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Meet the 2014 Donate Life Rose Float Riders
2014 DONATE LIFE FLOAT RIDERS UNVEILED! We are pleased to announce the 30 Riders – all recipients of donated organs, eyes and tissue – who will "Light Up the World" with their dramatic and heartrending stories as riders aboard the 11th annual Donate Life float in the 2014 Rose Parade.
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http://www.donatelifefloat.org/prod/components/media_center/how_participants_selected.html
The Donate Life float's Riders, Walkers and Floragraph Honorees represent millions of people touched by organ and tissue donation.
Riders must be recipients of an organ, tissue or cornea transplant. Walkers must be living organ donors. Riders or Walkers must be at least 12 years of age (per parade rules), in good physical condition, comfortable with media interviews and able to travel to Pasadena, California from December 29 to January 2.
Honorees depicted in the float's memorial floragraph portraits are required to be deceased organ, eye or tissue donors.
All float participants are individually sponsored by organizations. Sponsors are responsible for determining the process by which participants are selected. Some have specific individuals in mind, while others choose to stage an open application or nomination process to identify as many candidates as possible. In most cases, local organizations select riders from their service area, while national organizations may select riders from all regions of the country. Foundations wishing to sponsor a floragraph for their namesake must agree to a two-year sponsorship, with another donor honored in the second year.
Refer to our list of Official Sponsors for links to organizations that sponsor float participants. When contacting them, ask for the Public Relations department.
We invite you to learn more about our Sponsorship Opportunities, and feel free to email Float Committee chairman Bryan Stewart at bstewart@onelegacy.org with any questions.
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http://www.donatelifefloat.org/prod/components/media_center/sponsors/
Each year, more than 140 organizations support the Donate Life Rose Parade Float's mission to inspire people to donate life by choosing to be organ, eye and tissue donors.
Walker sponsors:
Bacterin International
Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Transplant Center - Los Angeles
Donate Life Run/Walk Committee
Living Donation California
Loma Linda University Medical Center Transplantation Institute - Loma Linda, Calif.
OneLegacy - Greater Los Angeles Area
UCLA Health System
Unyts - Western New York