The Annual Rose Garden Ceremony

Plainview Patch | Cindy Springsteen
An event that honors those who have given life to others

Left to right: Julia E. Rivera of NYS TRIO, TRIO Board member Dave Rodgers, Legislator Judy Jacobs, LI TRIO President Michael Soana, Professor of Surgery and Medicine for North Shore/LIJ Health System Dr. Ernesto P. Molmenti, TRIO Board Member Jo Michaels, and transplant recipient Ronnie Schwartz. Credit The Long Island Chapter of Transplant Recipients International.

The Annual Rose Garden Ceremony honors donor recipients and their families, those who have given others a new life.

Nassau County Legislator Judy Jacobs attended the ceremony, which was hosted by The Long Island Chapter of Transplant Recipients International Organization. The event took place at Eisenhower Park Sept. 17.

Healthcare profressionals, members of the NY Organ Donor Network, as well as organ and tissue recipients, and the donor families were the guest speakers at the ceremony.