First Quarter 2013

B a n d o f B r o t h e r sA Soldier Honors the Legacy of His Best Friend

IN THIS ISSUENational Donate Life Month

Journeys of the Heart

A New Voice, A New Vision

Advocates for Hope

A Newsletter for Gift of Hope’s Partners and Friends

Cover Photo: Staff Sgt. Erik Tofte (right) stands on a hilltop in Djibouti to display the Donate Life flag he carried with him to honor Cameron Chana, his fraternity brother, college roommate and best friend, who gave hope and life to more than 50 people as an organ and tissue donor.

President/CEOJ. Kevin Cmunt

Vice President of OperationsAlison Smith

Director of Communications and Legislative AffairsDavid Bosch630/758-2726dbosch@giftofhope.org

Writer/EditorTony Sullivan630/758-2721tsullivan@giftofhope.org

ContributorsJosh Muller630/758-2743jmuller@giftofhope.org

Heidi Schaiberger630/758-2740hschaiberger@giftofhope.org

Connections provides the Gift of Hope public and professional communities with news and information about Gift of Hope,

organ and tissue donation and the importance of being a registered organ and tissue donor. We encourage you to share

this newsletter with your friends and associates and learn more about donation by visiting GiftofHope.org.

IN THIS ISSUE

Journeys of the Heart

Donor parents Vivian and Larry Lefferts honored their son, John, as Gift of Hope’s representatives on the 2013 Donate Life Rose Parade float.

Circle of Life

Gift of Hope will hold its annual educational seminar for funeral service professionals April 10 in Springfield. Online registration is now open.

Band of Brothers

Staff Sgt. Erik Tofte has traveled the world to honor his best friend and fraternity brother, Cameron Chana, for his gifts of life.

New Driving Law

A new law granting conditional driving privileges to undocumented immigrants may deepen the pool of registered donors in Illinois.

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That’s the simple theme of the 2013 National Donate Life Month campaign to be conducted throughout April by Gift of Hope, Donate Life Illinois and other donation advocacy organizations in Illinois and northwest Indiana. “The decision to be an organ and tissue donor offers hope to someone in need of a lifesaving organ and tissue transplant,” said David Bosch, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs at Gift of Hope. “On the surface it’s an ordinary ‘one-plus-one-equals-two’ equation, but the sum benefit of a donation decision goes far beyond ordinary. A single donor can save or enhance more than 25 lives, so one person’s decision to offer the gift of hope through donation can have a major impact on many people’s lives.”

That’s one of several messages Gift of Hope and the donation community will share with Illinois and northwest Indiana residents in April to observe National Donate Life Month. “During this special time, we ask schools, businesses, hospitals and community organizations in our service area to dial up their donation advocacy activities to support our efforts to educate the public about organ and tissue donation and encourage people to join the Illinois Organ/Tissue Donor Registry,” Bosch said. “We also ask them to recognize organ and tissue donors, their families, transplant recipients and the healthcare profes-sionals who enable the gift of life through donation and transplantation.”

More than 5,000 people in Illinois and 1,400 people in Indiana currently are waiting for lifesaving organ transplants, and the gap between those waiting and the supply of available organs continues to slowly widen. To address this ongoing challenge, Gift of Hope encourages all Illinois and Indiana residents to take 30 seconds during National Donate Life Month to register as organ and tissue donors and offer those who are waiting a second chance at life.

Many Illinois and north-west Indiana hospitals will observe National Donate Life Month and work to deepen the pool of registered organ and tissue donors by taking part in Gift of Hope’s Hospitals for Hope campaign in April. The campaign seeks to build organ and tissue donation awareness and increase the number of registered donors by asking hospitals to encourage their staff and community members to become registered donors, according to Josh Muller, Gift of Hope’s Public Relations and Marketing Coordinator who is managing the campaign.

“The hospitals in our service area employ thousands of people who work each day to save lives and return people to healthy, productive living,” Muller said. “With that daily focus, we believe many hospital leaders and staff share our view of the importance of organ and tissue donation and being a registered donor. In addition, hospitals have established strong communication channels to reach people in their communities, so it’s only natural that we ask this audience to support our mission by embracing the campaign.”

