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Georgia’s religious organizations celebrate Share
Your Life weekend and promote donation
ATLANTA
Georgia’s religious orga
nizations across the state
will celebrate Share Your
Life Weekend, November
9-11, 2001 to increase
awareness about the criti
cal need for organ, tissue
and eye donation. Congre
gations and clergy of vari
ous faiths will unite for this
special weekend that in
cludes the distribution of
informational and educa
tional packets by the Geor
gia Coalition on Donation
to religious denomination
leaders across the state.
Special program elements
also are included for Afri
can-American congrega
tions and Jewish syna
gogues. The Jewish com
munity will celebrate with
Share Your Life Shabbat.
The Georgia Coalition is
askingclergy membersand
congregations to get in
volved in Share Your Life
Weekend in various ways
including:
-Featuringorgan and tis
sue donation as part of a
sermon to members the
City of Aiken and SRS celebrate America Recycles Day
AIKEN, S.C.
The city of Aiken and the
Savannah River Site Pollution
Prevention Team are
partneringtocelebrate America
Recycles Day on November 15,
2001. To mark the day and
create publicawareness for re
cycling, interested volunteers
are invited to help collect ma
terials for, and construct, a 60'
by 100' American flag made of
crushed aluminum cans.
- The city of Aiken has desig
nated Field #5 at the Citizens
Parksoftball complex off Banks
Mill Road as the site for
America Recycles Day activ
ity. From now until Novem
ber 14, collection bins will be
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weekend of Nov. 9-11.
- Including an announce
ment in the bulletin or news
letter about donation.
- Arranging for congrega
tion members who are donor
families, transplant recipients
or health-care providers to
share a brief message with
the congregation.
- Providing uniform donor
cards and information tomem
bers.
- Including information
about donation on outdoor
signage or marquee.
- Encouraging adult and
youth education leaders to
start a discussion on organ
and tissue donation.
“It is our hope that faith
leaders will use Share Your
Life Weekend as an opportu
nity to discuss their faiths’
support of donation and en
courage their congregations
to discuss organ, tissue and
eye donation with their fami
lies,” said Jeff Al-Mashat,
chairperson of the Georgia
Coalition on Donation. “We
know that aside from medical
professionals, most people
seek advice about donation
available on the gravel access
road adjacent to Field #5.
Thoseinterested in participat
ingareinvited tobring crushed
aluminum cans to the bins.
Since American flagcolorsare
red, white and blue, cans with
those colors are needed. (Ex
amples: red cansinclude Coke;
white cansinclude some Sprite
and 7-Up; and blue cans in
clude Pepsi). Donated cans
should be crushed so that one
side of the colored portion of
the can shows (not crushed
end to end). It’s estimated
that 77,000 cans will be needed
for a project of this size.
On November 14 and 15,
volunteers from the city of
from their clergy members.
Thisweekend sets aside a spe
cial time for clergy and con
gregations to talk about dona
tion.”
A CNN/USA Today Gallup
poll found that 93 percent of
people in the United States
are affiliated with a religicus
institution, and 43 percent
attend areligious meeting al
most every week. However,
another Gallup poll shows that
fewer than 10 percent of people
in the United States know
their religion has doctrines
regarding organ and tissue
donation.
“Although these beliefs dif
fer between denominations,
the underlying theme is the
same: organ and tissue dona
tion represents one of the
highest forms of loving, giv
ing and caring,” said Al-
Mashat. “And those are the
principles upon which all reli
gions are based.”
Currently, nearly 80,000
people — 1,200 in Georgia —
are on the national waiting
list for organ transplants.
Thousands more need tissue
or corneal transplants to dra-
Aiken, SRS and the public are
invited to come help construct
the flag. Tripp Land Survey
will provide flag layout sur
veying assistance. The public
isurged to come out, bring the
family and enjoy a patriotic
activity with an important
message about recycling.
Activities will take place from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days.
Lapel pins will be given to the
first 1,500 people who bring
100 or more recycled alumi
num cans to the Citizens Park
location on November 14 and
15. In addition, all who bring
100 or more recycled cans for
the project on November 14-15
will have their names entered
matically improve their
quality of life or even re
store sight. Tragically,
nearly 6,000 peopledie each
year while waiting for an
organ transplant because
demand continues to ex
ceed supply.
“Clergy are in a unique
position to be a part of the
miracle of transplantation
by encouraging congrega
tionsto consider organ and
tissue donation, ” said Al-
Mashat. “We hope that
during Share Your Life
Weekend leaders will fa
cilitate the discussion with
their members and that in
turn families will share
their feelings about dona
tion and sign donor cards
together.”The Georgia Coa
lition on Donation is one of
50 nonprofitlocal coalitions
dedicated to educating the
publicabout organ and tis
sue donation, correcting
misconceptions and creat
ingagreaterwillingness to
donate life. Call 1-866-57-
SHARE for a free donor
card or visit the web site
www.shareyourlife.org.
in a drawing for a wristwatch
made from a recycled alumi
num can.
After the flagis dismantled,
the city of Aiken will sell the
aluminum cansdonated to the
project and donate proceeds to
the New York City relief ef
fort.
If you would like to volun
teer your group or organiza
tion to participate, call Sarita
Berry, 803/557-8124 or
Caroline Grosso, 803/557-6351
For additional information
about the project, contact the
individualslisted above or call
the city of Aiken Parks anc
Recreation Department at 642.
7630.
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Dahm joins USCA as head
coach of tennis program
AIKEN, S.C.
Steven Dahm will take over
the men’sand women’s tennis
teams at USC Aiken. The
announcement was made by
athletic director Randy
Warrick on November 1, 2001
upon the departure of Dendell
Lawrence who retired on Sep
tember 21 after five years at
USCA.
Dahm comes to the Paces
from Division I Furman Uni
versity where he served as the
assistant men’s coach. While
with the Paladins, heimproved
a 13-17 squad to 19-9 in two
seasons and captured the
Southern Conference title in
2001.
Dahm brings a strong foun
dation of coachingexperience,
spending time at the Van der
Meer Tennis Center, Univer
Veterans Day Parade set
for Monday, Nov. 12
The Veterans Day Parade
Committee of the CSRA-Au
gusta Veterans’Organizations
Groupis organizing and coor
dinatingthe annual Veterans
Day Parade in downtown Au
gusta on Monday, November
12, 2001. It is scheduled to
begin at 10 a.m. at the corner
of 13" and Ellis Streets, next
to the Sacred Heart Cultural
Center. The parade will then
move down Broad Street and
end at the All Wars Monu
ment at Broad and 4t Streets.
Participants will include
marching units from Fort
Gordon and schools with drill
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“Weare very excited to have
Steve here at USCA. He will
bring the right mix of exciter
ment and experience to out
programs. Not only will he be
ableto tell the players what te
do on the court, but he will be
able to show them as well,?
said Warrick. 1
Incollegiate play, Dahm wag
the number one singles and
doubles player at the Univer
sity of Buffalo and was ser
lected tothe Mid-American Alk
Conference team as well asthe
first team All-Star squady
Whileattending UB from 19923
1996, he received his BA dey
gree in Psychology. {
teams and bands. Also palgr
ticipating will be many vet
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groups walking or riding 1%
cars or on floats. :
The city of Augusta has dé}
clared Monday, November 12
2001 as Veteran/Military Ajz
preciation Day for Augusté
with the theme: A Salute to
America. In light of the re
cent terrorists attacks in the
United States and the surgé
of patriotism, there has beer
great interest and enthusi
asm in promoting the parad§
as a premier patriotic event.
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