Kim and Dave Burdakin, former residents of Muscatine, Iowa, sponsored the creation of Blu. Kim received a liver transplant in 2000 at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. Blu was created in 2017 by Kim's brother, Jim Hetzler with Hetz Studio, as part of a public art installation and fundraising campaign called K-9s for Cops. The art campaign memorializes Chicago's fallen officers while supporting the families of officers killed or seriously injured in the line of duty. Jim created Blu in Kim's honor as a tribute to organ and tissue donation. The Burdakin family donated Blu to the UIHC Transplant Center in gratitude for the specialized care that Kim received and to help continue their efforts to raise awareness of the importance of organ and tissue donation. We are very thankful that the Burdakin family is in support of The Dragonfly Transplant Fund and we love seeing Blu on display at the UIHC Transplant Center! |
A month to care. A month to give."National Donate Life Month (NDLM) was established by Donate Life America and its partnering organizations in 2003. Observed in April each year, National Donate Life Month helps to encourage Americans to register as organ, eye and tissue donors and to honor those that have saved lives through the gift of donation." - https://www.donatelife.net/ndlm/ Important Organ Donation Awareness Days NEW! Donate Life Living Donor Day NEW! Blue & Green Spirit Week National Donate Life Month Blue and Green Day is Friday, April 16, 2021. National Pediatric Transplant Week is April 18-24, 2021. Show Your Support on Facebook You can help support the #DonateLife cause by adding a Facebook frame to your profile pic. Choose either a 2021 Donate Life Month garden theme or a Donate Life green band frame. To add the frame, you can go to www.facebook.com/profilepicframes or hover over your profile pic, click Update on your profile picture, click Add Frame, search for the frames by entering National Donate Life Month, choose the frame you want to use and click Use as Profile Picture. Thank you! #DonateLifeMonth REMINDER: Join Our Team!!
Register by April 8th to guarantee the special 2021 Virtual Green 5K race swag. Registration includes a cooling neck gaiter/headwrap, a finisher medal, and printable race bib (excluding the I Care, But I'm Not Getting Off the Couch registration type). Race packets will be mailed directly to your house prior to race day. Tell Iowa Donor Network why you participate in the Green 5K and who you are running for! Use the special Virtual Green 5K signage to design an inspiring sign and possibly win a prize.
For inspiration on videos, check out the creative videos submitted in 2020 HERE. Don't miss out on a chance to be a part of this special program! The deadline to submit content is April 15th.
Iowa Donor Network has announced their Virtual Green 5K on Saturday, May 8th, 2021! Click below to learn more about the 5K and how to register online with our Dragonfly Transplant Fund team.
In their recent newsletter, Iowa Donor Network announced "a record number of Iowans transformed lives through organ donation and transplantation." They reported that over 100 Iowans donated over 300 organs to recipients across the state. For more information, please visit www.IowaDonorNetwork.org. The Dragonfly Transplant Fund is proud to continue to support Iowa Donor Network and their mission.
2020 VIRTUAL GREEN 5K"Please join us for Iowa Donor Network’s first-ever Virtual Green 5K on Saturday, October 10, 2020. Not even COVID-19 can stop us from honoring the lives of organ and tissue donors, celebrating the lives of recipients, and recognizing those who continue to wait for a life-saving transplant! The Virtual Green 5K will take place of our largest annual fundraising and awareness 5Ks, the Green 5K and Donor Dash, in 2020. We hope you’ll join us and invite your friends and family from around the globe to raise awareness for organ, eye and tissue donation. There will be a live and interactive Virtual Opening Ceremonies featured live on Iowa Donor Network’s Facebook page. Stay tuned for more information on this special program. After the Virtual Opening Ceremonies end, we invite you to hit the streets for a 5K walk or run in your neighborhood. The Green 5K and Donor Dash are Iowa Donor Network’s largest fundraising event to support our mission and life-saving programs. We encourage all participants to create individual or team fundraising pages to honor your loved ones and to support our mission and donor families." According to a report in The Gazette, "a total of 92 Iowans had authorized donating 290 organs for transplant this past year, according to the Iowa Donor Network, the state's organ procurement organization, ... The Iowa Donor Network also reported a total of 929 tissue donors in 2019." The Dragonfly Transplant Fund is proud to support Iowa Donor Network's mission to work together to transform lives through organ and tissue donation. We hope that all are inspired to donate life. For more information on Iowa Donor Network, please visit their website at www.iowadonornetwork.org and read the full 2019 annual report below. April is Donate Life Month. It is "a month to celebrate those who have received transplants, to recognize those who continue to wait, to honor donors and donor families, and to thank registered donors for giving hope."UPDATE 3/17/2020 "We have been closely monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak around the globe. Your health and safety is a top priority to us. It is with this in mind that we are postponing the 2020 Green 5K Run and Walk, originally scheduled for April 18. We are working with our vendors and hope to secure a new date later this year. We want to thank you all for supporting Iowa Donor Network and the Green 5K, whether you signed up to run, raise funds, or volunteer. If you registered to run in the Green 5K, your registration fees will be valid for the new date. If you created a fundraising page, all funds raised will still go to support Iowa Donor Network. Contributions are vital to the work we do. They help us support donor families, raise donation awareness, maintain the Iowa Donor Registry, and much more. We will keep you updated as we get information about the new race date. Until then, you can continue to support Iowa Donor Network and the work we do by becoming a virtual runner, creating a fundraising page, or making a contribution to Iowa Donor Network. If you have questions please email us at contact@iadn.org. Thank you." Mark Your Calendars! Green 5K Fun Run & Walk on April 18th
This is a fun, family-friendly event with the goal to raise awareness about organ, eye and tissue donation. We encourage you to wear your best and brightest GREEN attire and show us how you get your green on!"
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AuthorsVolunteers with the Dragonfly Transplant Fund established by Ed and Deb Brown are dedicated to supporting the UIHC Organ Transplant Center through giving. We share their stories, fundraising efforts, and memories here with followers, friends, and family who support the Dragonfly Transplant Fund. Click here to learn more about the UIHC Transplant Center in Iowa City, Iowa.Archives
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