Hospitals for Hope campaign participants receive e-mails, posters and all other promotional materials they need to conduct a successful campaign. The heart of this campaign toolkit is a hospital-branded website to promote the campaign to staff and community members and get them to register or re-affirm their decisions to be lifesaving donors.

“The Hospitals for Hope campaign puts a face on donation by showing hospital staff and community residents that physicians, nurses and hospital leaders support organ and tissue donation,” Muller said. “About 30 Illinois and northwest Indiana hospitals have signed on to conduct the campaign during National Donate Life Month. We invite all other hospitals in our service area to join them.”

To learn more about how your hospital can participate in the Hospitals for Hope campaign during National Donate Life Month — or throughout the year — visit Hospitals4Hope.org, contact your Gift of Hope Hospital Development liaison or Muller at 630/758-2743 or jmuller@giftofhope.org.

Your decision. Your gift. The gift of life. Maui,Registered Organ Donor

As a nurse, I give patients hope for better lives.

As an organ and tissue donor, I hope one day to do the same.

Join me and St. Alexius Medical Center in supporting donation.Register at Hospitals4Hope.org.

Hospitals for Hope

Hospitals for Hope Campaign Gives Hospitals Strong Tool for National Donate Life Month

“They” are Vivian and Larry Lefferts, donor parents from Normal, Ill., and the site of their activities was Pasadena, Calif., host of the annual Rose Parade, themed Oh, the Places You’ll Go! for the 2013 edition. The Lefferts traveled to Pasadena as Gift of Hope’s representatives on the Donate Life Rose Parade float, which honors organ, eye and tissue donors who left a positive impact on their families, communities and those they helped through donation.

This year’s float — the 10th edition of the visual and mechanical masterpiece created each year by Donate Life America — honored 72 donors, and 32 recipients and donor family members rode on the float during the parade. Vivian Lefferts was one of them. She, husband Larry and five other family members were there to honor John Lefferts, a cornea, bone and tissue donor whose gifts have touched the lives of nearly 40 people since his death in 2004.

The path the Lefferts have followed, from their son’s death to this recent trip to Pasadena, has been quite a journey for them. So they were the perfect choice as Gift of Hope’s representatives on a float themed Journeys of the Heart, chosen to symbolize the ups and downs experienced by donor families, transplant recipients and living donors.

“Vivian’s selection as our representative at the 2013 Donate Life Rose Parade festivities couldn’t have been more fitting considering the theme of this year’s parade,” said David Bosch, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs at Gift of Hope. “The tragic loss of her son has led her and Larry on a journey to continue John’s legacy by honoring the gifts he offered through tissue donation.”

The Lefferts began their personal donation journey by spearheading grassroots letter-writing campaigns to support the law that created the Illinois Organ/Tissue Donor Registry in 2006. In the years since then, they have continued to promote donation and donor registration through their efforts as Gift of Hope Advocates for Hope volunteers and members of the organization’s Donor Family Advisory Council.

The Lefferts are among the most sought-after public speakers in Gift of Hope’s service area because they

captivate people with their donation story while educating them about the importance of organ and tissue donation and how registering to be a donor saves and enhances lives. They even use their business as an opportunity to promote organ and tissue donation. As owners of a fireworks company, they often showcase the Donate Life logo and the important donation message through their pyrotechnic displays.

“Larry and I honor John’s legacy by volunteering with Gift of Hope to share our donation story whenever we can at programs throughout the state,” Vivian said. “We have had the opportunity to speak at business gatherings, hospital events, community special events, and high school and college programs about how important organ and tissue donation is to our family and the thousands of people waiting for lifesaving transplants.”

Their message encourages those listening to understand the comfort, hope and healing they have found through their son’s donation, Larry added. “The benefit of donation to the recipient is obvious. A more hidden benefit, which we seek to convey, is the benefit it offers to donor families. A great amount of comfort and healing comes in knowing that something positive can come out of a tragic loss. Donation provides hope for the future and the knowledge that a death was not in vain. Donor families will find that life, in all its glory, really can go on. Life’s journey can continue.”

