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Donate Life Float Spreads

Healing Message

ROSE PARADE: JOURNEY OF HOPEPartner hospitals unite to spread message of life

New Year’s Day of 2014 will be a special memory for me. I was fortunate to join a delegation of organ and tissuerecipients and donor families from New Jersey who traveledto Pasadena to witness the 125th-annual Rose Parade.

I cheered and snapped photos along Colorado Boulevard,watching a color-drenched parade filled with brilliant floralfloats, spirited marching bands and high-stepping equestrianunits. But what truly made it memorable was the RoseParade Donate Life float, decorated in “floragraphs” of people who made the generous gift of organ and tissue

donation. It was the ideal platform for donor families, living donors and transplant recipients toinspire the world to save and heal those in need.

The float honored three New Jersey donors and celebrated the health of two New Jeresey transplant recipients, sending our message of hope and compassion to millions of viewers aroundthe world.

One poignant element this year was the rose dedication garden that made up part of the float.I was especially pleased that the CEO of every one of our hospital partners participated in a rosededication ceremony to send a message of support. I can’t begin to explain how critical it is for usto work closely with our hospital partners to effectively save more lives throughout the state.

This magazine includes a story about the people who flew cross-country to participate in theDonate Life float, and express their appreciation to living donors and the families of other donors.

And, as a follow-up to the cover story in the last issue, it is my pleasure to report DorotheaDuffy has received the kidney she has waited years for and already has big plans to participate inour annual 5K Walk and USATF Certified Race. Dorothea’s story is yet another reinforcement ofthe work we do at NJ Sharing Network, and how our community always comes together to providehealing and hope for those waiting for a second chance at life.

Looking into 2014, we have many exciting events in the works. We are making plans for DonateLife Month in April with the 54 hospitals in our service area. Donate Life Month activities includeNational Blue & Green Day, the Annual Volunteer Conference/5K Kickoff event, hospital flag rais-ings and MVC visits, all taking place in April.

In addition, we will very soon have our annual reunion of friends, donor families, recipients,volunteers and hospital partners at our 5K Walk and USATF Certified Race set for Sunday, June 8.

I am appreciative of the support NJ Sharing Network continues to receive. Even with our hardwork and successes, I am compelled to stay focused on the fact that nearly 5,000 people remain onthe transplant waiting list in New Jersey. As we focus on a new year, we are more dedicated thanever to make the waiting list a thing of the past.

You can help… Please look for more ways to encourage friends, family, colleagues, co-workersand others to become registered organ and tissue donors. Reach out to NJ Sharing Network as aresource; we are always looking for new venues to highlight our mission.

Thank you, once again, for all you do. My best wishes.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEESVito PulitoChair

Bruce I. Goldstein, Esq.Vice Chair

Howard A. NelsonTreasurer

Marc H. LorySecretary

Patrick M. Buddle, MD

Margaret Dreker

Bonnie Evans

Edward J. Florio, Esq.

Michael P. Hedden

Aline M. Holmes, RN

Anthony L. Marchetta

Vijay Rajput, MD

Timothy J. Touhey

ADVISORY BOARDMark J. Zucker, MDChair

Loretta Aigner, RNGail CleggRoseann DiBrienza, RN, MSStuart R. Geffner, MDMichael Gould, MDSarah E. Jensen, Esq.David A. Laskow, MDJames Lim, MDDebra L. Morgan, MSW, LCSWShamkant Mulgaonkar, MDTrish O’Keefe, RN, MSNTy J. Olson, MDJohn S. Radomski, MDPrakash Rao, PhD, MBA, FACHE, HCLDBruce StroeverHarry Sun, MDDorian J. Wilson, MD

EDITORIAL TEAMMara BarlowAssistant Director, Marketing and CommunicationsNJ Sharing Network

Lernard FreemanPublic Relations Manager NJ Sharing Network

Co-Produced by Jaffe Communications & Campbell Health Media

Contributors:Amanda Abramo David O’HaraJoaquin Arisso, Jr. Eneida RebyakJan Hines Sharyn SawczakRose Ann Melendez-Tavana John Valentine

Comments to editor@njsharingnetwork.org

Joseph S. RothPresident and Chief Executive OfficerNJ Sharing Network

On the Cover: The 2014 Donate Life float participants wave to the crowd as they spread the message of this year’s theme,“Light Up the World.”

NJ Sharing Network President and CEO, Joseph S. Roth, with New Jersey Hospital Association President and CEO, Elizabeth A.Ryan, who dedicates a rose for the Donate Life Float rose dedication garden.

Since our last issue,Dorothea Duffy has receivedthe kidney she has waited

years for, pictured left.

As the warm weather finally approaches, we have muchto share in the pages of this issue of Circle of Life about thesuccesses of the past year and our ambitious plans for the future.

First, your generous contributions helped support ourinteractive exhibit on organ and tissue donation at LibertyScience Center. On one recent visit I overheard different setsof parents discussing the healing gifts of donation with theirchildren — exactly the type of conversations we want theexhibit to spark.

We began 2014 so proud of the strong New Jersey showing on the Donate Life Float at the RoseParade on New Year’s Day. You can read more about the float in our cover story, and please know thatyour support enabled us to be represented on the float. It was a wonderful way to bring our messageto tens of thousands of people on the parade route and millions more on national television.

We are already gearing up for our fourth-annual 5K Walk and USATF Certified Race. Last year,more than 8,000 people participated in the event, helping raise $760,000 and, more important, spreading the word of our life-saving mission.

This year, we have set an unprecedented 5K fundraising goal of $1 million. As in years past, our5K teams will represent donor families, recipients, volunteers, living donors, community groups,corporate and hospital partners, and other advocates whose lives have been impacted by donationor transplantation. I am excited for this year’s 5K and the opportunity to honor those who gave, celebrate those who received, give hope to those who continue to wait and remember the lives lostwhile waiting for the gift of life.

Let me close by introducing the newest member of our Foundation board, Cheryl Cohen, aChesterfield resident and health care industry professional. Cheryl’s brother’s life was extended eightyears because of the gift of a heart transplant. She was so moved by the passion she saw at NJ SharingNetwork that she knew she had to play a key role.

We are very pleased to have Cheryl on board and so thankful for the time, talent and supportyou all give to our mission to save lives in New Jersey through organ and tissue donation.

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FOUNDATION BOARDPeter Rooney, ChairOgilvy CommonHealth WorldwideResident of Mendham

Marla Bace, Vice ChairCircles, a division of SodexoResident of Berkeley Heights

Philip S. Kolm, TreasurerResident of Fort Lee

Alberta D’Addio, SecretaryResident of Watchung

Donna Albanese-DeMair, Immediate Past ChairDairy Queen of PlainfieldResident of Scotch Plains

Cheryl CohenWells Fargo Equipment FinanceResident of Chesterfield

J.D. de LeonResident of Jersey City

Lenore C. FordResident of Morristown

Randi GeffnerResident of Livingston

Honorable F. Michael GilesResident of West Orange

Derlys M. Gutierrez, Esq.Adams Stern Gutierrez & Lattiboudere, LLCResident of Montclair

Thomas Ludlum, Esq.City of Paterson Law DepartmentLudlum Law OfficesResident of Glen Rock

Lisa MeyersSummit YMCAResident of Summit

Anthony E. PizzutilloSmith Pizzutillo LLCResident of Lawrenceville

Helen Taverna ReaganResident of Basking Ridge

Suzann RizzoInvestors BankResident of Staten Island, NY

Daniel SarnowskiResident of Cutchogue, NY

Bernard SimonResident of Edison

Myles VarleyPersonal Resource Management Associates, Inc.Resident of Mount Olive Township

Ex-Officio Members:

Joseph S. RothPresident and CEONJ Sharing Network

Barry NewmanChief Financial OfficerNJ Sharing Network

Elisse E. GlennonExecutive DirectorNJ Sharing Network Foundation

Elisse E. GlennonExecutive Director, FoundationNJ Sharing Network

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3. When prompted to choose a charitable organization, search “NJ Sharing Network.”

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5. Each time you shop through smile.amazon.com, 0.5% of your purchase price will go to support organ and tissue donation education.

Cheryl Cohen, new Foundation board member

Team Liberty is gearing up for the 2014 TransplantGames of America in Houston, July 11-15. This multi-day competition celebrates organ, cornea and tissue transplantation. The Games honor those whogave the gift of life and healing, and also motivatespeople to join their state donor registries. Here’s TeamLiberty at the 2012 Games, held in Michigan.

