. Marianne and Lincoln Shimomura

In Memory of Gerard SigtermansDiane DarnellMarc J. Del GaudioMike and Pat FayMargaret and Jack GordonDiane and Ed HayesRichard HoranDeborah and Robert LavellMr. and Mrs. Scott NakashianHelen and Bob NixonMrs. Lois E. ReillyKatarina and James SigtermansMr. Gary SmithAl and Louise VereekenKaren and Ken Waddill

In Memory of Grace SilvestriniSusan C. SandfordBob SilvestriniDiane SilvestriniElaine Silvestrini

In Memory of Sherryl L. SmithRichard W. Meier

In Memory of Ronald SobelMary BadreRosalind Belkin-AsseoAnonymousMs. Frances EnglanderPaul and Barbara ForsteMs. Ellen GanonMr. Eric GerberMr. Arthur GundersheimMr. Fred Holub and Mr. Geoff McNallyAnita and Howard KaufmanMr. and Mrs. John KorzJoanne and Stephen MoldtMs. Naomi SagivMr. and Mrs. Walter SchaubenMs. Lillian SimonMs. Sheryl SuterMr. David Tomkins

In Memory of Edith SolomonRuth Rosensweig

In Memory of Sara SpinglerElizabeth and Lauren Spingler

In Memory of Robert James SullivanCarol Sullivan

In Honor of Kevin SzaboJeanette Szabo

In Honor of Judy Tabs Retirementfrom CAI-ECC

Aqudath Israel Early Childhood Center

In Memory of Paul D. TalbertEllen M. CallananRhea TalbertRuth E. Talbert

In Memory of Richard TamburiniPatsy and Bob BoakLadies Auxiliary of Herbertsville Volunteer Fire DepartmentThe Lysy FamilySarah NeumanMichele NixonChristopher Pitt

In Memory of Luis David “Punkin”Tardi

Judy De Feo and FamilyPamela Youngs and Aunt AmyRogers

In Memory of Matthew and Michael Tetta

Patsy G. TettaIn Memory of Shannon Thatcher

Shane ClarkJames F. RuggieroJennifer Thatcher

In Memory of Alexandra TozziHW Mountz NJHS

In Honor of Jacqueline L. Tunick’sWedding

Jacqueline L. TunickIn Honor of The Tunick Family

Rosemary SotherdenIn Memory of Esperanza Valdes

Rigoberto RodriguezIn Memory of Edward Verrico

Joanna and Francis DanieleSharon and Frank DaviesDawn and Gary KaiserGraham and Kay O’BrienDiane SchwabRita and Bert ToronJean VerricoGrace Weiner

In Memory of Steven WallGeorge and Donna ColeDaub’s Nurseries

In Memory of Alison Marie WalshDr. Sandra Richardson

In Memory of Lenny Watson, Jr.Lydia Watson

In Memory of Leonard Watson, Sr.Lydia Watson

In Memory of Richard WeberDeborah AlburyAnonymousArlington Players Club, Inc.Janet and Archie BarberBower and Co.Mary J. BuistMary Anne and Walter Bura

Theresa and Frank BurnsMr. Larry L. Glasper and Ms. Maria T. CorterMr. and Mrs. Francis J. DunnKimberly A. DunnMary Ann DziurzynskiMr. and Mrs. Rudolph FiducciaMr. and Mrs. Ronald J. FilippiJoan F. GarriganShirley and Ronald HacklingDavid HarveyMonica and Steve HarveyGeraldine and Robert HooperElizabeth KaminskiThe Kapuschinsky FamilyKearny High School Supervisors’ AssociationGail LandiDorothy A. LindsayJim and Pam LyonsMr. and Mrs. Louis J. MastroliaHenrietta MawhinneyRichard and Mary McCluskeySusan A. McCurrieErin MooreRosemary MooreMargaret and Thomas MooreCarmen NauenBob and Lynn OlezGlenn and Karen OsborneThomas H. PakradooniJoan PrunettiLawrence and Doris ReidyJoyce Ringele and the Basic Skills TeachersBill RobertsonBob and Lynn SansoneEdmund SheaVictor and Laura SilvaKathryn L. StanishMs. Barbara Condon and Mr. James A. SvecDeanne J. TerreriMary S. TorresDeborah VartanAnonymousMrs. Lyndsay VitaleJohn WarnerCody WeberJoanne and Elizabeth Williams

In Memory of Joan Catherine WhelanEvie and Behram Bharucha

In Memory of Richard WhitakerKaren Whitaker

In Memory of John W. Williams, Jr.Joanne and Elizabeth Williams

In Memory of Frances A. WojcikFredrica BrooksGeorgina Cordi NegroCarmen NanniRaritan Bay Mental Health CenterMargaret Schmidt-Fuller

In Memory of Michele WyckoffAnthony BuccellatoMatthew FerranoRose Tormohlen

In Memory of Christopher YangTami Ellen McLaughlinDeborah ProbstIrfan RajaDawn ReillyDonna J. Sells