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Donation advocacy is a family affair for Larry and Vivian Lefferts, shown holding a picture of their son, John. Daughter Eleanor Hess and her husband, Ray, accompanied the Lefferts on their trip.

Oh, the places they went! A float judging. A dinner gala. The Rosemont Pavilion. The Rose Parade. The Rose Bowl.

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Vivian Lefferts (left) waves to the crowd during her ride on the Donate Life Rose Parade float. “Having the crowd react the way they did was overwhelming to me,” she said. “It was amazing to be a part of the event.”

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Kyle Shines On FundraiserWill Benefit Donor FamiliesDonor parents Matt and Jill Zuleg will host their annual Kyle Shines On fundraiser on Saturday, April 13, to honor the legacy of their son, Kyle, and support their efforts to promote organ and tissue donation and provide comfort to families of organ and tissue donors. The event will begin at 7 p.m. at Bolingbrook Golf Club, 2001 Rodeo Drive in Bolingbrook, Ill.

Kyle died in a tragic accident in 2010 and gave life to others as an organ and tissue donor. To honor their son, the Zuleg’s formed the Kyle Zuleg Foundation, which supports donation by providing “Forever in Our Hearts” monogramed blankets to

families as they sit at the bedside while their loved one is prepared to offer the gift of life through donation. The blankets currently are provided to 14 Illinois hospitals, and the Zulegs hope to expand that penetration to every hospital in Illinois. The foundation also provides scholarship money to high school seniors who will pursue a college degree in media, communications or journalism in recognition of Kyle’s plans to become a television sports reporter.

Tickets for the event, which includes appetizers, refreshments, live and silent auctions, raffle prizes, music and dancing,

are $60 for adults 21 and older and $35 for people 20 and younger. To order tickets or get more information, e-mail the Zulegs at kylezulegfoundation@yahoo.com or visit Kyleshineson.org.

Jill Zuleg holds one of the blankets she gives to donor families. With her are her husband, Matt, and her daughter, Kristen.

Kevin Cmunt has begun his tenure as Gift of Hope’s new President/CEO, becoming just the second leader in the organization’s 26-year history. He replaced Jerry Anderson, who retired after making Gift of Hope one of the top organ procurement organizations in the country. “I know I have some big shoes to fill,” said Cmunt. “But the work Jerry did during his 25 years at Gift of Hope has created a solid foundation I hope to build upon in order to make our organization even better.”

A self-proclaimed “tissue guy,” Cmunt served for 12 years as Executive Vice President of AlloSource, Gift of Hope’s tissue processing and distribution partner, before coming to Gift of Hope. He will place his early focus on getting to know the “organ side” of Gift of Hope’s business to help him see the big picture of what the organization does to make donation happen.

A civil engineer by training before entering the business arena, Cmunt will

combine his AlloSource experience with his process-oriented engineering training to get up to speed on Gift of Hope and identify opportunities to enhance the organization’s operations. Just weeks into the job, he already has outlined a general vision and direction for Gift of Hope. “My primary goals at the start will be to learn all aspects of our organization — people, systems, customers and challenges — in order to make sound decisions, develop informed plans and establish reasonable goals for improvement,” Cmunt said. “I also will evaluate our organizational structure to ensure that we are operating at peak performance and that we have the systems and tools our staff needs to operate effectively and efficiently.”

As this takes place, Cmunt will establish relationships with key Gift of Hope stakeholders, including Gift of Hope Board and Advisory Council members and medical and administrative leaders at hospitals and transplant centers in Gift of Hope’s service area. Long-term, he

intends to create a “can-do” culture within Gift of Hope and position the organization as a valued partner in donation among its external stakeholders. “We will develop effective relationships at all levels and become an invaluable resource to all of our partners who help to make donation happen,” Cmunt said. “At the same time, we will be measured risk-takers and innovators in finding new methods and technologies to improve the quality of care for potential donors and, by doing so, improve the quality of the lifesaving gifts of hope we provide to people in need.”

A New Voice, A New VisionKevin Cmunt Takes Over as Gift of Hope’s New CEO

Kevin Cmunt worked with Gift of Hope for 12 years as Executive Vice President of AlloSource, one of Gift of Hope’s tissue processing and distribution partners.