For more information or to sign up, please visithttp://www.njsharingnetwork.org/2014teamliberty

NJ Sharing Network Foundation Board Member Randi Geffner testsa new exhibit focusing on organ and tissue donation at Liberty Science Center in Jersey City. The interactive exhibit provides viewerswith a deeper understanding of the life-saving value of organ andtissue donation. The NJ Sharing Network Foundation funded theinteractive exhibit to educate people about donation and encouragemore people to register as organ and tissue donors. Students atthe museum also get to view live transplants, on a large, state ofthe art-theater with closed circuit television, from NJ Sharing Network hospital partners. Students frequentlyexpress awe seeing — with their very own eyes — how transplantation brings life to patients. Participating in theprogram is Dr. Stuart Geffner, who performs living kidney transplants at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, and Dr. Margarita Camacho, who performs heart transplants at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.

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Organ and Tissue Donation and Recovery CERequirement for RNs educated prior to 2008 oran RN educated since who has not had nursingeducation in this area.

N.J.S.A. 45:11-26.1 and N.J.A.C. 13: 37-5.3(j)require all RNs whose nursing curriculums did notcontain content in organ and tissue donation andrecovery, and who have not completed continuingeducation in organ and tissue donation and recovery, to complete a one hour continuing education course in this area prior to their nextscheduled license renewal.

The Board is monitoring compliance with thisrequirement by incorporating a question in the2014 and 2015 online renewal forms. For RNs due torenew their license in 2014, they will have to meetthe requirements by May 31, 2014. For RNs due torenew their license in 2015, they will have to meetthe requirement by May 31, 2015.

http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/nursing/

For questions, contact Barbara Turci bturci@njsharingnetwork.org.

Let the Games Begin!

R.N. Alert

Did you know in 2013…

138 Organ donors gave the gift of life 371 Bone donors gave the gift of mobility

392 Skin donors gave the gift of healing

756 Cornea donors gave the gift of sight

NJ Sharing Network Transplant Laboratory facilitated 170 living donor kidney transplants

and 433 deceased donor kidney transplants

117 New volunteers completed our certification training2,622 “Likes” on our Facebook page to-date

325 Hand-made shawls given to donor families

2.443 million NJ residents are registered organ and tissue donors

Philanthropic giving climbed to $1.201 million making more programs possible to assist with our life-saving mission

Sharing Organs, Saving Lives at Liberty Science Center

Patti Jackson sees the legacy of her daughter, Zoe Jackson, live on in kidney recipient Abel Montesino. Abelreceived Zoe’s kidney in April 2011, when he was 13; he’s now 16 years old. Mary Ellen McGlynn, Managerof Family Aftercare for NJ Sharing Network, was on hand for their first meeting along with Abel’s mother,father, brother and aunt as well as other members of Patti’s family. Both families live in Newark. Along withflowers, Abel brought a hand written letter for Patti, expressing his thanks to Patti for the transplant thatchanged his life and calling Zoe his miracle. “Two beautiful, warm and caring families came together toremember Zoe, celebrate the health of Abel, and forge a new friendship,” Mary Ellen said. Pictured, left toright, is Abel; Abel’s mother, Carmen Arce, holding Patti’s daughter, Parker; Patti; Mary Ellen McGlynn.

Zoe’s Legacy Lives On

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Spotlight on Team Courtney

The annual 5K Walk/Race is just one eventon the calendar for Team Courtney, whichspends the year raising money for the NJ SharingNetwork Foundation in honor of Courtney Dayback.

The team holds its annual golf outing the week before NJ Sharing Network’s 5K at Pebble Creek Golf Club in Colts Neck, attendedby 125 golfers. There is the Super Bowl pool, inwhich half the winnings are raised for TeamCourtney. And there’s the all-new “corn hole”tournament in the parking lot of Jakeabob’s Bayin Union Beach, with 50 teams competing, aswell as the Marine marathon in Washington,D.C., in October and the memorial boat trip inSeptember, with 75 attendees.

All told, Team Courtney is able to raisenearly $24,000 by the time the participantsboard the team bus in Holmdel and head up theParkway for the annual 5K Walk and USATFCertified Race each June.

Team Courtney is named in memory ofCourtney Dayback, who died at age 19 of aheart attack in September 2008. Her organssaved the lives of seven others. The team isanchored by Courtney’s mother and father,Linda and Dennis, as well as her three sisters,Kristina, Anna and Diana.

Team Courtney is already focused on thenext 5K, scheduled for Sunday, June 8. The teamhopes to have 50 runners on the team bus, withmany more team members heading up on their own.

“All of this fundraising helps us throughsome difficult times and allows us to justremember Courtney,” said her father, Dennis.“None of this could be accomplished withoutthe incredible support of family and friends. I

Lives Enhanced through Tissue Donation*

Bayonne Medical Center 420

Bayshore Community Hospital 496

Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell 568

Capital Health Regional Medical Center 1536

Care One at Trinitas 2

CentraState Medical Center 584

Chilton Hospital 1246

Christ Hospital 420

Clara Maass Medical Center 516

Community Medical Center 1500

Compassionate Care Hospice 8

Cooper University Hospital 1360

East Orange General Hospital 182

Englewood Hospital and Medical Center 334

Hackensack University Medical Center 1722

Hackensack University Medical Center at Pascack 188

Hackettstown Regional Med. Center 448

Hoboken University Medical Center 608

Holy Name Hospital 558

Hunterdon Medical Center 606

Jersey City Medical Center 396

Jersey Shore University Medical Center 1882

JFK Medical Center 1324

Kessler North 42

Kimball Medical Center 320

Kindred Hospital Rahway 2

Meadowlands Hospital and Medical Center 134

Monmouth County Medical Examiner 42

Monmouth Medical Center 376

Morris County Medical Examiner 242

Morristown Medical Center 1878

Mountainside Hospital 320

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center 522

Newton Medical Center 430

Ocean County Medical Examiner 332

Ocean Medical Center 314

Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center 1106

Overlook Medical Center 1114

Palisades Medical Center 458

Raritan Bay Medical Center Old Bridge 232

Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy 578

Regional Medical Examiner 92

Riverview Medical Center 582

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital 1420

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton 428

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway 690

Saint Barnabas Medical Center 394

Saint Clare’s Hospital Denville 664

Saint Clare’s Hospital Dover 456

Saint Clare’s Hospital Sussex 518

Select Specialty Hospital Northeast NJ 2

Somerset Medical Center 300

Specialty Hospital of Central Jersey 2

St. Francis Medical Center 230

St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center 970

St. Joseph’s Wayne Hospital 136

St. Luke’s Warren Hospital 318

St. Marys Hospital 132

St. Michael’s Medical Center 758

St. Peter’s University Hospital 134

The Valley Hospital 1034

Trinitas Regional Medical Center 550

Union County Medical Examiner 92

University Hospital 334

University Medical Center Princeton at Plainsboro 258

VA New Jersey Heath Care System - East Orange 4

Vandermay Funeral Home 42

January - December 2013 Total 35,886

* One organ donor can save up to eight lives. It is estimated that onebone donor can help 50 people, one skin donor can help 40 people,

one heart valve donor can help two people.

4th ANNUAL 5K WALK & USATF CERTIFIED RACEStarting at NJ Sharing Network Headquarters, 691 Central Ave, New Providence, NJ

SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2014

www.NJSharingNetwork.orgPresented by: In cooperation with:

Lives Saved through Organ Donation*

Bayonne Medical Center 5

Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell 7

Capital Health Regional Medical Center 51

CentraState Medical Center 6

Chilton Hospital 2

Community Medical Center 3

Cooper University Hospital 45

Englewood Hospital and Medical Center 5

Hackensack University Medical Center 21

Hoboken University Medical Center 2

Holy Name Hospital 2

Jersey City Medical Center 21

Jersey Shore University Medical Center 54

JFK Medical Center 24

Morristown Medical Center 25

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center 5

Newton Medical Center 6

Ocean Medical Center 3

Overlook Medical Center 4

Palisades Medical Center 2

Raritan Bay Medical Center Old Bridge 3

Riverview Medical Center 5

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital 29

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway 5

Saint Barnabas Medical Center 13

St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center 29

The Valley Hospital 11

Trinitas Regional Medical Center 4

University Hospital 39

University Medical Center Princeton at Plainsboro 2

January - December 2013 Total 433

could give you a very long list of people whowork very hard throughout the year to pull offall these events. We are so grateful.”