In Memory of Lee Michael ZermanDavid A. Zerman

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offering hope to those who continue to wait, and remembering

$100,000+ The Hampshire Companies

$5,000+ Joanne Friedman

$1,000-$4,999Bruce Goldstein Elliott Kominsky Merck Company Foundation NJ State Nurses Association John Pflug Team Liberty

$500-$999 Theresa de Leon Paul Ferrari John Havard Jill Siegel

$100-$499 Marla Bace Jeff Barlow Kirsten BeckNick Cerbo Family Foundation, Inc. Dairy Queen Jon Fineman Grant Fisher Richard Giorgino Friends of Al-Sharik Glover Stuart Goldberg John J. HalperinMichael P. Hedden Daniel Hussey Knights Of Columbus, Council #5427 Carl Mangum Richard Maus Frederick Mueller Casey Phelan Dennis Posen Susan Ragland David Rankert Adelphi Research Emily Riley Joan Elaine Ruane Alison Snieckus Christina Strong Peter Ulrich Alyson Wasko

Up to $99 Elizabeth Abela-Davi Aetna Foundation Allentown Presbyterian Church The Alternative Press LLC Madelyn Anderson Tricia Bannister Adele Ben’AryKaren Ben'Ary Mary Blanco Janet Bodine Robin Braun Phyllis (Kareemah) Brown Lorraine Carine Carol Collinson Frank Conca Rosemary ConwayJeffrey Crane Robert Davis Darlene Dobry Pete Easton Tom Fourounjian Judith Fujiwara Peter Furka Frank Ghiselli Michael Goldman Elana E. GordonGerald GurlandCara Haid

David Houser Joyce Jardot John Jarema Brigitte John Thomas Kelly Gerald Kelly Naomi Kerstein Arlene King William E. King John Korb Cynthia Landis Johnny Larsen Meg Latham Paul Lovendahl Gale Martini Mahwah PBA Local 143Mary McClennan Frank H. McEnteeTheresa McGinley Susan Mead Mary Melega Philip MelnickElizabeth J. Mirbach MJM Promotions Gisela Moore Carolyn Moyle C. Nicholas Rusignuolo Cheryl OramJames Ottobre Simon Parkinson Charles Pascale Richard Patishnock Caroline Perkins Laurie Perry Sharon Phillips Diana Pitsikoulis Elizabeth Portine Sheldon Preville Kevin Quinn Katherine Raffelt Jules Rand Kathleen Ranft Lauren Reagan Susan Rhodes Anne Romano John Rucki Shelley Ruderman Patty Rush Nell Ryan Agnes Rymer Patricia Seader Felisa Shein Simone Shelby Arlene Sheridan Mike Sherman Angela Smith SVOJanice Taub Nancy TomichTowne Club Peter Trethaway John Van Pelt David Van Zandt and Robert Kendzerski Marie Varley Kim Vernon Vincas Vyzas Richard Weaver Barry Weiner Bridget Williams The Yeo Family William Zipse Gail Zuckerman Anonymous (6)

In Honor of all Donors, Recipientsand Those who Still Wait for a Lifesaving Transplant

Placida AbesAmanda AbramoMaria AguiluchoKathy AitchisonJoaquin ArissoMara BarlowAnthony BenfattoPatty BoweThyria CaldwellSusan CastellviFrank CatenaMoonsuk ChongOscar ColonZadith ColonAlyssa D’AddioMaria DeLauroDayanand DeoWhitney DownerSandy ErwinSenora FraserLernard FreemanElisse GlennonCindy GodfreyJan HinesSogra JafriJoyce JardotMorgan JohnsonJorge KalilDonna KingHelen LacarrubbaTess LewisJackie Lue Raia

Romelle LysenkoWanda MartinezMary Ellen McGlynnRose Ann Melendez-TavanaJosephine MessMargaret MooreGeorge MoserStephen MyersBarry NewmanIjeoma OkereKaren O’NeillSusan QuirogaMonica RamirezPrakash RaoRatnaprabha RavalWilliam ReitsmaJoseph RothWendy RothschildAlida SandovalSharyn SawczakMichael SheehanFelisa SheinPatrick SheridanPamela SniffenAlan SoriBeata SpiewakAlene StewartBarbara TurciKelly Ann WeilandCarolyn WelshAnonymous (3)

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those lives lost while waiting for the gift of life.

