January 5, 2009
New National Donor Memorial Web site Launched
The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) today launched its expanded National Donor Memorial Web site (www.donormemorial.org). This tribute-driven site honors organ and tissue donors in this country, highlights the impact of their gift of life on the lives of so many others, and underscores the critical importance of increasing organ donation.
The new National Donor Memorial Web site features:
- A refreshing new design and updated navigation
- A virtual tour, including all new photos, of the 10,000-square-foot memorial garden
- An updated 'Tributes' section, which allows visitors to create customized memorial pages
- Calendar of events and news about the memorial
About the National Donor Memorial
In 2003, UNOS began building the 10,000-square-foot memorial at UNOS headquarters in Richmond, Virginia. With the help of a volunteer committee of donor family members, living donors and transplant recipients from across the country, this beautiful memorial is now a permanent addition to the UNOS landscape.
Completed in 2006, it now serves as the national transplant community's commemoration of America's organ and tissue donors and their families. The theme of the memorial is "Hope, Renewal, Transformation."
The memorial consists of a walkway and memorial garden that symbolically leads visitors through the organ and tissue donation experience. Visitors can also view online tributes in UNOS' lobby using two interactive kiosk exhibits. Visitors can also view an ongoing donor tribute slideshow projected above the reception area.
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