Elisse Glennon, executive director of theNJ Sharing Network Foundation, said TeamCourtney has been one of the most active 5Kteams, with its year-long dedication to make the5K Walk/Race an ongoing success.

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SOCIAL Donate Life MonthApril is Donate Life Month, a time to celebrate activities that supportour mission to save lives. There will be proclamations and visits to MotorVehicle Agencies around the state.April 11 is National Blue & Green Day,which will feature a social mediaphoto contest. April 12 is the annualvolunteer conference and kickoff forthe 4th Annual 5K Walk and USATF-Certified Race. Throughout themonth, NJ Sharing Network will conduct programs in conjunctionwith corporate, community and education partners around the state.Additionally, banners will be displayed in the lobbies of our 54 hospital partners, and many will host flagraising ceremonies, such as the one pictured here at Palisades Medical Center last year.

2013 Donate Life Month flag raisings abounded throughout the state.

In recognition of National Literacy Day, McGinn ElementarySchool in Scotch Plains invited Rebecca Perlman Coniglio, a children’s author, to read Rebecca's new book, “Lily’s Little Life Lessons: Lily’s Laces,” to third grade students.Rebecca’s book teaches children about the life-saving gift of organ and tissue donation. The book is available at mascotbooks.com, amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com. A portion of the proceeds will benefit NJ Sharing Network.

Mike Strusiak, center, a kidney/pancreastransplant recipient, shared his personalstory and gratitude for a second chance

at life with Emmy-award winning NJTVhost Steve Adubato, left. NJ Sharing Network president and CEO, Joe Roth

talked about the organization’s mission to save and enhance lives.

Pictured in the center is heart recipient, Mark Meade, with his arm around his wife, Terry. On his left is his sister-in-law, Terry and on the far right isMark’s brother, Harvey. Mark and his wife greeted Super Bowl XLVIII attendeesat Newark Liberty Airport as selected volunteers for the Super Bowl HostCommittee. Their volunteer activity was featured on Fios1 News. Mark, aGiants season ticket holder of 49 years, watched his beloved Giants win theSuper Bowl in 2008 from a hospital bed, near death and waiting for a hearttransplant. In June 2008, Mark received that new heart. He and his wife arenow volunteers for NJ Sharing Network, spreading the life-saving message of organ and tissue donation and sharing how his donor’s generosity allowed him to see the first cold weather Super Bowl played in his home team’s stadium.

Lennar Greenbriar Active Adult Community invited NJ Sharing Network to talk about organ and tissue donation on their communitycable access show. Pictured in the studio are Chris Conner, left,clinical nurse specialist at Ocean Medical Center; Katie Strusiak,middle, hospital services managerat NJ Sharing Network; and JoanMonte, right, host of Greenbriar’scommunity cable access show.

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Steve Sutkowski, a volunteer at NJ Sharing Network, roots for his favorite team and thepower of organ donation in the Hoosier State ofIndiana, home of the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts.

Newlyweds Kristin and Chris Snyder and their guests share the life-saving message of organ and

tissue donation at their wedding reception. The couple also set up an information table

encouraging guests to make a contribution to NJ Sharing Network in lieu of wedding gifts.

NJSN Transplant coordinator Rachel Smith’shusband, Kevin, provided the first everDonate Life Around the World underwatersubmission. The photo comes from watersoff the coast of Mexico.

Donate Life Around the WorldWill you be traveling or spending time with friends and family? Don'tforget to call 908-516-5400 to get your own Donate Life/NJ SharingNetwork banner to bring along so you can submit your photo for our“Donate Life Around the World” campaign! So strike a pose and emailyour photo to Lernard Freeman at lfreeman@njsharingnetwork.orgor post directly to our Facebook page.

Chris Welter, left, and his olderbrother, Nathan, are two would-be

Pirates of the Caribbean. They carried the Donate Life message to the high seas

near the Bahamas.

Mother and daughter, Irene and Hasona, at MetLife Stadiumshowing their driver’s licenses indicating each is a registeredorgan donor. NJ Sharing Network supported the Super Bowl HostCommittee’s efforts to promoteblood drives around the state.

Reenie Harris, middle, a new NJ Sharing Network volunteer, and her daughter, Natasha Kruse, left,

both gave the gift of life to total strangers when theyeach became living kidney donors. At age 70,

Reenie became the oldest living altruistic kidney donor in the United States. Mother and daughter are

shown with Carolyn Lake from the InterFaith FoodPantry of Morris County during a Thanksgiving

visit to continue to give back.

Heart transplant recipients Steve Sims, left, and RussJackson, both NJ Sharing Network volunteers, staffed an organ donor awareness table display at the Big Game5K race at Garden State Plaza Mall.

Thanks to the Raritan Valley Chapterof The Links, Inc. for allowingNJSN to share the message of organand tissue donation with local8th grade students as part of theHealthLinks Program.

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HopeKKatharine Lawrence says she will always

remember the bright sunshine and 70-degreebreezes as she rode on the Donate Life RoseParade Float on New Year’s Day.

“You could see people on the parade routelook at us, and then realize, ‘Oh, they’re all organ and tissue recipients!’ People keptcheering us on,” the Asbury resident recalled.“My arm got tired from waving, but I can't putinto words what I saw on people’s faces.”

Katharine, whose quality of life drasticallyimproved after a generous donor gave her thebone to allow for major back surgery, traveledto California to join 29 other organ, tissue andcornea recipients from around the nation who

rode the float, which traveled through Pasadenapast tens of thousands of spectators. She waspart of the strong New Jersey contingent participating in the parade, the culmination ofa series of local events to honor the generosityof donors and send messages of hope andremembrance.

Among the events were rose dedicationceremonies with the CEOs of every NJ SharingNetwork hospital partner.

“We are so proud to be the only OrganProcurement Organization in the nation tohave 100 percent of our hospital CEOs partici-pate in rose dedication ceremonies,” said JoeRoth, president and CEO of NJ Sharing

Network. “Our hospitals are critical to our life-saving efforts; we are grateful for their messagesof hope and healing.”

The 7,740 dedicated roses — each with amessage of hope and appreciation in an accompanying vial — created an inspiring dedication garden on the deck of the DonateLife Rose Parade Float. The dedicated rosescame from anyone wishing to share a message.Some honored donors; others rememberedthose who died waiting.

In preparation for the parade, Joe and othersfrom NJ Sharing Network traversed the state toparticipate in hospital CEO rose dedication ceremonies, including one in Princeton at the

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New Jersey Hospital Association.

“Our hospital CEOs all support the life-saving mission of NJ Sharing Network, andknow that nearly 5,000 people in our state arewaiting for lifesaving organs,” said Elizabeth A.Ryan, president & CEO, New Jersey HospitalAssociation. “We were all proud to send messagesof hope and remembrance and support.”

In recent months, in preparation for NewYear’s Day, there were a series of emotional“floragraph” decorating ceremonies honoringthe legacy of donors and attracting media coverage from both television and print outlets.The “floragraphs” are artistic depictions ofdeceased donors created with seeds, spices andother natural materials. Eighty-one memorial“floragraphs” were displayed on the float.

The Donate Life float has become a tradition uniting the American transplant community. It promotes a single message oflove, hope and compassion. This year’s floatwhich took home the Theme Trophy, featuredfive enormous lanterns as part of a theme called“Light Up the World.” Recipients proudlywaved from the float, displaying “floragraphs”honoring deceased donors, while 12 living kidney donors proudly walked alongside.

Another tissue recipient on the float was Navy Corpsman Edward Bonfiglio, 28, of

Runnemede, now a student at Penn State.Edward was on a routine foot patrol inAfghanistan, on his third deployment, when hisunit was ambushed. He took a round to the sciatic nerve in his left leg and immediately lostall function and feeling below his knee.

Surgeons were able to allow Edward tokeep his leg by repairing the severed peripheralnerve with an AxoGen Avance Nerve Graft. Tissue donation is essential to the surgery.Edward now is able to walk and jog.

In addition to the New Jersey recipients,three “floragraphs” on the float honored peoplefrom the state.

One honored Mike Drozd, who gave thegift of tissue after he was killed in an auto-mobile accident in Bergen County in 2008.

“I am so thankful to NJ Sharing Networkfor sending me and giving me the opportunityto honor my beloved husband, Mike,” PamelaDrozd said. “Whether you were at an event likethe ‘floragraph’ family breakfast, or decoratingthe float, or at the parade, there was a sense ofcompassion and hope surrounding us.”