Suan Adams David Allen Jim Almoney Lucy Ann Debbi Appel Brad Aspel Lynette Baker Carmela Balacco Melanie Bancheri Carol Barnes Sam Battaglia Cara Beckenstein Marvin Berg Diana Bone Maryanne Bone Ali Boyd Valerie Brandao Jennifer Bu Alison Cain Eileen Cain William Cain Judith Calder Thomas Callan Cannon Campbell Cheryl Caridi Michael Carroll Marlene Casey Jennifer Castellano Russell Catanzarite Elise Catera Central SynagogueMargaret Chamberlain Frank Chiovari Robert Codignotto Marie Colon Michelle Compton Tracy Crews Michele Dabal Darien DaCosta Alyssa D’Addio Sue Dailey Cathy Devore Donna Dicosta Donna DiMisa Frank DiPiano George DiPiano Karen DiPiano Michael DiPiano Carl DiSanto Joseph DiSanto L&P DiSanto Laura DiSanto Patti DiSanto Victor DiSanto Andrea Downey Steve Downey Nina Dube Jane Dunleavy Arlene Eisenman Helen Eisenman Ed Eltzholtz Julie Englander Boomer Esiason FoundationBonnie Farbstein William Farbstein Jason Faulhaber Jenifer Feldheim Stephen Feldheim Brendan Ferriter

Linda Foster Carolyn Freeman Caren Friedman Walter Friedman Stuart Garmise Kathleen Gerlach Laura Giannino Fred Gibson Heidi, Steven, Adam and Jason GinsbergPeter Grantham Frederick Grave Debbie Greenberg Stanley Greenberg Jim Greengrove Ken Grisback David Halbrooks Peter Harrington Gilbert Harris Jeff Helman Robert Holmes Ray Hoobler Joseph Horne Tze-Chen Hsieh Kim Huff Maria Ilardi Sidney Irgang Paul Jablonski Jag Physical TherapyPhilip Jocelyn Cora Johnson Lauren Johnson Joan Kaplan Herb Katz Shannon Kelly R. E. Kenyon, III Mitchell Kirschbaum Allen Klein Carl Kling James Kulhawy Peter Kupczak Josh Kutchinsky Woody Lashen Ellen Lee George Lee Marty Lee Penny Lee Tricia Leicht Tina Liu LIU PostAdi Loebl Terry Lopata Sarah Maca Fred Macchio Barbara Macdonald Scot Mackie Rick Mangi Maria Mangino Diane Martynowicz Joseph Maurillo Kelley McDevitt-Hooker Mary McLaughlin Nora McMillan Paul Metselaar Jack Michels The Milano FoundationDebra Miller Louise Miller Scott Miller Modell’s II, Inc.

Beth Mohr Kerry Moncure Monsen Family Foundation, Inc.Rose Montagnino Montefiore Einstein Center for TransplantationGisela Moore Angela Morreale Matthew Moshen Victor Moutal James Nelson Linda Nelson The New York Organ Donor Network Yuan Ng Eleanore Nissley Scruffy O’Duffy O’Neills Family The Pampered ChefPilar Paulmeno Frena Picazo Jim Piro Margaret Pisco Jody Popper Shannon Powell Eilis Powers Michael Rabin Anne Rafanelli Karen Rafanelli Al Raymond Darci Reagan Joanne Regan Denise Rempe Glenn Rempe Janine Rempe Eion Robinson Michael Rotzler Florence Rubinson Lena Santillana Alison Saperstein Randi Saslow Janet Saulter-Hemmer Zina Scarpulla Rich Schaefer Linda Schiff Marilyn Schorr Lynn Schwartz Rose Schwartzseid Anna Searle Billy Searle

Jackie Searle Stephen Searle Tracy Shannon M. Shokouhi William Silver RoseAnn Simeone Scott Smolka Camila Isabel Sol de Pool Rita Solimene Susan Stern CalendaPeter Sternfels Steve Straus Michael Strusiak Patrick Sullivan Patricia Taranto David Tate Ronald Taubman Laura and Lew Tillman Gregory Tolve Dianne Tosti Joan Usiak Richard Utter Chris Vancheri Katherine Verni Mary Verni Joe Vollaro Basil Vorolieff Benedict Vozza Linda Vozza Mariana Vozza Tyler Vozza Ronni Ward Harvey Weinberg Joyce Weinberg Julie Ann WilsonJoseph Wu Mary Wu Ellen Yoshiuchi Chris Zaback Aleeza Zeiger Jenel Zumbo

Thank you all the members ofTeam Libertyand those who supported their efforts in the 2012 Transplant Games of America held in Grand Rapids, Michigan from July 28 to July 31!The team was awarded 50 competition medals all in honor of their donors!

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$5,000+#1 Suzann Rizzo#2 Alyssa D’Addio#3 Alexandra Niles#4 Kristina Dayback#5 Diane Bernstein#6 Phyllis Caputo#7 Vincent Cucci, Jr.#8 Dennis Dayback#9 Nicole Alicea#10 Gene Pepe#11 Randi Geffner

$2,500 - $4,999Dorothea DuffyCindy BoyeaMax PrinceThomas O’BrienJackie Lue RaiaJennifer JovaMark FeldsteinTina McCabeNicole KolbLisa PlonaTeri RussoRoy LarsenEmma RothmanMichael AmatoKevin EngelkeMeagan O’NeillBarbara A. KuzminskiAaron GrossmanAmy Buckiewicz

