Follow the Candlelight Memorial on Twitter tomorrow

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Mid-America Transplant Services has partnered with local transplant centers, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, and Saint Louis University Hospital to host a special event honoring those who gave the Gift of Life through organ and tissue donation.

The event will be held at the recently completed Donor Memorial Monument and park.  Click here to learn more about the history behind this tribute to organ and tissue donors and their families.

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6:00 pm   Outdoor Casual meal and Activities

Activities include:  Live music, candle decorating, face painting, balloon artist, and button making. Donor Families are invited to bring a photo and create a button in honor of their loved one who has given the gift of life. Transplant recipients are also encouraged to create a button honoring their donor. Templates for buttons will be available for those who are not able to bring photos.

7:00 pm: Program and Candlelight Ceremony

MTS Donor Memorial Monument at Highlands Park

1110 Highlands Plaza Drive East, St. Louis, MO  63110
(adjacent to the MTS main office)
Directions | Google Maps

RSVPs are required as the park capacity is limited. Please call the MTS Event RSVP line at 314-735-8220 by Monday, August 15.

Leave the following information: (1) Your name; (2) indicate if you are a donor family, recipient or transplant professional; (3) # of people attending; and (4) your email address.

Information in the event of inclement weather
In the event of inclement weather, the reschedule date will be Monday, September 12th. Note that this will be our last attempt to host the event in 2011. You may call the RSVP line or visit our website at www.mts-stl.org for updated event information.

Can’t be at the MidAmerica Transplant Services Candlelight Memorial Celebration tomorrow? Well, we know you’re social media savvy (you wouldn’t be reading this if you weren’t). So, pull up Twitter on your computer or mobile device tomorrow night after 6 p.m. and follow as we tweet. Our hashtag will be #MTSCeremony.

We’ll let you know what’s going on and we want to hear your comments, too. It’s be a great night to honor the donors and families who make the miracle of transplant happen.

-Kathryn Holleman | Barnes Jewish Hospital