Also honored with a “floragraph” wasTodd Elliot Semon. Todd suffered a heart attackat the age of 38. After a cycle of illness and hospitalizations, he received a heart transplant

in 2000, which gave him 13 years of health.When he died at age 60, he returned the gift andbecame a tissue donor.

“In Pasadena, I met so many other donorfamilies,” said his wife, Diane. “They are trueheroes. My husband was very sick, but after thetransplant he was able to get back into life. Weare so grateful.”

Another “floragraph” honored Ena “Po-Po”Lue, who was 68 years old when a tractor-trailerhit the car she and her family traveled in on theirway home from the airport. After the accident,the decision to donate was left to her four children, who unanimously said yes.

Her daughter, Jackie Lue Raia, saw howher mother’s gift helped save the lives of threepeople and how her tissue healed 43 more. Butshe also recognized how the experience helpedher own family heal from the devastating loss.Jackie eventually joined the staff of NJ SharingNetwork to spread the mission of organ and tissue donation.

“Seeing my mother honored on theDonate Life Float was truly a life-changingexperience for me,” Jackie recalled. “To knowour mother’s legacy of generosity and compas-sion is inspiring others today keeps her alive inour hearts.”

A Singular Rose DedicationOn New Year’s morning, Dan Sarnowski arose at 6:00 a.m. and surfed the web until he

found a link to a live KTLA television interview about the Donate Life Rose Parade Float.

The television reporter was talking to Bryan Stewart, chairman of the float committee.He explained that each of the 7,740 roses on the float contained a special message of hopeand remembrance.

Dan, a member of the NJ Sharing Network Foundation Board, immediately remembered the message he wrote and submitted in honor of his life companion, Betsy Niles, a Montclair resident who became an organ donor in 2011. As Sarnowski watched,Stewart picked a random message to read.

What happened next still boggles Dan’s mind. He sat amazed as Stewart picked his message about Betsy as the single one to read: In Memory of Betsy Niles. She loved, gave, gifted. She gave strangers the gifts they needed: Another chanceat life. Betsy lives on in our memories and hearts; and in the lives of others who live on with her gift of life.

“I could not believe what I was hearing. I played the clip over and over several times,” Dan recalled. “I do believe it was a message from Betsythat all is well, and that she is so honored by the dedication rose and by the work we are all doing in organ donation in her memory.”

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Congratulations to our Hospital Partners for 100% Participation in Rose Dedication Ceremonies

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JaMeS S.kerry M.JeFFrey S.aLFONSO J.THOMaS r.JeaNNe P.CaTHy W.eLiZaBeTH M.SuSaN W.JuSTiN g.STePHeN J.VOLOdyMyr S.eNga W.JOHN k.JeFFrey g.PaTriCia d.VieN M.HerNaNdO a.aNNa B.eLeuTeriO V.ireNe k.CHarLeS M.FraNk d.Maria eLeNa F.

arLeNe W.keiTH B.JaNe Z.JuLia k.MiCHaeL H.JOHN d.PauL r.Barry M.rOBerT e.JaMeS S.karOL N.JaMeS S.daNieLLe S.CHarLeS L.PauL a.edMuNd C.kaTHeriNe M.JOSePH M.FrederiCk k.dOugLaS k.MiCHaeL P.CHarLeS r.duNNaN e.riCHard N.

rOSeMarie M.Maria H.dOugLaS P.aNTHONy C.CHarLeS L.LaWreNCe W.gary S.CHarLeS g.COriNNe P.JOSePH W.darreN V.BeVerLy k.NaTaLia V.daVid W.STePHeN C.diaNe S.keNNeTH H.OdiNea g.WiLLiaM P.LiNda S.LOiS k.JOSePHiNe d.CarOL B.THea J.

JeaNNe S.PeTer J.JeaNeTTe P.arTHur B.dONNa S.SaNdra M.STaNLey B.NOrMaN S.aLaN H.MaHiNder M.MiCHaeL O.aLFredO g.geOrge F.NaNCy T.JOSePH F.aNgeL M.rOBerT N.daVid C.VirgiNia O.dOrOTHy g.Harry a.BeriT B.rOBerT F.geOrge M.

CaTHeriNe C.STePHeN B.NOrMaN L.gLOria r.darCia S.LaWreNCe y.deBra B.ruSSeLL H.TerreNCe d.TraCy M.aruNa P.FrederiCk e.FraNCeS W.dOrOTHy P.iaN W.MarC d.NaNCy L.MeLiSSa M.keVaN N.geOrge d.kaTHLeeN H.PaTriCk d.Marie d.NirMaLaBeN S.

MiCHaeL V.Larry P.ViNCeNT Z.MirkO M.MiCHaeL S.JaTiNder a.eriCk a.Hari P.aNNe M.JuLiaN r.deLFiN C.edgardO C.eugeNe W.MariO V.raHeeN T.PHiLLiP B.rONaLd P.WeNdy F.JOHN L.keViN M.CarOL S.erika M.LerOy d.Marek J.raLPH k.keViN F.JerOMe M.Craig L.PaMeLa P.edWiN H.JOSePH a.NaNCy S.CarL H.rOBerT S.BarBara d.

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keiSHa T.ryaN S.dOra S.HarOLd k.BraNdON H.WiLLie H.WiLLiaM M.STeVeN N.LuiS C.rOBerT M.MariLyN F.dONNa d.THOMaS C.Barry B.SuNg P.LiNda J.deNNiS O.MaTTHeW T.MarC g.MaNueL d.TiMOTHy C.NiCk S.Lee M.HarSHaWardHaN J.PauL e.CarOLaNN k.MiCHaeL O.LiZBeTH M.MariO V.NaNCy W.FraNCiNe S.JOHN T.LiSa k.MaureeN F.edWard k.

dOLOriS T.PauLiNe L.SuSaN k.agNeS C.rOBerT C.geOrge N.STeWarT W.eiLeeN M.WiLLiaM k.FraNCiS N.MiCHaeL M.dexTer P.diVyaJyOTHi V.riCardO P.JOSe N.BeTTy B.HedWig T.arCHie V.PauL V.FraNk F.JOHN W.yOLaNda d.LOuiS e.NaNCy C.LaWreNCe e.PeTer N.SHariSe W.TyLer M.JOSePH N.Fredy P.JiLL S.CeLiNda C.COLViN g.riCHard H.STePHeN C.

rONaLd r.JOHN d.STePHeN C.STePHeN J.JOeL M.SHarON Z.arNOLd S.FraNk P.WeSLey g.eugeNe k.JeFFrey W.Larry S.iSMaeL M.aNTONiO M.reTa d.JaCqueLiNe S.PaTriCia d.SHaMar e.CLaudia C.JOSeFiNa d.ZiON B.BON d.JaMeS r.keNNeTH y.JaCqueLiNe T.arNard W.kiMBerLy S.SHeryL B.LayMON C.edWard H.JOaNNe B.FraNk S.BeNJaMiN W.diaNe C.JOHN M.

JOSePH M.keNNeTH g.darLeNe g.BarBara M.eLiZaBeTH H.Craig d.raMirO P.MiCHeLLe L.iVaN d.daVid e.MiCHaeL H.TereSa M.JeaN L.TiMOTHy C.JeNNiFer M.VirgiNia g.THOMaS B.LOuiS C.MiCHaeL B.HeNry d.PedrO L.THOMaS V.CHeNgkuNg C.TraCey S.FraNk S.adaM C.daNieL M.CONCeTTa T.riTa e.Mary M.MaLaNia P.dONaLd F.CLaudia B.JOaN S.STePHeN S.

MeLViN L.CaTHeriNe S.TrOy u.riCardO L.Lidia S.arTHur P.dOugLaS g.CeCiLia L.rOBerT T.JaMeS W.aLFreda C.keLLy F.arLeNe M.SeaN H.THOMaS C.LyNN H.BarBara P.MarTiN B.raySHaWN r.rOBerT g.rOger g.HeCTOr M.deBOraH S.JOHN d.PaTriCia P.LOiS a.aNiLda C.keNNeTH C.eMMa d.WaLTer C.BerT H.rOBiN W.SaLVaTOre C.ireNe C.VirgiNia S.

ViCTOr g.rOBerT S.MOira C.JOHN W.graCe r.gary y.aTTiLa k.rOBerT B.HeNry S.MiCHaeL d.kaTHLeeN M.keNNeTH W.PaTriCia B.aLaN L.ederNiS g.geOrge a.HarOLd d.guy B.gary r.JudiTH a.JeaN M.MiCHaeL W.JeFFrey d.SuSaN M.rOSa B.rOBerT B.NaTaSHa B.rOBerT T.LauraNCe S.ediTH H.Marie V.adOLFO M.riCHard Z.JaMeS r.MiCHaeL T.