$1,000 – $2,499Danah FranchinoJoan DiMeoRashmi KhareGail DuaneKaren PraschilAlyson AngstreichJamie SiegristJulianne J. NavarreteErin DeVivoDonna AlbanesePeter RooneyKelley NiemiKaren HernandezBeth LaibleElena FalcoLindsay GanterJoseph RothNancy MacNivenMatt BarrPatricia WallingJeanette SzaboShevaun O'NeillRomelle LysenkoRonald OswickOlivia VanBuskirkAlida SandovalSara OliveiraMary Pat JanuszanisKevin RothJohn LongoMora KarasAnne FeuerbornWilliam ReitsmaLenore FordSangeeta BadlaniMatthew CumiskeyMollie Rubinstein

Andrea FullerTerry MignottRajesh KarnaniMark ReaganRosanna ScaliCarole LaibleMimi Assegidie-IngramEric LaibleLisa MeyersMark UptegroveBernard Simon$500 - $999Marc MoslowitzJoe RussoSue EvansMichelle BruggerEmilie BrinsonLisa FrazeeJennifer RizzoGrace PicciniCelestina BerlinChristine GormanDerlys GutierrezBrian FarrellElisse GlennonRodger DavenportAmanda IgnautLucinda MonicaLori WestColleen McQueenKristin M. MingioneValerie BudkaGlenn Van EttenChristina MoslehMelissa ManiscalcoLauren ReaganMichael SnyderDana DempseyLinda ScorsoneLawrence BolognaInes RosaStacy HughesHelen T. ReaganHeather RinaldiCatherine HamiltonSonja WashingtonCatherine BlumenscheinCinthia KersteinMegan CockcroftNancy BirdDoreen LechnerAllison PiniJoanne CorniolaKurt HeinrichIngrid NoonanJennie ReyesMarisa Van BuskirkAndrea LorberbaumMickey NeuhauserMelissa CoffeyJamie D’AngeloKarah BarroqueiroMary Louise FesselDan SarnowskiE. Denise PeoplesTara PatelMara BarlowRyan GoldbergNick ParadiseMark Van Etten

Dave GalonskaSiobhan GrafWhitney DownerMaria MarasaMarcia MohlAlene StewartPhilip ManginiJulie NelsonLea BorghardMarilyn DipkinAnna ZdepJoshua SteidlChristine MallekPamela DelisoKelly LaydenLen CereficeDerek PicciniRita RyanMelanie FortunatoKristen LalamaDeanna PecoraKimberly CassidyDawn-Marie DalsassTiffany DodaBrian PricePeggy SimurraAnne Portine-KudlacDanielle McCueGeorgette TzatzalosAudrey KleetJanet KolibasSandra LueSarah WaltersAdriene ZepkaSharon SalernoNikki DunnMitchell RubinsteinDoreen AmatoCathy & Jim CareyBrad ChernockDavid LivingstonDanielle NovelloMaria ScaliBasil Vorolieff

$250 - $499Stacy BerryMegan SmithMichael OchotorenaCarolyn MooreCourtney SchellhornDaniella ErreraFred KleetKaren ShinevarKristin SteinmetzKatie StrusiakNicole HartAdrian GonzalezAvinash SamtaniLinda RubinsteinAli JonesKaran RaspatelloKatherine HolmesEve Reiners-SavvaDayna SoluriCarol ErcolanoJessica GarrettJody KellyRosa WilliamsCarolyn FureyMichele Martini

Jackie ChieraDaniel HusseyDavid LaibleGerald MohlNanceyAnne TallisBrian AllainMaria PerezDanny LaibleTara GoldsmithRobert BennettVashti JohnsonGretchen SzaboLauren TurciMichelle ClausenGeraldine EntrupEthan LaibleDiana McGroartyMelanie MeuerleKaren O’NeillStephanie CaponigroHugh MacDonaldTony BarroqueiroEvetta CantyAl DeVivoChristine TenoreAngela FristachiRose Ann Melendez-TavanaMichael BialkoJoanna CiprianoPeter ConnollyMarc CoopersmithKim GrebelJen JonesSuzanne MonacoEileen SchwalbJoey KalminMaryLou MoczynskiNancy PeetJill DohertyKathleen BertinatoKyle DrumHelen GeibChristine LeiterStephanie McCannAlison MoorTanya PicciniMichael SheehanJeff SobelLynn WilliamsTricia BannisterMichelle CurnowTara DublanicaPaula GutierrezKristine RovellLori GuadagnoCara HaddonElizabeth SeitzJenny StockingerChristina StrongDiana AptakerKori DeNobileKen LouryLawrence LueWendy MehalickDina RicciRegina RolwoodBecky RoseEileen SaakeLisa VeitRaffaella Bove