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Circle f Life

Registration is now open for Gift of Hope’s 2013 continuing education seminar designed to educate Illinois funeral and forensic service professionals about organ and tissue donation and their role in the donation process. This year’s program will be held Wednesday, April 10, at the Northfield Inn and Suites in Springfield. The program is open to funeral service professionals, embalmers, non-licensed funeral service staff and pre-need counselors. Coroners, medical examiners and their allied staff members also are welcome and encouraged to attend. This year’s seminar will offer 6.6 continuing education credits for participation. Free program registration includes all seminar materials, continental breakfast and lunch. Invitations will arrive by mail in early March. Online registration is available through the Funeral Service Professionals and Forensic Service Professionals sections of GiftofHope.org.

Jack Lynch, Director of Community Affairs at Gift of Hope, recently was recognized by Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White with a Community Achievement Award for his work to educate the African-American community about the importance of organ and tissue donation. In a special ceremony held February 28 at the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago, Lynch was honored for his achievements during the African-American Heritage Month Celebration. Secretary White hosted the event. Other event honorees were Connie Payton, wife of football great Walter Payton, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, CEO of the Chicago Public Schools, and Richard Blackmon, College and Career Coach at Hyde Park Academy.

“Each of our honorees has participated in various forms of giving back by offering a variety of services for local communities,” said White. “Their efforts create greater awareness and carry on the tradition of helping others.”

Fashion Show Benefits Latino StudentsFuture Latino college students will be the beneficiaries of the A Summer Filled with Hope fashion show that was held Sunday, March 10, at Society Art Gallery in Chicago. The fashion show showcased the Eva by Evelyn resort wear collection, and Univision TV provided coverage of the event, with Ligia Granados and David Miranda serving as hosts. Event highlights also included a silent auction featuring autographed sports memorabilia from Chicago sports teams. Proceeds will benefit Gift of Hope’s Scholarships for Hope program, which provides financial support to Latino students pursuing college degrees.

2013 Funeral Directors SeminarCircle f Life

Jack Lynch Recognized For Community Achievement

Gift of Hope is offering licensed funeral service professionals in Illinois free embalming services for decedents who donate organs and tissue. “We realize that some recoveries make it more difficult and time-consuming for funeral service professionals to properly embalm deceased donors, and we know that funeral service professionals often face challenging time and family constraints in these cases,” said John Krenn, Supervisor of Peri-operative Services and Funeral Service Professional Liaison for Gift of Hope. “We hope to ease these burdens with this new program by offering complete embalming services performed by our experienced embalmers at no cost.”

A letter inviting Illinois funeral service professionals to take part in the program was sent in early February. The new program is expected to begin in early March; participation is voluntary. To learn more about the program, contact John Krenn at 630/758-2779 or jkrenn@giftofhope.org.

New Embalming Program Launched for Funeral Directors

Jack Lynch

They were brothers in life. Not in blood. But in faith, friendship and fellowship.

A Soldier Honors the Legacy of His Best Friend

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Cameron Chana and Staff Sgt. Erik Tofte first met in 2006 when they pledged for the Sigma Pi fraternity at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Ill. Chana, of Clarendon Hills, Ill., was entering his sophomore year and eager to continue his college pursuits while serving as a member of Sigma Pi. Tofte, of Roscoe, Ill., also a sophomore but three years older than Chana, had a year of community college under his belt after coming off active duty as a member of the U.S. Army’s famed 1st Cavalry Division. They were accepted into the fraternity, and for the next three years they were college roommates and worked closely together in their various roles within the Sigma Pi fraternity house. They became brothers.

“Cameron was easily the most memorable person I met during my time at Eastern,” Tofte recalled. “He was one-of-a-kind, and there aren’t enough positive words in any language to describe just how remarkable of a person he was. I have been half-way around the world with my Army travels and have met all kinds of people from all walks of life, and it’s no exaggeration to say Cameron was easily among the best of them. He was warm, kind, funny, loving, smart and helpful.”