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LIFE.Organ and Tissue DonorsriCHard L.FraNk d.aLiCe e.eLLeN P.gOrdON S.aSHWiN d.PaTriCia S.MiCHaeL a.BeNiTO S.LaWreNCe H.CHarLeS T.deNiSe P.dONNa B.JOSe Z.SHarON B.STePHeN H.ViNCeNT Z.euN Ok J.geOrge L.JOHN S.adaM k.rOBerT e.riCHard P.MargareT L.WiLLiaM k.MaryLOu a.edWard S.HONOriO S.FiLBerT L.JOHN H.CHarLeS Z.kaTHLeeN J.JeaN a.TaNeTTa W.JOHN P.

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eLiZaBeTH C.NaNCy H.WiLLiaM P.WiLLiaM C.JaMeS S.kaNCHaN k.keViN H.eriN C.THOMaS M.MiCHaeL P.MargareT a.MariLiZ a.riCHard V.SCOTT L.kareN r.JOSePH M.gary T.PearLie C.dayTON S.WiLLiaM g.JOHN S.yVONNe H.BeTTy B.gaiL S.JaCOB k.WiLLiaM C.JeNNiFer P.rOBerT O.aLLeN M.riCHard S.JOSe P.MargareT B.WiLiaM d.CHarLeS V.MiCHaeL N.

JeNNiFer W.erNeST C.LeSLie W.PeTer L.daVid C.JOSe d.BriaN B.JOaNN S.FraNk r.CaMerON L.JOHN a.CarL N.NOreeN F.PedrO g.TiFFaNy P.THereSa Z.MiCHaeL k.JOSe r.BeLLe H.SaMueL J.TraCy g.rOSe S.ViCTOria M.BreNNaN H.aNN H.PeTer Z.NOrMaN C.keLLi M.THeOdOre r.kay d.deLOriS L.LeONard S.WaLTer W.JiMMy S.keNNeTH d.

karL C.daViTa C.JOHN M.CarLOS S.MaMie M.JOCeLyN H.MurdOCH W.LOuiSe N.rOSS g.MarCuS H.deViNder S.MariaNNe L.giNa d.rayMONd r.rOBerT L.JOHN k.Mae L.VerONiCa J.daNieL C.eiLeeN a.MiCHaeL W.JOyCe i.daNNy S.STaNLey Z.PHiLLiP q.FraNk C.JaMeS V.keViN O.JeFFry T.riCardO g.audrey d.LiLLiaN F.rOBerT a.JONaTHaN T.JOHN S.

SuZaN r.WiLLaM J.eiLeeN M.MariLyN B.JOHN S.WiLLiaM C.iByNN J.JaMeS C.gerardO a.diaNa T.JaydeN k.CarMeN F.PaTriCia g.PaOLa T.keNNeTH H.FraNCiS M.HaMiLTON W.rauL B.rOBerT C.MaryaNNe g.gerard L.BruCe B.daNieL M.eiLeeN k.ViCTOr C.THereSa T.rOBerT W.SHarON a.kLara T.rOBiN k.PaTriCia d.aNNeMarie J.adaM r.diaNe J.aNNa P.

deBra F.WiLFredO r.PHyLLiS S.LOuiS M.JaSON C.STePHeN C.PHyLLiS V.PaMeLa P.ZaCHary S.aNN M.TyrONe d.aNNe Z.SHeiLa W.JOHN e.JOaN Z.errOLL C.kLeBer Z.daVid d.JudiTH q.LeONard d.FrederiCk H.eugeNe T.keViN g.aLBerT S.JOSePH H.LiNda C.deBOra F.WOJCieCH P.rOBerT B.eMiLy M.MariON T.riCHard C.CHeryL d.JONaTHaN r.HeNry H.

aLiCe g.LeONard r.SiTH T.daNieL O.CHarLeS d.HeNryk r.daNieL S.PeTer a.STePHaNie M.CarOLaNNe B.SuSaN k.JOSePH g.MaryaNN F.riLey k.SuSaN T.Jared d.OLiVia W.aLexaNder C.LiNda a.WiLLiaM M.PHyLLiS F.aLaNSON H.NiCHOLaS L.deNNiS g.CLaudiNa F.CarMeN V.CLaudiO C.MariTZa C.kaTHeriNe W.MiCHaeL g.Jade B.rOBerT L.JaNekia W.STePHaNi r.

LeO H.rudOLPH k.CHriSTOPHer T.JuaN C.CHriSTOPHer C.quiTTie B.rakeSH N.FraNCiS S.eLiZaBeTH M.SeFakOr M.JaMeS g.rayMONd T.aLiCe F.CarL B.gary a.BeNiTO g.rOBerT S.SONdra e.BriaNNa M.geNe H.MiCHaeL N.CHriSTOPHer M.JOHN O.

JaMeS g.geOrge d.FraNk B.STaNLey M.keNNeTH L.kaTHryN d.geOrge F.eVaN B.CHarLeS M.CeSar C.aLTagraCia H.JOaNNe g.JaNiCe P.aNTHONy a.NaJa r.BruCe g.PaTriCk M.dOugLaS W.JOaN a.aLBerT P.rOBerT T.BradLey W.aLiSON k.

MariaNNe C.geOrge r.JaMeS B.guiSePPe B.MargO M.MiCHaeL B.CHriSTiNe C.reNee O.LyNeTTe S.JaMeS W.THOMaS S.keViN H.aNgeLie P.gLOria L.JaNeT O.OSCar V.CHriSTOPHer H.MariO C.aMeLia B.daNieL C.edWard r.JOHN M.JOHN H.

riCardO C.JOSePH k.edWard H.SaLVaTOre M.FerNaNda M.HOPe M.NiCHOLaS Z.riTa g.BarBara B.CeSar u.FraNCeS T.WiLLiaM S.LuCyNa S.MiCHaeL d.garyTH N.CaTHeriNe SriCardO a.MiCHaeL H.HOWard d.JaMeS P.keiTH L.JuLia C.JOSePH M.

WiLLiaM L.giBraN a.edWiN B.arLeNe a.eriN q.keNNeTH S.SaNdra B.PauLa L.TaMMy N.geraLd M.riCHard k.LuiS g.JOSeLiN P.iLONa O.JONaTHaN F.eiLeeN M.adrieNNe S.NiCHOLaS C.BOBBie P.THOMaS S.rOBerT M.PauL L.JOSe T.

JaMeS S.JaMeS u.rONaLd P.LiLLiaN L.diaNe k.rOBerT y.HiLariO C.rONaLd C.Maria C.TadeuSZ B.deirdre a.MariaN M.deNNiS k.SaraH S.CLaude O.rOBerT a.LOiS L.MaLLOry r.SaLVaTOre T.Lydia d.LerOy S.rOBerT P.PaTriCia S.

JOSePH d.PauL B.CriSTiaN P.gLadyS q.aNNa P.MaryaNN J.LiNda C.aTHeNa P.STeVeN P.aLexaNder d.rONaLd P.aNgeL N.THOMaS M.daVid g.CHriSTOPHer M.kaTHryN S.JaVier N.eVer d.WiLLiaM T.daNieLLe L.JuaN L.LuiS C.MiCHaeL S.

MiCHaeL B.OrLaNdO O.Marie r.aLaNNa M.PaTriCk H.WiLLiaM M.Freddy V.daVid P.SuSaN M.diaNe S.edWard S.OTTO d.JOHN C.rOBerT L.earL V.raLPH C.dOLOreS g.aNa M.THOMaS V.WayNe S.keNNeTH L.eriC P.aLBerT B.