Katrina CharlesKathleen PortinePatricia SaklasKristi DiklichAndy CattanoBob Chavez Marissa ElmerMaria FeeneyJennifer GeigerJan HinesLorraine HourihanKathie NapolitonLeighAnn RusserJill D’AmicaChristopher LakeErika McKeonSandra McPherson-GichieDanielle D'AndreaNelson MirandaPrincy VargheseSharon FenielloSheila HilgerKaren PankaHal GrossmanSusan MacKenzieAnthony PandisciaValerie BaloghCharles BechtelDeb BelfattoBarry BrikowskiMichael CucciJason ElmerSandy ErwinLinda GoldenbergSusan Levin AagesenDennis MalloyStephen PercyRichard PerryMarc SantucciSuzanne ChockletteJacob MoroneyMelissa RivasJason AptakerAaron LoweDiane RussellAlison SchrumChristine BidlackMonica SchottingerAmy AnestEd ArnoldKim AtnoCarol BeidemanWalter CockcroftKimberly GithensMaureen JacobiMarilyn JacobiErin KayTanya KenevichCindy MazzattaJanine McDermottIngrid NauJayne PropertTina SeckersonElise ShelffoMary SwarthoutKristina TyliczkaLeslie TyrieRosemary Zbeda

2012 Top Fundraisers

3rd Annual Walk & USATF Certified RaceSUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013

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Top 10 Teams - $9,000+#1 In the “Spirit” of

Anthony Rizzo#2 Team Courtney#3 Papa Tony’s Team#4 “Just Do It” in Celebration

of Joe D’Addio#5 Betsy’s Dash#6 Team Kevin Gilbert#7 Max’s Mitzvah Movers#8 Team Christopher#9 Team DQ#10ONE LOVE for Brian Bernstein$5,000 - $8,999

Team EvanBe Like Keith Share-Give-LoveRandi’s Runners3 MusketeersTeam DorotheaTeam AndrewTeam FCCJellybean’s RainbowPo-Po’s PeepsTeam BuckHearts for EmmaMacDonald PlumbingRobert Cameron PlonaMartial Arts for LifeTeam Will GanterASG&L Law FirmTeam Lisa L.NJ Sharing Network Staff and FriendsI AM DROZD! Celebrating Mike’s Life

$2,500 - $4,99990607Second ChanceTeam RyanTeam Shaun OBTeam Romeo Delta ForceTeam JonathonPop-pop’s TeamValley HospitalPioneers for EricBayshore Community Hospital/Riverview Medical CenterUMDNJ-University Hospital/NJ Trauma CenterTeam ToriTeam 360Rich GrossmanTeam Mathew’s HeartArtie’s PartieRemembering RobinTeam DawnIt’s Johnny TimeLoving HeartsLove LifeMaria DiMeoSzabo BoysBE FIT

$1,000 - $2,499Team V.I.P.Linda’s Home Team

The Krusty KrushersTeam JayOgilvy CommonHealth WorldwideHeartthrobsopTIMistsMTFBreathin EzyDevin’s Got GutsJCMC: Enhancing LifeAOKTeam ShepherdNewark Beth Israel Second ChancesSTOP For NikhilTeam SCKSurvival TeamTeam SusieFriends & Family of Bhupendra PatelTeam GeneLackawaxens for LifeFran’s McRingo AllStarsTeam JoeyTeam ScottYou People...DaVita StarsIrish AngelsSummit SupportersHeart SuccessLori West Family & FriendsRun for EricTeam FordTeam Tin ManRekindle LifeThe HeartthrobsSentrxJahira WalksPidgeTeam MaitriDocument Solutions B.Li.STeam JolineSave DavidTeam Korn PiniOcean Medical CenterWilliam H. Connolly & Co., LLCTeam JasonTeam GratitudeForever YoungTSVOne Team 2012PfizerTeam Transplanters - Legacy of the BraveRoad RONnersSharing ShufflersMorristown Medical CenterOverlook Medical CenterCJS Violations Compliance ServicesEBG SharesTeam HealthEdTeam Deral IngramKristen’s CrusadersTeam HeartRunning For Our Angel

2012 Top Team Fundraisers

Many thanks to the companiesthat provided matching giftsFor more information about how your company may match yourgift, please contact 908-516-5400 or info@njsharingnetwork.org.American Express PhilanthropyAmerican International Group, Inc.Automatic Data Processing, Inc.AXA FoundationBank of AmericaBenjamin Moore & Co.BlackRock Matching Gift ProgramC.R. Bard Foundation, Inc.Charles Schwab FoundationChubb & SonCrum and ForsterDeutsche BankExxonMobil FoundationGannett FoundationGenentech GivingStationGoldman SachsJohnson & JohnsonKPMG LLP

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC Matching Gifts ProgramMerck Partnership for GivingMoretrenchNJM Insurance CompanyNovartis FoundationPfizer FoundationPrudential FoundationRBC Foundation – USASanofi-Aventis Matching Gift CenterTelcordia TechnologiesThe Warnaco Foundation Gift MatchProgramThe Dun & Bradstreet CorporationFoundationThe Horizon Foundation of NJ Matching Gifts ProgramVerizon Foundation

