University of Florida News
GAINESVILLE, Fla. ― Jon Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ On a Prayer” is one 1980s hit that, unfortunately, more than 100,000 people relate to each day as they wait for a lifesaving organ.
Clinicians with the Shands Transplant Center at the University of Florida will trade their white lab coats for neon spandex, sweatbands and sunglasses to celebrate National Donate Life Month at “Life-a-palooza,” a concert series event on Thursday to raise awareness for organ donation and transplantation.
“Life-a-palooza” is hosted by UF student organ donation awareness organization Get Carded. It will feature musical performances by Hundred Waters and Maximino as well as Shands Transplant Center patient testimonials from those whose lives have been enhanced by organ and tissue donation.
Read more: http://news.ufl.edu/2012/04/10/organ-awareness/

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