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In Memory of Anthony AguannoMrs. Stacey Russell

In Memory of Paul A. BachmannDr. and Mrs. Richard Filipek Joseph and Freya GervasiSteven and Karen Klose Mr. and Mrs. John LynchKevin and Estelle MaloneMatthew MarkoMiddlesex County College Faculty Union, Local 1940 AFT

Mr. and Mrs. James R. MoellerMrs. Jane MurrayRobert Wood Johnson Medical School Ms. Arlene VernieroJoseph and Stephanie Volpe

In Memory of Woodwerth C. Bein, IIIEstate of Woodwerth C. Bein, III

In Memory of Brian BernsteinIra and Virginia Boskey

In Memory of Ann BinderMs. Irene S. Reed

In Memory of Lauren BlockMr. and Mrs. Ron Garonce

In Memory of Angela BongioviMr. and Mrs. Robert W. Drozd

In Honor of Nancy BuddleMr. and Mrs. Anthony Sofia

In Honor of Patrick BuddleElliot and Beth BassMr. and Mrs. Anthony Sofia

In Memory of Kurt BundschuhMs. Carissa Zingariello

In Memory of Michael BuroMr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Buro

In Memory of Gregory CarreraR&S Dental

In Memory of Resia CarrollRuth Jones

In Honor of Nick CerboMs. Cathy CerboMr. and Mrs. Arthur McCarthy Ms. Lora Rios

In Honor of the Bat Mitzvah of IsabelleShira ChirlsMr. Richard Chirls

In Memory of Eileen CinquemaneMs. Irene M. Amitrani Mrs. Doris A. CinquemaneMr. and Mrs. Martin Cinquemane Michael and Jennifer Cinquemane Mrs. James E. CoghlanMr. Mark A. Colacioppo Mr. and Mrs. Pete M. DagroMr. and Mrs. Simon P. Fox Mr. and Mrs. Dennis HammerRob and Tara HanasMr. Brian J. HenryMr. and Mrs. Paul JuruszMr. and Mrs. John J. Kayser, Jr.Mrs. Mary Ann KnightMr. Bobby KnightMr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Kopchala Richard and Elvira LarsenMr. and Mrs. Richard M. Larsen Mr. and Mrs. Jeff LehmanMs. Deborah MahovetzMs. Lindsay M. MahovetzMr. and Mrs. Charles J. McMullinMr. and Mrs. Sean MeldrumMr. and Mrs. Lew MoynihanMrs. Rebecca Moynihan Mike and Dawn Pagliaro Mr. and Mrs. Danny Palko Mrs. Diana M. PasseroMr. Ralph Passero and Ms. Nicole VitielloMr. and Mrs. Robert S. StiloskiMr. Louis A. Taite

Mr. and Mrs. Charles TrappMr. and Mrs. John J. Villa Mr. and Mrs. Mario J. Vitiello

In Memory of David William ComptonStephen and Christina Amoriello Ms. Joan BassettDavid W Compton Memorial Fund William and Jane ElliotMrs. Jacqueline Lue Raia McKean Defense GroupThe Mutual Fire Foundation, Inc.

In Memory of Catherine CondonMr. and Mrs. Jeff Barlow Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. DeLuca

In Support of James CondonMs. Tara Condon

In Memory of Christopher ConsiglioMr. Richard BaumMr. and Mrs. George HigginsMs. Mary McMurray O’Halloran

In Memory of Ryan William CoyleMr. and Mrs. James C. CarterMrs. Janet Carter

In Memory of Veronica CoyleDoreen, Marilyn, Nancy P., Nancy R. and Penelope

Dr. and Mrs. Patrick M. BuddleKathleen Degnan and Family Ms. Mary Ann DonahueMr. and Mrs. Enrico GagliotiJames and Alvina Bartos, Balog Foundation

Ms. Denise W. King and Mr. Jim Trombly John and Elizabeth KingMr. Michael PetraneMr. and Mrs. Edward ReitzSpring Lake Police Association Mr. Jim Trombly

In Memory of Ronald CreedAlpha Kappa of Alpha Kappa Delta c/o Arleth School

In Honor of Alyssa D’AddioMs. Mary Blanco

In Honor of Alyssa D’Addio’s Engagementto Mike BialkoMr. and Mrs. Steven J. DeLuca

In Celebration of Joseph V. D’AddioMs. Alberta D’Addio Mr. Chris KiserMrs. Maria Sontag

In Memory of Joan C. DanleyRaymond and Charlotte LairdMrs. Gail Wetherbee Ruopp

In Memory of William DelaneyMr. and Mrs. James G. Scala

In Memory of Margaret DelioMr. and Mrs. Dominick Marino

In Memory of Frank P. Dell’Aquila, MDGeraldine A. Dell’Aquila

In Honor of DeModnaJodi Slattery

In Memory of Judi Melillo-DethloffMary and Frank Melillo

In Memory of Robbie DillonMrs. Corinne F. Dillon

In Memory of Norman A. Doyle, Jr.Vincent and Margaret DoyleMr. Joseph C. GlavinMrs. Cammiel M. Green Mr. James LastellaRichard and Mary Ellen McCluskey Ms. Claire McCurrieMs. Susan A. McCurrie Mr. William McDonough Joel and Irene McFaddenMr. and Mrs. Thomas Declan McKeon Ms. Irene G. O’Sullivan Ms. Madeline Peyko

Mr. Richard RingleSt. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee, Inc.Ms. Heather SmithMr. Thomas P. Stone, Jr. Mrs. Mary S. Torres

In Memory of Emma DraineMs. Arete J. Bouhlas

In Memory of Michael DrozdMr. Jack K. HinnesMr. Leonard L. Reinhardt

In Honor of Dorothea DuffyMs. Janet Greene

In Memory of Alice DunnJeffrey Cartmell and Jacqueline Taubjtwros

In Memory of Sondra EagenMr. Peter Buhl

In Memory of Sondra Sunny EagenMs. Beverly Ann Cambley Exit 5 RoboticsFerraioli, Wielkotz, Cerullo & Cuva, P.A. Mr. James HealyTheresa Kamieniecki Walter and Karen Lashuk

Al and Linda Lavacca David and Camille LentchnerMr. and Mrs. Irwin B. Lichter Mr. and Mrs. Matthew LiskMs. LeeAnn PetersRico and Rubilyn Reyes Mr. Steve SmithMs. Remelyn R. Tayag Mrs. Gail TurnerMrs. Gail Wallace Mr. Jeffrey Wallace Ms. Cheryl T. Wilson

In Memory of Carmen EcksteinMs. Ana L. Dobbs

In Memory of Kenneth E. ElslagerFrederic and Elizabeth Cox

In Memory of Ryan A. EngelkeMrs. Marjorie Mulkewycz Mr. Matthew RyanMr. William Ryan

In Memory of Donnie FarrellJim and Teri LaSala

In Memory of Barbara FasciaRichard and Karen Perry

In Memory of Domenick FerragineScott and Laura HarringtonMs. Kristin MarianiMr. and Mrs. Robert PlanteRonald and Carol Poole

In Memory of Joseph FidanzaErnie, Michelle & Annie Geroni

In Memory of Michael Storm FischerMr. Rob FischerMs. Francine Marshall

In Memory of Noreen FleischmanNorm and Nancy Barnett Mr. Scott BarnettJim and Meg Ferrell Mr. Jon Fleischman Sara Lee Goldberg Mrs. Christine Kline MerckMs. Carol M. MillerickRobert Wood Johnson University Hospital @ Rahway

Mr. Andy RossMs. Diane Sanbothe Alex and Robin Shipley

Your Friends at PEOSHKirk Tice, Steve Timoni, Bunny Bowe,Marlene H. Lubinger and yourfriends at RWJ Rahway

Daniel and Karen TortorielloJimmy and Albertina VargasMr. and Mrs. Joe Viso

Mr. John Vogler Mr. Jay Zinberg

In Memory of Steve FranzmanMs. Francine Lassin

In Memory of Kellyan FredaMartin and Paula Mazza Mr. Thomas Smeraldo

In Memory of Kevin C. GallimoreWayne and Barbara Newman and family

In Memory of Will GanterMs. Lisa Giannetti

In Memory of Antonio GasparroMs. Marilyn Scharffenberger

In Memory of Robin GentileMr. Raymond C. Gentile

In Memory of Dawn GeogheganL’Oreal USA Consumer Care Center

In Memory of Dr. Randall Marc GilesMr. Gus Zois

In Memory of Robert GoarckeCarl J. Goarcke

In Memory of Virginia GottliebAnonymousNicholas and Mary Bulka Your Quintiles SACOM FamilyAndrew and Barbara Piazza