Special thanks to our event sponsorsA & A Benefit ConsultantsAdams Stern Gutierrez & Lattiboudere, LLCASA AppleBarnabas HealthBrinton Eaton Wealth AdvisorsCJS Violations ServicesDavis EnterprisesDocument SolutionsEthiconEvergreen Millennium Capital, Inc.Genentech, a member of Roche GroupHackensack University Medical CenterInvestors Bank Jeffrey Sobel ConsultingLifeCellLourdes Health SystemMagnet Mailers.com, LLCMuskuloskeletal Transplant Foundation

Novartis Pharmaceuticals CorporationOgilvy CommonHealth WorldwideOverlook Medical CenterPfizer, IncPNC Wealth ManagementRaritan Bay Medical CenterMark & Helen ReaganRobert Wood Johnson University HospitalSaul Ewing LLPShopRite (Village Supermarkets)SourceOne Communication GroupThe Hampshire CompaniesTrinitas Regional Medical CenterTSS Facility Services, Inc.Wells Fargo Bank, NAWilliam H. Connolly & Co., LLCWiss & Company, LLP

Thank you to those who heldfundraising events on our behalf Brandon Dowler FundraiserBrian Kern Memorial Deep Sea Fishing TripD’Addio Softball TournamentEileen Cinquemane 2nd Annual Memorial Golf OutingMTF Hosted Appreciation EventMTF Jean’s Day

MTF Winter Employee Party RaffleNational DL Blue and Green DayNew Providence ChiropraticPapa Carl’s Jam for LifeSpring Lake 5 2012Wiss & Company, LLP Dress Down DayWithumSmith+Brown, PC Wear Jeans 2 Work

Turning Philanthropic Dollars intoResearch, Education

and Life-saving Work

To Remember. To Honor. To Give Hope.

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THEY GAVEWith Everlasting Gratitude to all of our 2012

DOMINGO D. RALPH J. JOHN D. LUIS C. HUGH M. CHARLES S. STEPHEN S. RAPHAEL R. VINCENT S. ALEX S. MARIA F. HO-KRI A. CHARLES B. ARNEL F. DEREK M. CAROL H. MARIANNE C. ARTHUR L. ERIC K. JOHN M. NEAL G. THOMAS L. MALCOLM S. MARIAN M.

HENRY T. DANIEL L. JULIO L. RICHARD H. ROCCO P. MICHELE W. JEFFREY K. EILEEN F. STEPHEN D. ANTHONY F. BRUCE G. WILLARD S. LOUIS A. ALI S. DOREEN A. KATHLEEN M.CURTIS K.ALEXANDER C.RONALD S.DANIEL O.JOHN Z.LOLA C.EUGENE D.KEVIN M.

SANDRA R.GARY S.RONALD K.BERNIE E.XU W.ROBERT C.CAROLANN Z.ROBERT H.JOSE S.FRANCIS C.ROBERT S.MARILYN R.ROGER H.STEVEN O.MILDRED P.KAYLA O.WALTER K.CHARLES D.JESUS V.PAMELA C.DENNIS K.GLENN D.WILLIAM S.VIOLA A.

SHANNON T.WILLIAM M.SHERRY J.RUDOLPH W.GEORGE S.CHRISTINE V.LUCIA M.ANN W.KIMBERLY G.NANCY S.SUSAN R.JILL I.ANTHONY E.LINDA D.MARK W.CATHERINE O.MELISSA K.GARY B.ANTHONY S.TIMOTHY M.CHERYL H.DOROTHY K.JOSE LUIS S. DOMINICK D.

ALBERT K.DONNA W.DANIEL A.JORDAN A.LUCILE P.ROBIN M.PHILIP M.THEODORE F.YELENA K.CHRISTOPHER M.RICHARD S.PRISCILLA M.LUIS S.JOSEPHINE P.LINDA G.MICHAEL C.ELEANOR R.JULIO C.JOSEPH B.GEORGE R.ROGER D.MICHAEL R.DARRYL F.BRYAN H.

LYNETTE S.ROY E.CHARLES S.JOSEPH G.LAMONT W.ROBERT W.CLAUDINE P.JULIE M.IGOR O.JOSEPH G.ANTHONY L.RICHARD P.ROSEMARY C.VERONICA M.LISA H.SHARON O.JOSE P.TERRI M.GAIL B.PAUL S.ANGEL P.MICHELLE F.EARL D.ARTHUR C.

NOEL G.DIANNE N.THERESA B.OMAR F.CHARLES C.JAMES M.ROBERT H.ENNIS P.JUAN F.DORIS S.MABEL L.ROBERT P.SHARON G.WILLIAM G.LUIS P.FRANCA C.CENELIE D.KENNETH B.JOSE G.RICHARD J.STEPHAN P.NICHOLAS D.FRANCISCO P.DEBRA K.

PAUL P.DAVID W.SHARON M.ROBERTA C.DAVID W.SCOTT S.BRUCE W.PATRICK M.JOHN W.HAFEEZ W.PATRICIA F.CLARENCE C.JAMES C.RICKY D.MILTON R.KONSTANTINOS K.TERENCE D.ROBERT V.JOSEPH F.CAROLINE K.CAROLYN M.PATRICIA W.GEORGE M.DIANA S.OSCAR P.JILLIAN D.BLANCA R.THOMAS F.MARY R.BRIAN Q.ALEXANDER R.ROSE S.CURTIS M.LEONID H.KENNETH S.

