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Monday, July 12, 2010

DONATE LIFE ORGAN DONATION AWARENESS-TENNESSEE


Organ Donor’s Mom Tells the Story of How Her 9-year old Saved 7 Lives


 WEBSITE EXCLUSIVE:
WGNS’ Bryan Barrett had Lisa Alsup Rousseau, who graduated Riverdale High School in 1982, on his Rutherford Issues program to talk about organ donation. Here 9-year old daughter, Jessie Anna Starnes, died suddenly of an aneurysm March 19th of 2008. Jessie’s picture is on billboards across the state encouraging organ donation. If you missed Bryan’s interview, you can listen to or download it here.
Link to find out more about becoming an organ donor: www.tndonorregistry.org/index.aspx
Link to Jessie Anna Starnes’ story: www.jessie-starnes.virtual-memorials.com

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