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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><b>D. R. Biggs, MA AMLS</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><br>
Library Consultant & Michigan eLibrary Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose">Library of Michigan/Michigan Department of Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose">Phone: 517-373-4466<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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This summer, "Build a Better World" with the Michigan eLibrary and your local public library!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Kate Saylor [mailto:kmacdoug@umich.edu] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 23, 2017 2:33 PM<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 2017!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC"><a href="http://bit.ly/ML4L2017" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#005596">http://bit.ly/ML4L201</span></a>7</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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.<br>
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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. The campaign is called Michigan Libraries
for Life. This statewide campaign, which includes public, academic, special and hospital libraries of all sizes has inspired nearly 3,500 people to sign up as donors!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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“They’ve been enthusiastically educating the public on the facts of organ, tissue and eye donation for the past seven years. Thanks to this strong partnership, Michigan Libraries for Life gives hope to the 3,500 Michigan patients waiting for a life-saving
organ transplant.”<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 59% of adults have joined the state’s donor registry. That discrepancy is largely due to residents not knowing how to 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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#444444">“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.”<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 2017! 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>Tuesday, October 10th and run through Monday, October 16th</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 (dates and locations TBD). 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 recent
<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 2017
<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:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444"><a href="http://bit.ly/ML4L2017" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#005596">http://bit.ly/ML4L2017</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:(734)%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 2014-2017 Michigan Libraries for Life program is generously funded by a Community Grant from the Gift
of Life Foundation.</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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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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