TIMOTHY R.HAROLD M.DELECIA S.HARRY B.GARY W.VINCENT L.HEATHER S.WILLIAM S.CONSTANCE W.LOIS R.DONALD D.LINDA K.PATRICIA J.SUSANNE G.RICHARD K.LAWRENCE I.DANIEL W.JOHNNA R.BARBARA S.MARGARET A.GERALD P.HENRY S.RONALD M.DAVID H.HAROLD K.ARTHUR F.DORIS P.STEPHAN P.JUAN P.ROBERT J.PATRICIA H.FRANCES I .RICHARD L .GEORGE G .CHARLES M .

JERRY D. CHESTER W.ARIOLFO R.DONNA O.VIRGINIA Q.DOUGLAS S.JESSICA G.THOMAS L.ALTAGRACIA C.NICHOLAS M.WALTER F.WILLIAM J.MICHAEL V.THOMAS B.ROXANN M.CHIMANBHAI P.ROBERT S.YEIPIN MENNOR L.JEREMIAH Q.JUAN R.CARL G.JOANNE K.JOSEPH F.ROSE W.BARBARA Z.ARLENE Q.LORREN L.AGATHA D.STEPHEN B.ANTONIETTE P.ELIZABETH E.MARTIN M.CYNTHIA M.CHANDRIKA K.THOMAS J.

GEORGE C.NANCY C.LINDA V.KENNETH M.DANIEL D.ALLEN D.JAMES D.DANA P.ZBIGNIEW P.LYNNE W.WALTER G.EMILIO D.ROBERT P.JAMEICA T.KEVIN E.ALBERT A.STEPHANIE B.HONORA E.DENNIS M.WILLIAM S.GERALDINE F.JASON B.JOSEPH C.JOHN F.HERNAN T.MICHAEL G.MANUEL V.GREGORY B.BABY BOY T.PETER D.RICHARD M.JOHN S.HUGO C.ANDREW L.SALVATORE F.

MARY J.DAVID K.MICHAEL M.MARK I.DARIA B.DONNA G.KAREN R.PATRICK W.JOANNE C.ROSE C.N. VANCE C.KATHLEEN R.MICHAEL E.LUZ W.KENNETH F.RICKY C.JEFFREY G.JOHN P.JONATHAN D.RICHARD G.GREGORY L.LESLIE S.ROBERT M.VIRGIL G.TIMOTHY B.JOSEPH M.WILLIAM S.JOHN K.RAFEAL J.DANIEL T.KAREN N.LONNIE S.LORA A.JEAN G.WESLEY S.

THOMAS B.JOHN F.BETTY-LOU W.MICHAEL L.JOSEPH L.JOHN A.JACQUELINE S.MICHAEL M.LINDA F.TINA-MARIE H. IVETTE D.GEORGE W.RACHEL M.KAREN M.DONALD R.RONALD C.MARY R.LUIS T.LIGIA C.PAULETTE R.BENITA G.GEORGE E.GILBERTO A.KENNETH M.CLIFFORD T.MICHAEL R.CHARLES K.FRED G.CYNTHIA K.CONGETTA S.EDWARD V.ROSEMARY W.NICHOLAS N.CHARLIE D.ABRAHAM V.

DANIEL C.VICTOR C.GEORGIA H.JACK C.GREGG T.GLORIA B.PATRICIA M.MICHAEL W.FRANKLIN H.REGINALD B.BRIAN D.YVONNE K.ROBERTA D.ANTHONY T.DENNIS H.ARTHUR L.VINCENT C.TREVA Y.VINODBHAI P.LUIS P.MARTIN D.GLORIA C.DEMETRIUS E.JOHN A.JOHN B.JAMES B.AMY O.TYREE T.GLORIA G.JOHN D.EDWARD N.LIZZIE M.NICOLE L.JEFFREY K.MARGARET C.

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LIFE.Organ and Tissue DonorsJULIO O.SANDRA S.JANETTE S.MANUEL G.FABIAN B.VED K.IRENE S.JAMES S.FRANCES W.LUCAS H.MARGARET O.MILAGROS D.RICHARD T.CHRISTIAN R.GARRET M.ARTHUR W.MICHAEL O.JOHN P.GARY S.MICHAEL M.IRENE Z.EDWARD H.ANGELA B.DOUGLAS J.DENNIS M.DOMINGO T.DEBORAH B.RAMONE G.ROBERT Y.LINDA S.JOHN M.ROBERT R.GEORGE M.JOHN C.EDWARD O.CECELIA W.

