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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

A life-saving gift of sisterhood

Press Telegram
Patricia Van, right, who donated a kidney a year ago to her younger sister, Melissa Berry, left, shares their story Tuesday with a National Donate Life Month crowd during a flag-raising ceremony at Long Beach City Hall.

Mayor Bob Foster, speaks to the crowd gathered for National Donate Life Month. The "Flags Across America" campaign is part of a national effort to bolster organ and tissue donor registries during the the April observance.

Long Beach residents are being encouraged to sign up as organ donors at the Department of Motor Vehicles or online at www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org.

Brittany Murray Staff Photographer

Read more: http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_20319898/life-saving-gift-sisterhood

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