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Monday, April 30, 2012

BMV branch honored for high donation rate among customers

The Columbus Dispatch | Justin Conley


Kathy Harrington, left, created a Memorial wall at the BMV at 2970 Hayden Road to encourage organ donors. Kathy was there with Mike Rankin, Registrar at the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, center, and her husband Tom Harrington, right, before a "Best in the State" award ceremony for achieving the highest donor registration rate. Tom and Kathy's daughter, Lindsay Jones, was an organ donor. It is the 8th time the agency has won the award.

For the eighth time in 10 years, the Hayden Road Bureau of Motor Vehicles has been honored for having the highest organ donor registration rate in Ohio.

According to Lifeline of Ohio, about 72 percent of customers who use the the Hayden Road BMV register as organ donors, compared to the 54 percent statewide average.

Read more: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/04/30/Lifeline-of-Ohio-honors-BMV-branch-for-high-rate-of-organ-donors.html

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