KEVIN R.BEATRICE R.MARGARET V.LINDA N.STEWART W.JOSHUA M.SUSAN C.WALTER U.JEANE P.ROBERT N.CATHLEEN V.CLIFFORD G.NICHOLAS T.PETER L.SABU A.HAROLD G.GERARD C.GINA V.MARIE R.GRACE H.CLAIRE S.DOUGLAS S.PETER S.DEBORAH M.SHAWN C.KATHY W.ANDREW R.NATHAN W.CHARLES H.ROBERT S.ALEXIS T.TERRY S.GIOVANNI C.REGINA Y.CHRISTOPHER W.MARIA K.

LINDA H.LESLIE S.MARCELINO S.WAYNE M.JOHN M.ERICA H.OMAR M.DORIS R.PHE C.EDWARD S.OLGA S.THEODORE B.ANN S.SANDRA J.NYASHIA B.ROSE T.ANDREW A.VANESSA P.TRACY M.ROSANNE M.LAUREN B.RICHARD M.THOMAS F.RICHARD G.STEVEN W.DORIS A.JOHNNIE I.ANTHONY C.ROBERT L.DIANE M.EPHRAIM S.RICHARD D.DELSA B.RANDI M.JOHN S.HENRY H.

GREGORY H.YAIRO R.DAVID G.BARBARA L.MATTHEW B.MERVIN B.RONALD J.KENNETH V.MICHELE M.CARLOS L.WENDY C.MARK G.THOMAS J.ROGER L.SAMUEL C.MICHAEL B.DIANE D.MIGUEL R.RICHARD D.RITA N.BALJITKAUR C.CYNTHIA B.LARRY Y.STEPHEN F.JAMES C.ARMANDO C.DONNA W.PHYLLIS O.SHAHEEM R.JOSEPH W.ANTHONY L.PATRICIA C.ANITA M.JOAN I.CHARLES G.CLARENCE C.

JOHN M.PATRICIA P.GABRIELLA E.NORA F.GLENDA M.CHRISTOPHER D.TODD S.ROBERT M.CHRISTINE Z.CHRISTOPHER C.MICHAEL D.WALTER H.MARY G.EMMA P.RUTH S.GEORGANNE K.KATHLEEN O.FREDERICK H.JOSEPH C.ORA-MAE L.JESSICA B.MICHAEL S.VICTOR H.DAVID B.CONOR S.OK P.BARBARA B.ANA SOFIA H.ROSEANNE K.THOMAS P.VINCENT J.JAMES M.CHERIE K.LOUIS A.ROBERT P.CAROLINE C.

RUBEN T.ROSE W.PAUL C.SALLY S.LILY W.MELVIN S.DONNA S.ROBERT M.MICHAEL I.MARY S.GAIL Z.JOHN B.MARQUET C.GLADYS C.ATTILA T.KATHLEEN S.LINDA K.SUZANNE B.HECTOR Y.ROBERT G.CHRISTOPHER H.JOSEPH M.THOMAS P.SUZANNE B.LARRY G.JIN K.ANTHONY L.GEORGE B.CHARLOTTA J.ANTHONY M.ROSEANN M.CHRISTOPHER R.TIFFANY B.CHARLES L.OLGA G.LUZ R.

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All in a Day’s Work By Gina Restaino, In-House Coordinator, NJ Sharing Network

Each day Imake my way tomy corner desk.Phones start ring-ing, sometimesincessantly. I puton my headset

and face the computer. My job keeps me in the office,but the work takes me around the state and into thelives of families whose loved ones have died – some-times just moments before.

Hospitals are legally required to inform us of everyhospital death. If the potential donor is a candidate fortissue donation, it is my job to make the call to the fam-ily. This is not an easy call to make. But I know my efforts help the recipients. The donation of a cornea

may help a blind person see again. Skin can help a burnvictim live a more normal life, and donated bone mayprevent a leg amputation and help a person walkagain. The list goes on and on.

I also believe that offering the option of tissue donation can help the families, who often find solacein knowing their loved one will help others. I work withthe families and guide them through the process. It ismy job to offer families the opportunity to consider tissue donation.

My desk has few adornments, but I have a beautiful view to the outdoors. Knowing that I am helping others keeps me focused through the long day.Sometimes during my conversation with families, I willask if they know someone who needed mastectomy

reconstruction. Or I will ask if they know anyone whohad ACL surgery. These are the kinds of cases that can require tissue donation.

When I tell families with whom I speak that I havesome idea how they feel, it's true. I was 18 years oldwhen my six-year-old cousin was hit by a car while riding a scooter. I was at the hospital when NJ SharingNetwork offered us the option of organ donation. Wewere hurt and all crying and nothing in the worldwould bring our cousin back. But because of our decision, other children are alive today and doing well.

We call families who may be in the midst of theirworst moments and they nonetheless think of others.I am always amazed by their generosity.

WHO WE ARENJ Sharing Network is a non-profit, federally-designated, organ procurement organization responsible for the recovery of organs and tissue forthe nearly 5,000 New Jersey residents currently awaiting transplantation, and is part of the national recovery system, which is in place for themore than 115,000 people on waiting lists.