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The trait that radiated from Chana most — the part everyone fell in love with — was his genuine caring attitude, Tofte added. “It didn’t matter if you had known him for years or just met him 10 minutes ago. He wanted to get to know you better. It was why so many people considered him their best friend and why there was, and there remains, such a strong reaction among his friends and fellow students to his loss.”

It was late May 2009, three weeks after Chana had graduated from EIU. He had decided to pursue an MBA at EIU, so he stayed there after graduation with plans to start graduate school in the fall. He and about 50 others, mostly EIU students, were returning to campus on a rented double-decker bus with an open-air top after a day of boating at Lake Shelbyville, a popular central Illinois recreational area. Chana, who stood about 6-foot-3, and another man were facing backward when the bus headed under the Interstate Highway 57 overpass on Illinois Highway 16 in Mattoon, just west of the EIU campus. Chana and the other man both were killed instantly when their heads struck the overpass.

Quick-thinking students gave both men CPR until first responders arrived. The students didn’t know both men were beyond saving at that point. But their actions proved to be lifesaving nonetheless.

That’s because Chana was a registered organ and tissue donor.

Chana’s parents, Rob and Lori, didn’t know about their son’s decision to be a donor. That fact surfaced when they heard the devastating news that Cameron was brain-dead. Even in death, Cameron’s caring attitude emerged, Rob said. “Cameron had taken all appropriate steps to be an organ and tissue donor. He knew the decision to donate

would be a difficult one for us, and he didn’t want us to have to make that decision if we were ever faced with it. That was Cameron.”

Surgeons recovered Chana’s heart, liver, lungs and two kidneys, and those gifts saved five people’s lives. And his tissue gifts have resulted in more than 50 transplants to date. Cameron’s impact on other people’s lives through his decision to be an organ and tissue donor is his legacy, Tofte said. “It was only a matter of time until he made a mark on the world. We all expected that to happen in life. In his case, he has made his mark in death.”

Tofte has dedicated himself to ensuring that Chana’s mark leaves a very large footprint. Since 2009, he has been a member of the Texas Army National Guard and has been deployed to several locations, including Africa, the Mideast and Thailand. During those deployments, Tofte

Tofte displays the Donate Life flag among ancient religious temples in Bangkok and while deployed at a spur station in Djibouti.

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Erik Tofte (right) helps Rob, Carley and Lori Chana hold the flag he displayed during his military deployments.

took several steps to make sure the areas he visited felt his best friend’s presence and learned about the importance of organ and tissue donation.

For example, he carried a Donate Life flag with him, and, taking a “roaming gnome” approach, he had photographs taken of himself holding the Donate Life flag throughout his travels. He also created Donate Life and C.L.C. (Chana’s initials) nameplates for his uniform and wore them over his regulation insignia when possible and appropriate and took more photographs of him wearing the nameplates. And he had pro-donation T-shirts made and wore one in many other photographs. He compiled many of these photographs into a photo book.

Knowing he would return to the states in November 2012, Tofte arranged to visit the Chana family to present them with three surprise gifts: the Donate Life flag he carried with him, the photo book and a T-shirt he wore at his various landing points. He also brought a certificate of authenticity from his base commander in Djibouti verifying that the Donate Life flag flew over Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, on August 6, 2012, “as a symbol and constant reminder of the importance of

the Donate Life program and the impact donors have on our great nation.”

In December 2012, Tofte visited the Chanas at their Claren-don Hills home to present them with his gifts. “We had no idea he was doing it,” said Lori Chana. “It was an amazing tribute. We were really touched by it.”

Presenting those gifts was the least he could do to honor the legacy of a dear friend who made the lives of so many people better — in life and in death, Tofte said. “Cameron was the kind of person the world so desperately needs more of. It’s also what makes his participation in organ and tissue donation so fitting. It’s as beautiful as it is tragic.”

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Chana and Tofte were brothers in life. They remain

brothers in death.

Tofte’s gifts to the Chana family included the Donate Life flag he carried with him, a photo book and a certificate signed by his base commander in Djibouti verifying that the Donate Life flag flew over Camp Lemonnier last August.

Gift of Hope has retooled and revitalized its volunteer program by adopting a new name and appointing a new staff member to oversee its operations.

