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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#7030A0">D. R. Biggs, MA AMLS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D">MeL & Library Outreach Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D">Library of Michigan/Michigan Department of Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D">517-373-4466<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Kate Saylor [mailto:kmacdoug@umich.edu]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 19, 2016 10:04 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Biggs, Deb Renee (MDE) <BiggsD@michigan.gov>; Simlar, Cathleen (MDOS) <SimlarC@michigan.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Join Michigan Libraries for Life 2016!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">Join Michigan Libraries for Life 2016!</span></b><span style="color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Registration form:
</span></b><span style="color:#444444"><a href="http://bit.ly/ML4L2016" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">http://bit.ly/ML4L2016</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span></b><span style="color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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 </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#444444"><a href="http://bit.ly/ML4Life" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Michigan Organ Donor
Registry</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. The campaign is called
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#444444"><a href="http://www.librariesforlife.org/" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;text-decoration:none">Michigan Libraries for Life</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.
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!
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“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, <i>Michigan Libraries for Life</i> gives hope to the 3,500 Michigan patients waiting for a life-saving organ transplant.”</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">More than
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#444444"><a href="http://organdonor.gov/dtcp/nationalsurveyorgandonation.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">95% of Americans</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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. <i>Michigan Libraries for Life</i> helps
to address that information need.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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 providing information about organ donation,” said Anne Rau, Capital Area District Library librarian and living kidney donor. “By participating in
<i>Michigan Libraries for Life</i> your library is helping to save lives.”</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">University of Michigan Shapiro Undergraduate Library 2014</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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 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
<b>Monday, October 3rd and run through Sunday, October 9th</b>. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#444444"><a href="http://giftoflifemichigan.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Gift
of Life Michigan</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> 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.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“I enjoyed taking part in this well-orchestrated event,” commented one 2015
<i>Michigan Libraries For Life</i> participant. “I hope to participate again next year.”
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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
<i>Michigan Libraries for Life</i> organ donor registration drive. <b>If your organization would like to participate in this year’s program, please complete this registration form:
</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#444444"><a href="http://bit.ly/ML4L2016" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">http://bit.ly/ML4L2016</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you would like more information, please contact us at
<a href="mailto:MichLib4Life@umich.edu" target="_blank">MichLib4Life@umich.edu</a> or
<a href="tel:%28734%29%20936-1394" target="_blank">(734) 936-1394</a>.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#444444"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ML4Life" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">www.facebook.com/ML4Life</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#444444"><a href="http://www.librariesforlife.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">http://www.librariesforlife.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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">The 2014-2016 Michigan Libraries for Life program is generously funded by a Community Grant from the Gift
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Kate MacDougall Saylor, MSI<br>
Health Sciences Informationist <br>
University of Michigan<br>
Taubman Health Sciences Library<br>
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<i>'Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint.' - </i></span><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Markus Herz</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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