<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
span.BalloonTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text";
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://thlibrary.wordpress.com/2014/05/13/michigan-libraries-for-life-2014-an-invitation-to-all-libraries-in-michigan/">Michigan Libraries for
Life 2014 – An Invitation to All Libraries in Michigan!</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><img border="0" width="211" height="161" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.png@01CF705B.6BB36ED0" alt="Description: Inline image 1"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">For the past four years, libraries across Michigan have participated in a simple and effective campaign to educate patrons about donation
and transplant, and to give them an opportunity to join the Michigan Organ Donor Registry. The campaign is called
</span><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/michiganlibraries4life/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Michigan Libraries for Life</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">. This effort,
which began with the University of Michigan’s </span><a href="http://www.lib.umich.edu/thl"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Taubman Health Sciences Library</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">,
and has expanded to include public, academic, special, and hospital libraries across the state. This collaborative effort has inspired more than
</span><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/michiganlibraries4life/statistics"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1,900</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> people to sign up as
donors! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.75in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">“We’ve received great feedback from library staff,” said Richard Pietroski, Gift of Life Michigan’s CEO. “They appreciate having an easy yet meaningful way to engage their patrons
in saving and improving lives. <i>Michigan Libraries for Life</i> gives hope to the 3,200 Michigan patients waiting for a life-saving organ transplant.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">More than
</span><a href="http://organdonor.gov/dtcp/nationalsurveyorgandonation.pdf"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">95% of Americans</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> support organ,
tissue and eye donation. Yet in Michigan only 44% of adults have joined the state’s donor registry, slightly less than the 47% national average. That discrepancy is largely due to residents not knowing how to properly join the Registry. <i>Michigan Libraries
for Life</i> helps to address that informational need in our state.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:49.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">“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/or providing awareness about organ donation,” said Anne Rau, librarian and living kidney donor. “By participating in
<i>Michigan Libraries for Life</i> your library is helping to save lives.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">We are excited to bring this life-saving event back in 2014! Libraries are welcome to participate for as many hours as they are able to
staff a registration table in their libraries, from 2 hours to 7 days. This year’s drive will start on Monday, October 6th and run through Sunday, October 12th.
</span><a href="http://giftoflifemichigan.org/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Gift of Life Michigan</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> will provide free in-person training
for library representatives at their Ann Arbor office on Friday, August 22nd. We are also developing training materials for institutions that are unable to attend the in-person session.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:49.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">“I enjoyed taking part in this well-orchestrated event,” commented one librarian. “I hope to participate again next year.”
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The key to this program's success is the participation of dozens of libraries.
<span style="color:black">Your library is warmly invited to join the 2014 <i>Michigan Libraries for Life</i> organ donor registration drive. If your organization would like to participate in this year’s effort, please contact us at
<a href="mailto:MichLib4Life@umich.edu">MichLib4Life@umich.edu</a> or (734) 936-1394 to receive more information.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">You can also find
<i>Michigan Libraries for Life</i> on Facebook! </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ML4Life"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">www.facebook.com/ML4Life</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">For additional information visit:
</span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/michiganlibraries4life/home"><span style="text-decoration:none">https://sites.google.com/site/michiganlibraries4life/home</span></a></span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Scott Duimstra, Associate Director of Public Services<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Capital Area District Libraries - Administration<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">401 S. Capitol Avenue, Lansing, MI 48933<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">517-367-0813| <a href="mailto:duimstras@cadl.org"><span style="color:blue">duimstras@cadl.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cadl.org"><span style="color:blue">www.cadl.org</span></a> | Twitter:
<a href="http://www.twitter.com/cadl"><span style="color:blue">www.twitter.com/cadl</span></a> | Facebook:
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/cadlibrary"><span style="color:blue">www.facebook.com/cadlibrary</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>