“We assessed the purpose of the program, and, because we are an advocacy-cen-tered volunteer program, we decided to rebrand the program Advocates for Hope,” said Heidi Schaiberger, Gift of Hope’s Public Relations Volunteer Coordinator. She joined the organization last September after heading a successful volunteer program at Donor Alliance, the organ procurement organization serving Colorado and parts of Wyoming. “We believe the new name creates a strong image and meaning for volunteers because it encompasses the many connections that drive transplant recipients, transplant candidates, donor family members and other people passionate about donation to support Gift of Hope’s mission as a volunteer. Moving

forward, you will see the program referred to as Advocates for Hope, and our volun-teers will be called Advocates.”

A priority goal for the Advocates for Hope program is to identify and define additional opportunities for Advocates to engage themselves with Gift of Hope and its mission, Schaiberger said. “Increasing the types of volunteer opportunities for Advocates will give more people the chance to participate in the program, help us extend our outreach into more communities at more levels and provide valuable support to Gift of Hope staff.” The revitalized program also will seek to strengthen Gift of Hope’s relationships with transplant programs and other professional partners, Schaiberger added. “We will promote the Advocates for Hope program to more recipients who may benefit from taking

part in the many opportunities the program has to offer. These include specialized speakers workshops, community outreach programs, special donation-related events and ongoing educational opportunities to further explore our Advocates’ understanding and appreciation of organ and tissue donation.”

Visit the Volunteers section of GiftofHope.org to learn more aboutjoining the Advocates for Hope program.

When Illinois lawmakers said the bill they approved to grant driving privileges to Illinois’ 250,000 undocumented immigrants would save lives, most were referring to its potential to make travel safer by keeping untrained drivers off the road.

Organ and tissue donation advocates also believe the bill has the potential to save lives. But for a different reason.

“Giving undocumented immigrants the opportunity to get driver’s licenses deepens the pool of people who can register as organ and tissue donors,” said Kevin Cmunt, President/CEO of Gift of Hope. “Under the new law, illegal

immigrants who seek temporary driver’s licenses in Illinois will be asked the same question all other residents are asked when they apply for a driver’s license: ‘Do you want to be an organ and tissue donor?’ We are hopeful that many of these newly licensed drivers will say ‘yes’ and choose to become lifesaving donors.”

Under the legislation, which Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn said he will sign into law when it reaches his desk, an undocumented immigrant who has lived in Illinois for one year would be eligible to receive a temporary visitor driver’s license, just like a documented immigrant can under cur-rent law. The license would be good for three years.

The temporary driver’s licenses are visually distinct from ordinary Illinois licenses, with a purple background and the words “not valid for identification” on the front.

“One other graphic feature can make these and all other Illinois driver’s licenses visually distinct — the presence of a red state of Illinois emblem indicating the license holder is a registered organ and tissue donor,” Cmunt said. “We hope to see many of these emblems appearing on the driver’s licenses that undocumented immigrants obtain under the new law.”

Volunteer Program Gets New Name, New Burst of Energy

New Illinois Driving Law May Boost Registered Donor Numbers

A DEEPER POOL:

ADVOCATES FOR HOPE:

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Advocates for Hope learn the ins and outs of setting up and managing a donor registration drive during program orientation.

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HOSPITAL PERFORMANCE METRICS*Gift of Hope works in partnership with 180 hospitals and nine transplant centers to meet the ever-growing demand for donor organs and fulfill the organization’s mission — a day when every person chooses to donate life, making organs and tissue available for all people in need. Here’s a look at key donation performance metrics for Illinois and northwest Indiana hospitals and the contributions these hospitals are making to give hope and life to others.

