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The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations chose Steven A. Cordova, 26, of Fresno to be featured in a floragraph portrait for the nonprofit's Rose Parade float.
From 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. Monday, the California Transplant Donor Network will host a decorating event where Steven's likeness will be conveyed in floral materials at Arte Americas, 1630 Van Ness Ave., in the upper gallery.
The event is thanks to local Congressman Jim Costa’s commitment to organ transplantation. He is a co-founder of the Congressional Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Caucus.
Costa and the Cordova family will attend the event to help complete Steven's floragraph, which along with 59 others will adorn kites on the "Donate Life" float as a tribute to the donors' legacy.
Steven became a tissue donor in 2007 after sustaining a fatal gunshot wound. His mother, Frances, is a tissue manager for the California donor network and said her son “had grown up in the world of organ and tissue donation for most of their young lives," according to the AOPO.
She continued: "We, like so many others, had ‘the donation talk’ years earlier. The day that Steven’s young life ended, he donated his bone, skin and veins. Many of his friends were in awe when they learned that Steven was a donor, but none were surprised. Steven inspired many of his friends to register as donors.”
The 122nd Rose Parade will take place starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 1.
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