In Honor of Andrea GraceMs. Lynn Neary

In Memory of Timothy Wayne GraceMs. Lynn Neary

In Honor of Drs. John and Ellen GribbonDr. and Mrs. Charles W. Riley

In Honor of Victor Groisser, MDDr. and Mrs. Charles W. Riley

In Memory of Stephen HasbrouckMs. Susan Good

In Memory of Lisa-Karen HawkinsMr. Orenthal Hawkins

In Honor of Elizabeth HewittMrs. Elizabeth Bezares

In Honor of Jan Hines’ Engagement to BriceMr. and Mrs. Steven J. DeLuca

In Honor of Olivia HoffmanJames and Patricia Hoffman

In Memory of Ralph W. HooeyMrs. Sally Hooey

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

In Memory of Richard HunterBarbara and Richard Hoyt

In Honor of Dan HusseyMr. Brian Beattie

In Memory of John C. IannaconeMarianne Iannacone

In Memory of Thomas S. IoziaMr. and Mrs. William E. Merson, III

In Memory of Jamila Irons JohnsonMs. Grace Fung

In Memory of John JanuszanisMr. Kevin F. Baxter

In Memory of William James Johnson, Sr.Mrs. Charlotte Johnson

In Memory of Thomas S. JohnstoneMrs. Joanne Johnstone

In Memory of Brian KernMr. Daniel Kern

In Memory of Ron KersteinMs. Naomi Kerstein

In Honor of Paul KieltykaThe Urbano Family

In Memory of David KornasMrs. Kathleen Kornas

In Support of Brett KurlandMr. and Mrs. Ken Greenberg

In Memory of Evan Charles LaibleMr. and Mrs. Charles Catalano Mr. Scott Holmes Ms. Debra Latham Sons of PitchesDominique, Natalia and Elaina Voitek

In Memory of Robert H. LambKaren and Raymond MacNaul

In Memory of Holly Beth LarsenMary Ann and John DaudtProf. Didier DorotMs. Nancy Greenblatt Mr. Gary LarsenRoy and Carol Larsen Ruth LarsenMr. David Rankert Ms. Deborah Siclari Ms. Tina Sinopoli Dr. Daniel Wilhoft

In Memory of Rebecca “Becky” LarsenMary Ann and John DaudtMs. Nancy Greenblatt Mr. Gary LarsenRoy and Carol Larsen Ruth LarsenMs. Shawna Roth Ms. Deborah Siclari Ms. Tina Sinopoli Dr. Daniel Wilhoft

In Memory of Kevin LathamMr. and Mrs. Peter M. Nelan

In Memory of Michelle LathamMr. and Mrs. Peter M. Nelan

In Memory of Charles LegaHealthcare Quality Strategies, Inc.

In Memory of Chuck LevyMs. Arlene Inglis

In Memory of Helen LippincottBellmawr Education Assoc.Mr. and Mrs. James C. Carter Mr. and Mrs. Mark Deberardinis Walt and Sharyn Reed

In Memory of Gerard LynchMs. Maureen Halloran

In Memory of Scott M. LysenkoMs. Deirdre Maccini

In Memory of Ilene MahoneyLucy Bakalian Kathleen Collani

In Honor of Victoria MangoMrs. Elizabeth Bezares

In Memory of Arturo MarrufoGeorge and Trudy Mazin

In Memory of Louis MassettiAnthony and Bette Ingoglia Mrs. Gertrude McNeill

In Memory of Stanley McGinleyMs. Theresa M. McGinley

In Honor of Michael MeritzMr. and Mrs. Grant Fisher

In Memory of Michael “Mick” MeritzMr. and Mrs. Grant FisherMr. Dan DiSanto

In Honor of Steven MeyersMr. Michael Bergman

In Memory of Maddie MidwinterRobert and Joanne Conklin

In Memory of Stuart MillerJohn and Kate BauerHedy and Jim and Hedy Nathan

In Honor of Gina MingroneMs. Barbara A. Hartmann

In Honor of Suzanne Thomson MonohanMr. and Mrs. William M. Keane

In Honor of Ben NachsinMr. Jonas Nachsin

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Honoring those who gave, paying tribute to those who received, offering hope to those who continue to wait, and remembering those lives lost while waiting for the gift of life.

We graciously acknowledgeTRIBUTE GIFTS

July 1 - December 31, 2013Individual gifts made through our fundraising events are acknowledged online throughout the year. We sincerely regret any errors or omissions.

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In Memory of Evelyn NebelBarry and Charlotte Newman Ms. Felisa L. Shein

In Memory of Jason NeckerMichael Bunce

In Support of Sue NegrinMs. Rhea Negrin

In Honor of Dee NelsonMr. Kurt Heinrich

In Memory of Kevan NelsonMr. and Mrs. Robert A. Brennan

In Memory of Susan Elizabeth NelsonMr. Kurt Heinrich

In Memory of Betsy NilesMr. Daniel SarnowskiSarnowski Family Foundation

In Memory of Marilynn NorinskyMatthew and Cheryl Schutz

In Memory of Rhonda OlshewitzMr. and Mrs. Joseph Heller

In Memory of Thomas “Tommy” O’NeillMr. and Mrs. Andrew Nestler

In Memory of Jeff OrrMrs. Virginia Orr

In Memory of Roger PareMs. Lisa B. Reznik and Mr. Daniel Meyers

In Memory of Allan PennerLili Arkin Diane ChiappeMs. Sarah DundasDr. and Mrs. Edward W. Forbes Eileen V. FurrerDonald and Anna KrallMr. and Mrs. Joe LoudermilkStephen and Mary MeierWilliam and Emilie Mules Ms. Catherine PennerRachel and David Penner Mr. Richard Penner Carol ShawKelly West

In Memory of Susan PennerMr. Richard Penner

In Memory of Lucille PepeMs. Deborah Collins

In Memory of Roberto DeJesus PerezDan and Pat CavalliMr. Jerry DemaioMs. Luisa Lemuz-ZelayaMs. Mary Loizides

In Memory of Rita PisanoMr. and Mrs. Ed BrennanMr. and Mrs. Donald Comfort Mrs. Lynn MizerMr. and Mrs. Bradley Stanko Ms. Marguerite Voynick-JasmanMs. Carol Washington

In Memory of Jennifer PiscopielloMr. Carlos R. Alfonso Mr. John BaierGil and Elinor Bashe Peggy and John Begley 4E/4W teamMr. and Mrs. G. Michael Blazo Mr. and Mrs. John W. Byrne Children’s Specialized HospitalChoral Art Society of New Jersey, Inc. Dominic and Carole ColanninoMs. Bernadette Donohue The Ryan FamilyThe Yukas Family The Zawacki Family Prof. Thomas FigueiraDr. and Mrs. Marc Fisk Ms. Florence GarfinkleMr. and Mrs. Christina GoodmanHolmdel Cardiology AssociatesNorman and Iris JacobsenMr. Philip JewJoseph and Helen Klish Mrs. Julie Korman Mrs. Phyllis KraussThomas and Donna LappostatoMs. Madeleine Lee Dr. Teresa LiccardiDaniel and Harriet Lindblom Ms. Janessa MaguireMs. Amy MarguliesThe Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Cardiac Diagnostics, Cardiac Rehab& Nuclear Medicine Dept. fromRiverview Medical Center

Ms. Kathleen MattinglyMedical Staff at RWJ University Hospital Dr. and Mrs. Barton Nassberg

NRG EnergyMr. and Mrs. Brian Osias AnonymousDr. and Mrs. Joseph Reichman Mr. Michael ReissRiverview Medical Center Patrick and Joyce Rogers Jeff and Anna Lisa Rosner Ms. Sarah Rubenstein Mrs. Barbara RyanMr. Edward Ryan and Family Mr. Tom RyanDonald and Beverly Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. James ScolesRichard and Ruth SmithRussell and Marie TrotterMr. and Mrs. Jerry WaldmanJames and Lori WaldronThe Wood FamilyMs. Melanie Wrzesinski Mr. K. G. YounanMs. Ruth ZahnMr. and Mrs. Kevin Wright

In Honor of Roy PraschilMs. Patty LaRose-Kent

In Honor of Sam PrinceMr. and Mrs. Gary Resnick

In Memory of Judith QuinnMs. Teresa HortonArchie and Janice McCauley Ms. Jill McCauley

In Memory of James A. RambushMr. and Mrs. Ferron Stokes Mr. Jeffrey Stokes

In Honor of Mark ReaganAbid Ali and Mary Taverna-Ali Mr. Edward ReaganMrs. Laura Taverna

In Honor of Joan RedgateIra and Virginia Boskey

In Honor of William ReitsmaPeter and Donna Dykstra

In Memory of Andrew RanrothMr. Michael O’Brien

In Memory of Maria Rey de AmbrosMr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ambros