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Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital 0 100 N/A 0

Adventist GlenOaks Hospital 0 0 0 50

Adventist Hinsdale Hospital 1 50 50 100

Adventist LaGrange Memorial Hospital 0 0 0 50

Advocate BroMenn Medical Center 2 80 75 100

Advocate Christ Medical Center 34 69 70 97

Advocate Condell Medical Center 5 70 75 100

Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital 3 80 60 100

Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital 2 50 100 50

Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center 3 57 67 86

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital 8 71 83 100

Advocate South Suburban Hospital 0 100 100 100

Advocate Trinity Hospital 0 N/A N/A N/A

Alexian Brothers Medical Center 4 67 75 80

Blessing Hospital 2 40 50 80

Carle Foundation Hospital 12 65 76 96

Centegra Hospital: McHenry 4 100 100 80

Centegra Hospital: Woodstock 2 100 100 100

Central DuPage Hospital 4 86 75 88

Community Hospital of Ottawa 1 100 100 75

Copley Memorial Hospital 4 67 80 83

Decatur Memorial Hospital 0 100 100 100

Delnor Community Hospital 1 50 100 100

Edward Hospital 1 100 100 100

Elmhurst Memorial Hospital 2 100 100 100

Evanston Hospital 4 80 67 100

Franciscan St. Anthony Health 1 67 67 100

Franciscan St. James Olympia Fields 0 50 100 50

Franciscan St. James Chicago Heights 0 25 33 60

Franciscan St. Margaret Mercy North 1 100 100 10

Franciscan St. Margaret Mercy South 0 100 N/A 100

Freeport Memorial Hospital 1 50 50 100

Galesburg Cottage Hospital 2 100 100 100

Genesis Medical Center: Illini Campus 1 100 100 100

Glenbrook Hospital 0 100 100 100

Gottlieb Memorial Hospital 2 67 50 100

Highland Park Hospital 0 0 0 100

Hines VA Hospital 0 0 0 100

Holy Cross Hospital 0 0 0 33

Holy Family Medical Center 0 N/A N/A N/A

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Hospital Organ DonorsDonation

Authorization Rate

Donation Conversion

Rate

Timely Notification

Rate

Ingalls Memorial Hospital 2 75 75 100

Jackson Park Hospital 0 N/A N/A N/A

Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital 0 0 0 0

Kindred Hospitall: Peoria 0 N/A N/A N/A

Kindred Hospital: Northlake 0 N/A N/A N/A

Kindred Hospital: Springfield 0 N/A N/A N/A

Kindred Hospital: Sycamore 0 N/A N/A N/A

Kishwaukee Community Hospital 1 100 100 100

Lake Forest Hospital 0 N/A N/A 0

Little Company of Mary Hospital & Health Care 0 0 0 100

Lovell Federal Health Care Center 0 N/A N/A N/A

Loyola University Medical Center 16 81 81 100

Lurie Children’s Hospital 2 25 33 100

MacNeal Memorial Hospital 1 33 33 100

McDonough District Hospital 0 N/A N/A N/A

Memorial Medical Center 15 100 100 100

Mercy Hospital and Medical Center 1 100 100 100

Methodist Hospital: Northlake 2 67 100 100

Methodist Hospital: Southlake 4 71 71 100

Methodist Medical Center 3 100 100 100

Metro South Medical Center 0 N/A N/A N/A

Morris Hospital 0 N/A N/A N/A

Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center 2 50 67 100

Northwest Community Hospital 5 100 100 100

Northwestern Memorial Hospital 3 80 75 91

Norwegian American Hospital 0 0 N/A 0

OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center 6 73 67 92

OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center 0 N/A N/A N/A

OSF Saint Francis Medical Center 13 68 68 84

OSF St. Joseph Medical Center 3 100 100 100

OSF St. Mary Medical Center 0 N/A N/A N/A

Our Lady of Resurrection Medical Center 3 60 75 75

Palos Community Hospital 0 100 100 100

Pana Community Hospital 0 N/A N/A N/A

Passavant Memorial Area Hospital 0 N/A N/A N/A

Pekin Memorial Hospital 0 N/A N/A N/A

Proctor Hospital 1 100 N/A 100

Provena Covenant Medical Center 1 100 100 100

Provena Mercy Medical Center 2 100 100 100

Provena St. Joseph Hospital 0 100 100 100

Provena St. Joseph Medical Center 6 67 71 92

Provena St. Mary’s Hospital 1 100 100 100

Provena United Samaritans Medical Center 1 100 100 100

Resurrection Medical Center 4 67 80 100

Richland Memorial Hospital 0 N/A N/A N/A

Riverside Medical Center 2 67 67 100

RML Specialty Hospital 0 N/A N/A N/A

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Organ DonorsDonors from whom one or more organs were recovered for the purpose of transplantation. This includes both donation after brain death, or DBD, donors and donation after circulatory death, or DCD, donors.

