Please see below about the Michigan Libraries for Life campaign for 2016. The campaign encourages people to consider signing up for organ donation. For more information, see below for this great public program! Karren Reish Library Grants Coordinator Library of Michigan 517-241-0021 reishk@michigan.gov<mailto:reishk@michigan.gov> www.michigan.gov/meetupeatup<http://www.michigan.gov/meetupeatup> ______________________________________________________________ From: Kate Saylor [mailto:kmacdoug@umich.edu] Subject: Reminder to Join Michigan Libraries for Life 2016! Join Michigan Libraries for Life 2016! Registration form: http://bit.ly/ML4L2016 A list of currently registered libraries is posted at the bottom of this message. [Image removed by sender. smalllogo-01(1) (1).png] If you could save a life, would you? Most people would say “Yes!” without hesitation. One of the simplest ways to save and improve lives is by supporting organ, tissue, and eye donation. Since 2010, libraries across Michigan have participated in a simple and effective campaign to educate patrons about donation and transplantation, and to give them an opportunity to join the Michigan Organ Donor Registry<http://bit.ly/ML4Life>. The campaign is called Michigan Libraries for Life<http://www.librariesforlife.org/>. This statewide campaign, which includes public, academic, special and hospital libraries of all sizes, has inspired nearly 2,900 people to sign up as donors! “Libraries have been great partners in saving and healing lives,” said Rick Hillbom, Gift of Life Michigan’s Interim CEO. “They’ve been very successful at educating the public about the facts of organ, tissue and eye donation. Thanks to this partnership, Michigan Libraries for Life gives hope to the 3,500 Michigan patients waiting for a life-saving organ transplant.” More than 95% of Americans<http://organdonor.gov/dtcp/nationalsurveyorgandonation.pdf> support organ, tissue and eye donation. Yet in Michigan, only 54% of adults have joined the state’s donor registry. That discrepancy is largely due to residents not knowing how to properly join the donor registry. Michigan Libraries for Life helps to address that information need. “Someone you know probably needs - or will someday need - a lifesaving organ or tissue transplant. People die waiting because not enough organs are available. Your library can be a great help by registering donors and providing information about organ donation,” said Anne Rau, Capital Area District Library librarian and living kidney donor. “By participating in Michigan Libraries for Life your library is helping to save lives.” [cid:ii_ioecn2va0_154c942f9c24b3cc] ​ University of Michigan Shapiro Undergraduate Library 2014 We are excited to bring this lifesaving event back in 2016! Libraries are welcome to participate by staffing a registration table in their libraries for however long they are able, from just a few hours to all 7 days. This year’s drive will start on Monday, October 3rd and run through Sunday, October 9th. Gift of Life Michigan<http://giftoflifemichigan.org/> will provide a free in-person training for library representatives at the Redford Township District Library on Wednesday, August 17th and a session at their Ann Arbor office on Friday, August 19th. We have also developed web-based training materials for those who are unable to attend the in-person sessions. “I enjoyed taking part in this well-orchestrated event,” commented one 2015 Michigan Libraries For Life participant. “I hope to participate again next year.” The key to this program's success is the participation of many libraries across the state. Your library is warmly invited to join the 2016 Michigan Libraries for Life organ donor registration drive. If your organization would like to participate in this year’s program, please complete this registration form: http://bit.ly/ML4L2016. If you would like more information, please contact us at MichLib4Life@umich.edu<mailto:MichLib4Life@umich.edu> or (734) 936-1394<tel:%28734%29%20936-1394>. You can also find Michigan Libraries for Life on Facebook! www.facebook.com/ML4Life<http://www.facebook.com/ML4Life> For additional information visit: http://www.librariesforlife.org<http://www.librariesforlife.org/> [Image removed by sender. GiftofLifeFoundation_Logohirez.jpg] The 2014-2016 Michigan Libraries for Life program is generously funded by a Community Grant from the Gift of Life Foundation. Registered libraries as of 8/9/16 12:25pm: Alcona County Library Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library Bangor Branch of the Van Buren District Library Boyne District Library Branch District Library: Coldwater Branch Brandon Twp Public Library Bronson Health Sciences Library Buchanan District Library Burr Oak Township Library Canton Public Library Capital Area District Libraries - Aurelius Branch Capital Area District Libraries - Downtown Lansing Branch Capital Area District Libraries - Haslett Branch Capital Area District Libraries - Leslie Library Capital Area District Libraries - Mason Branch Capital Area District Libraries - Okemos Branch Capital Area District Library - Holt Branch Chesterfield Township Library Chippewa River District Library: Veterans Memorial Library Clarkston Independence District Library Clinton Macomb Public Library / Main Branch Cromaine District Library Davenport University - Lansing Campus Davenport University - Midland Campus Dearth Union Township Library Dowagiac District Library East Lansing Public Library Eau Claire District Library Garden City Public Library Genesee District Library-Genesee Valley Center Gogebic Community College Library Ham Library - Rochester College Harbor Beach Area District Library Henry Ford Centennial Library Hesperia Community Library Homer Public Library Houghton Lake Public Library Howell Carnegie District Library Hudson Carnegie District Library Huntington Woods Library Jonesville District Library Kalamazoo Public Library Kalamazoo Valley Community College Libraries, Texas Township Campus Kellogg Community College: Morris Learning Resource Center Kendall College of Art and Design Library Kent District Library Loutit District Library Michigan State University SE MI Monroe County Library System, Bedford Branch Muskegon Community College: Hendrik Meijer Library Northville District Library Novi Public Library Oak Park Public Library Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Library Ogemaw District Library Ontonagon Township Library Orion Township Public Library Oxford Public Library ProQuest PUBLIC LIBRARIES OF SAGINAW - BUTMAN-FISH PUBLIC LIBRARIES OF SAGINAW - HOYT PUBLIC LIBRARIES OF SAGINAW - WICKES BRANCH PUBLIC LIBRARIES OF SAGINAW - ZAUEL Putnam District Library Redford Township District Library Roseville Public Library Salem-South Lyon District Library Saugatuck-Douglas Library South Haven Memorial Library Southfield Public Library Taylor Community Library Three Oaks Township Public Library Traverse Area District Library, Woodmere Branch Main Library Troy Public Library University of Michigan-Dearborn Mardigian Library University of Michigan-Flint, Thompson Library University of Michigan: Hatcher Graduate Library University of Michigan: Taubman Health Sciences Library Van Buren District Library - Antwerp Sunshine Branch Van Buren District Library - Bloomingdale Branch Van Buren District Library Gobles Branch Van Buren District Library: Covert Branch Van Buren District Library: Lawrence Branch Van Buren District Library: Webster Memorial Branch Vermontville Township Library Warren Public Library: Civic Center Branch Waterford Township Public Library Western Michigan University School of Medicine: WMed Library White Lake Township Library Ypsilanti District Library - Whittaker Branch -- Kate MacDougall Saylor, MSI Health Sciences Informationist University of Michigan Taubman Health Sciences Library 734.936.1394