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Dear Friends & Supporters:Donate Life Month

 

Do you want to receive a new gift every day in April? How about a story each day about the miracle of organ transplantation?

 

One week into National Donate Life Month for organ donation awareness, "The Daily Gift," the first-of-its-kind iPad application from the producers of THE POWER OF TWO documentary film, is using powerful storytelling from across the transplant community to increase the number of registered organ donors worldwide.

 

The Daily GiftAlongside production of the film, the THE POWER OF TWO crew recorded VideoGrams -- short testimonials reflecting on the power of organ donation and the miracle of breath -- including over 100 stories from the transplant community at the 2010 National Kidney Foundation (NKF) U.S. Transplant Games. Throughout April 2011, "The Daily Gift" will feature 30 VideoGrams, one premiering each day.  

 

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"The Daily Gift" also provides interactive information about organ donation and transplantation, and empowers users to register as organ donors.

    

The first iPad application focused on sharing organ donation and transplantation stories and inspiring people to become organ donors, "The Daily Gift" is available to download for free from Apple's App Store accessible through iTunes.

 

About "The Daily Gift" VideoGrams

Who is featured in the 30 "The Daily Gift" VideoGrams?

  • "The Daily Gift" features stories from 16 different organ transplant recipients.  As several of them were transplanted with more than one organ, 22 total organs were received among the group: 5 kidneys, 4 hearts, 3 sets of lungs, 3 livers, 1 pancreas, and 6 other organs.
  • The families of organ recipients are greatly impacted by their loved one's second chance at life.  In "The Daily Gift," 11 recipient family members share such stories.
  • Eight separate donor families, made up of 11 total family members, share their experience with organ donation in "The Daily Gift."
  • Six living donors speak about their gift of life to another person. Three are living liver donations and four are living kidney donations -- one man donated both!
  • In four separate videos, five transplant professionals speak of their experiences volunteering or working in fields related to organ transplantation.

"The Daily Gift" features stories from 22 states: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland (3 VideoGrams), Michigan, Minnesota (2 VideoGrams), Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2 VideoGrams), South Carolina, and Wisconsin (4 VideoGrams).

Coming This Week In "The Daily Gift"
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This week brings six more powerful VideoGrams from across the country:

 

  
  
  
  
  
  
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The VideoGram premiering April 11 features double lung transplant recipient Kelli Neal and her mother Ursula from Phoenix. As you'll see, Kelli was an engaging and energetic girl with a real passion for living (and several Transplant Games medals!). Although Kelli passed away far too soon in January 2011, her spirit and the power of her second chance at life through her transplant impacted all those around her and shine through in her VideoGram.

 

 

 

If you've already downloaded "The Daily Gift," thank you!  If you haven't and you have an iPad, please download "The Daily Gift" today.  If you don't have an iPad, please encourage your friends with iPads to download the app -- and let you watch the VideoGrams!

 

Also, please follow us the rest of April and beyond by "liking" "The Power Of Two" on Facebook and subscribing to our Twitter feed.  And please watch our new theatrical film trailer and make an organ donation pledge brought to you in partnership with Change.org!

 

With every breath,

Marc Smolowitz, Director/Producer
Andrew Byrnes, Producer
& the rest of the team at THE POWER OF TWO
!