The Dance of Life

Olathe Organ Donor to be Honored in 2024 Rose Parade® on Jan. 1

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Thursday, December 28, 2023
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Kansas City, KS., Dec. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Midwest Transplant Network will honor 14-year-old organ donor Jayme Sue Louque of Olathe, Kansas, in the 2024 Rose Parade ®.

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  • Kansas City, KS., Dec. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Midwest Transplant Network will honor 14-year-old organ donor Jayme Sue Louque of Olathe, Kansas, in the 2024 Rose Parade ®.
  • The OneLegacy Donate Life Rose Parade® float will feature a floragraph portrait of Jayme Sue, among other donor hero floragraphs.
  • The 135th Rose Parade® will air on television Monday, Jan. 1 at 10 a.m. CST on ABC, NBC and Univision.
  • For more than 20 years, the OneLegacy Donate Life Rose Parade® float has inspired people across the country with the powerful message of organ, eye and tissue donation.

The 2024 OneLegacy Donate Life Rose Parade® Float to Honor 56 Organ, Eye and Tissue Donors and Recipients Celebrates 21 Years of Participation in the Rose Parade

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Wednesday, December 27, 2023
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View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231227237160/en/

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231227237160/en/
    The 2024 OneLegacy Donate Life float, Woven Together: The Dance of Life will honor 56 participants on the 2024 Rose Parade on New Year's Day (Graphic: Business Wire)
    The 2024 Donate Life Float will feature:
    34 floragraphs or floral portraits representing organ, eye and tissue donors who gave the gift of life to others
    Four honorees who gave the gift of life to others as living donors will walk alongside the 2024 OneLegacy Donate Life float.
  • Bios to the 2024 Donate Life float riders are available here:
    34 deceased donors, whose images are being memorialized with floral portraits or floragraphs on the 2024 OneLegacy Donate Life float, will be placed on the woven baskets that surround the Hopi dancer.
  • These donors gave the ultimate gift of life to save and heal lives through the power of organ, eye and tissue donation.
  • As the world’s most visible campaign to inspire organ, eye and tissue donation, the OneLegacy Donate Life Rose Parade® float inspires viewers to help the over 1 million people in need of organ, eye or tissue transplants each year.

26 Tissue Donors Who Gave the Gift of Life and Two Tissue Recipients Whose Lives Were Transformed by the Power of Donation will Participate in the 2024 OneLegacy Donate Life Float on New Year’s Day

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Friday, December 22, 2023
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The two tissue recipients, along with 26 floral portraits or floragraphs of cornea and tissue donors, represent the healing and transformational power of tissue donation.

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  • The two tissue recipients, along with 26 floral portraits or floragraphs of cornea and tissue donors, represent the healing and transformational power of tissue donation.
  • “We are honored to co-sponsor tissue recipient Joceline Pérez Hernández on the 2024 OneLegacy Donate Life float.
  • The 2024 OneLegacy Donate Life Float tissue recipients include the following float riders:
    Joceline Perez Hernandez is a bone tissue recipient from San Bernardino.
  • The 2024 float will honor 56 participants, including 22 riders and walkers who are either living donors, or organ and tissue recipients.

Donor Alliance Volunteer to Represent Colorado, Wyoming in 2024 Rose Parade

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023
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Rhonda will be aboard the OneLegacy Donate Life Rose Parade float , which is celebrating 21 years on the Rose Parade.

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  • Rhonda will be aboard the OneLegacy Donate Life Rose Parade float , which is celebrating 21 years on the Rose Parade.
  • The 2024 Donate Life Rose Parade float, “Woven Together: The Dance of Life,” features a beautiful Butterfly Dancer wearing an impressive and intricate headdress.
  • “Donor Alliance is proud to return to the Rose Parade in 2024 to share Rhonda’s remarkable story with viewers across the globe,” said Jennifer Prinz, president and CEO of Donor Alliance.
  • The 2024 Rose Parade will start at 7 a.m. MST on January 1, 2024, and be broadcast live.

Six Native American Nations Represented on the 2024 OneLegacy Donate Life Rose Parade® Float, Woven Together: The Dance of Life

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Thursday, November 16, 2023
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The 2024 OneLegacy Donate Life float, Woven Together: The Dance of Life will honor six Native American nations and their rich cultural heritage on New Year’s Day.

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  • The 2024 OneLegacy Donate Life float, Woven Together: The Dance of Life will honor six Native American nations and their rich cultural heritage on New Year’s Day.
  • For many tribes, dancing was an important method of communication, and the history of Native American dance is rich and meaningful.
  • Like most Hopi ceremonies, the Butterfly Dance is a petition for rain, good health and long life for all living things.
  • “We are very honored and proud to have our culture represented on the 2024 OneLegacy Donate Life float,” said Timothy Nuvangyaoma, Chairman of the Hopi Tribe.