Donation Authorization RateThe rate at which authorization for donation is obtained, expressed as a percentage.

Donation Conversion RateThe rate at which potential donors are converted to actual donors, expressed as a percentage.

Timely Notification RateThe rate at which hospitals contact Gift of Hope after a death or within one hour after an individual meets the criteria for imminent death and before the withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies, expressed as a percentage.

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Rockford Memorial Hospital 3 58 60 100

Roseland Community Hospital 0 N/A N/A N/A

Rush Oak Park Hospital 0 N/A N/A N/A

Rush University Medical Center 8 68 60 96

Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center 0 N/A N/A N/A

Sherman Hospital 0 0 N/A 67

Silver Cross Hospital 3 71 67 100

Skokie Hospital 0 N/A N/A N/A

South Shore Hospital 0 N/A N/A N/A

St. Alexius Medical Center 3 50 71 89

St. Anthony Hospital 0 N/A N/A N/A

St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital 0 N/A N/A N/A

St. Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center 0 0 0 100

St. Catherine Hospital 1 100 100 100

St. Francis Hospital 5 88 88 100

St. John’s Hospital 5 67 57 100

St. Joseph Hospital 0 33 50 67

St. Mary Medical Center 2 100 100 100

Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center 3 75 75 75

St. Mary’s Hospital 0 50 50 50

Stroger Hospital of Cook County 6 54 54 100

Swedish Covenant Hospital 1 25 50 38

Trinity Medical Center: East 0 N/A N/A N/A

Trinity Medical Center: West 0 N/A N/A 100

University of Chicago Medicine 10 83 83 100

University of Illinois Hospital 8 67 67 100

Valley West Hospital 0 0 0 0

Vibra Hospital of Northwestern Indiana 0 N/A N/A N/A

Vista Medical Center: East 2 63 57 100

Weiss Memorial Hospital 0 0 0 100

West Suburban Medical Center 2 75 75 75

Westlake Community Hospital 1 50 50 50

TOTALS 270 72% 69% 91%

15 Connections - State of DonationConnections - Hospital Performance Metrics

STATE OF DONATION

* Based on data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

117,069*in U.S.

5,165*in Illinois

1,410*in Indiana

The number of patients waiting for heart, liver, kidney, lung, pancreas

or small bowel transplants as of March 1, 2013.

10Every 10 minutes, a new person is added to the national transplant waiting list.

5,225,958Illinois Organ & Tissue Donor Registry

As of Dec. 31, 2012

53%Of adults (18 or older) in Illinois are registered as organ and tissue donors.

18An average of 18 peopledie each day while waitingfor a transplant.

300In 2012, more than 300people registered fortransplants in Illinoisdied while waiting.

25One donor can save orenhance the lives ofmore than 25 people.

Make a Difference!REGISTER TO BEAN ORGAN ANDTISSUE DONORGiftofHope.org

2012 2011

Organ Donors 270 287

Organs Transplanted 807 865

Organs Per Donor 2.99 3.01

Tissue Donors 1,202 1,216

Bone Donors 862 983

Heart Valves Recovered 140 156

Skin Donors 845 908

Calendar of Events

MarchNational Eye Donor MonthIllinoisEyeBank.org

AprilNational Donate Life MonthDonateLife.net/NDLM2013

April 10Circle of Life: Seminar for Funeral Service ProfessionalsNorthfield Inn & SuitesSpringfield, Ill.GiftofHope.org

April 13Kyle Shines On FundraiserBolingbrook Golf ClubBolingbrook, Ill.KyleShinesOn.org

May 6 – 12 National Nurses WeekNursingWorld.org

July 12Behind the Scenes: Seminar for Gift of Hope’s Hospital PartnersGift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network Itasca, Ill.GiftofHope.org

August 1National Minority Donor Awareness DayMinorityhealth.hhs.gov

November 8 – 10 National Donor SabbathGiftofHope.org

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