In Honor of James RhaticanMs. Mary Jane Mondelli

In Memory of Randal C. RhodesMs. Susan A. Rhodes

In Honor of Cecelia RitterKathryn Ambrose Ms. Lillian G. Ax Bob and Michele AxStephen and Barbara BarrowWilliam and Michelle-Anne BorsMr. and Mrs. David BottenMr. Paul Crowell Mr. Richard DehavenMrs. Sally Dolan Jtwros Mr. and Mrs. Thomas DolanKevin and Dina Marie Dugan Mr. Tim GaffneyMr. Buddy Geier Ms. Tahitia Jones Mr. Ted Kissel Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Knies, Jr. Mr. Richard LaforceMr. and Mrs. I.B. Lemoine Mr. Jim LennonRobert and Rosanne Lennon Ms. Eloyce LisantiMr. Ted Loughlin Joel and Irene McFadden Ms. Maureen McGovern Mr. James MoloneyMrs. Elissa Morel Mr. Mike Oliva Mr. Andrew Ortiz Ms. Laura RacioppiAndrew and Adiela Rosen John and Jill Scibilia Arthur and Nancy Seter Keith and Phyllis Shoemaker Mr. Colin Somerville Mr. John VinciMs. Cathy C. Wagner Ms. Marie WeberDonald and Joan Weinpahl

In Memory of Palmyra RobertsLouis and Alicia Vinci

In Honor of Rose RodriguezThe Greenberg Family Ms. Laura Nash

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

In Honor of Emma RothmanPhilip and Marlene London

In Memory of Libby S. RubinMr. and Mrs. Norman Kominsky

In Honor of Michael RuotoloMr. Frank Burgaretta

In Memory of Carole A. SarnowskiSarnowski Family Foundation

In Memory of Nicos SavvaMs. Barbara Uriarte

In Memory of Kimberly Marie SchaffranMs. Angelina E. Engler Anonymous AnonymousUptowne Girl Salon

In Memory of Danielle SchrenkMs. Margaret Frampton Ms. Kelly Rouba

In Support of Matt SchutzMr. and Mrs. Scott Fettner

In Memory of Wallace M. ShelbyMs. Elizabeth S. Anderson Ms. Mary S. CloseMs. Louise Dietrich Ms. Lenore C. Ford Rhys and Alice Foulkes Ms. Betsy FultonMr. Edward GreenValerie and Jeffrey Herman Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Levison Tom and Loretta Luglio, Jr. Arthur and Barbara MartinelliMr. and Mrs. Paul MebaneMs. Dorthy E. Moxley Ms. Josephine M. Pagan Charles and Lynda Rego Ron and Ruth Rosensweig Ms. Sarah M. SolanMs. Margaret WattCarl and Kathleen Woodward

In Memory of Susan SherJennifer Marshall

In Memory of Wesley SheridanPeter and Elaine Lovering Miracle Chemical Company Sabre Systems, Inc.Miss Jamie Schembari

In Memory of Zachary SnyderMs. Dianne Byrnes William and Judith DayAmy Mastoris and Family

In Memory of Leonard SobolewskiMr. Paul RyskalchickDr. and Mrs. Morgan T. Smith

In Memory of Michael StankoMs. Christine Debbe

In Memory of Carol Sue SteadmanSalon Botanique of Morristown LLCMr. Keith Szanto

In Honor of Michael StrusiakMr. David Fanale

In Memory of John J. SullivanBayonne Medical Center Ms. Janet CogswellJames and Kathleen Hansen Ms. Mary Ellen McGlynn Ms. Jeanne NocellaWilliam H. Connolly & Co., LLC

In Memory of Paul D. TalbertEllen and John Callanan Mrs. Rhea Talbert

In Memory of Robert F. TerryMs. Susan BumbicoCampbell Supply Company LLC

In Memory of Matthew TettaMs. Patsy G. Tetta

In Memory of Michael TettaMs. Patsy G. Tetta

In Memory of Eugene TravinskiMr. and Mrs. Jim Evans

In Honor of Stephen TucciaroneWayne and Heather Gucwa

In Honor of UMDNJ Liver TransplantSupport GroupMichael and Camellia Nazmy

In Memory of Romeo VanBuskirkMr. and Mrs. David Camiolo

In Memory of Farah VarziThe Varzi Family

In Memory of Felipe Luis VegaMr. and Mrs. Jaime Vega

In Honor of Mary VeltreMr. James Connolly

In Memory of Edward VerricoMs. Jean Verrico

In Memory of Steven Wall Denville Chapter of UNICO NationalMs. Karen Wall

In Memory of Richard WhitakerMrs. Karen Whitaker

In Honor of Ursula WidockiMs. Jean Earle

In Honor of David YakencheckMr. Andrew Pannone

In Memory of Christopher YangTami Ellen McLaughlin

In Memory of Robert YoungMr. and Mrs. Ted Decker

Honoring those who gave, paying tribute to those who received, offering hope to those who continue to wait, and remembering those lives lost while waiting for the gift of life.

TRIBUTE GIFTSSpecial thanks to 2013 event sponsorsA & A Benefit ConsultantsAdams Gutierrez & Lattiboudere, LLCASA AppleBridge to Life, Ltd.CarePoint HealthCommunity Tissue ServicesDilworth Paxson LLPDocument SolutionsEastwick CollegeEngineering and RefrigerationESSRXGenentech a Member of Roche GroupHackensack University Medical CenterHampshire Real Estate CompaniesHealthcare Quality Strategies, Inc.Investors Home MortgageInvestors Savings Bank Corporate OfficeIsmael Leyva Architects, PCJaffe Communications and CampbellHealth Medical

Jersey City Medical CenterJFK Medical CenterMs. Lenore C. FordLoran AssociatesLourdes Health SystemMagnet Mailers.Com LLCMark and Helen ReaganMcCabe Ambulance EMSMeridian HealthMusculoskeletal Transplant Foundation

New Jersey Association of SchoolResource Officers

New Providence ChiropracticNewton Medical CenterNovartis Pharmaceuticals CorporationOgilvy CommonHealth WorldwideOverlook Medical CenterPalisades Medical CenterPeapack-Gladstone BankPfizer, IncPNC Wealth ManagementPosen Architects, LLCQuest DiagnosticsRaritan Bay Medical CenterRobert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Saint Barnabas Medical CenterSaint Peter’s Healthcare SystemSanford-Brown InstituteShopRiteSills Cummis & Gross P.C.SourceOne Communication GroupSummit Medical GroupThe University Hospital Liver CenterThe Valley HospitalUnion County Conference PBAWells Fargo BankWilliam H. Connolly & Co., LLCWiss & Company, LLPWithumSmith+Brown, PC

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Day in the Life – Wendy Rothschild Wendy Rothschild

is proud that her HondaCivic logs about 46,000miles a year. From herhome in northwesternNew Jersey, Wendy is

regularly called to medical examiner offices and funeralhomes as far south as Camden.

The extensive travel is key to her 24/7 role as aFuneral Home and Medical Examiner Liaison for NJSharing Network. No two workdays are ever alike, asWendy is constantly meeting across the state withdozens of funeral directors and 14 county medicalexaminers, ensuring a smooth process for organ andtissue donation from Sussex to Camden counties.

“Yes, it sounds like I have a crazy job, but it is verysatisfying,” Wendy said. “Before I joined NJ Sharing Network four years ago, I spent 25 years as a medical

investigator. I worked closely with medical examiners,funeral directors and NJ Sharing Network. I have suchadmiration for all three groups. They are true publicservants, dealing with death and heartache with professionalism and compassion for families.”

Wendy is one of two liaisons to funeral homes andmedical examiners for NJ Sharing Network; she workswith Patrick Sheridan. One liaison is on call for an entireweek, while the other catches up on paperwork andother office responsibilities. Then, they switch.

Autopsies are required for all non-natural deaths,including trauma, suicide and homicide. Successfulorgan and tissue donation hinges on cooperation frommedical examiners, who must follow specific mandatedprocedures in ascertaining cause of death.

Wendy helps medical examiners complete a forensic investigation by securing X-rays, CT scans or

photographs. Or, she may be inviting a medical exam-iner to visit an O.R. to witness organ and tissue recovery.

“Organ and tissue donation is time sensitive; medical examiners and funeral directors need to movequickly and there is a lot of coordination required,” saidWendy, noting she spends her days working remotelyand driving from place to place. “Trust is an importantkey in the process, and I do what I can to make NJ Sharing Network a trusted resource.”

When the donor family has selected a funeralhome prior to the recovery, Wendy notifies the funeraldirector with the logistics of the recovery. She is alsosure to make follow-up phone calls within one week ofthe funeral to ensure a consistent process.

“I have passion and a tremendous amount ofrespect for my work, as well as the donor families andtheir generous, life-saving gifts,” she said.

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 120,000 people on waiting lists.