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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="gmail-il"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Join</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt"> <span class="gmail-il">Michigan</span> Libraries for Life 2018! </span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Registration form: <a href="http://bit.ly/ML4L2018" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">http://bit.ly/ML4L2018</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Since 2010, libraries across
<span class="gmail-il">Michigan</span> have participated in a simple and effective campaign to educate patrons about donation and transplantation, and to give them an opportunity to
<span class="gmail-il">join</span> the </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="http://bit.ly/ML4Life" target="_blank"><span class="gmail-il"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Michigan</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">
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:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="http://www.librariesforlife.org/" target="_blank"><span class="gmail-il"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none">Michigan</span></i></span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none">
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 over 3,900 people to sign
up as donors! </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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 Dorrie Dils, Gift of Life
<span class="gmail-il">Michigan</span>’s CEO. “They’ve been very successful at educating the public about the facts of organ, tissue and eye donation. Thanks to this partnership,
<span class="gmail-il"><i>Michigan</i></span><i> Libraries for Life</i> gives hope to the 3,200
<span class="gmail-il">Michigan</span> patients waiting for a life-saving organ transplant.”</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">More than
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="http://organdonor.gov/dtcp/nationalsurveyorgandonation.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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 <span class="gmail-il">Michigan</span>, only 63% of adults have joined the state’s donor registry. That discrepancy is largely due to residents not knowing how to properly
<span class="gmail-il">join</span> the donor registry. <span class="gmail-il"><i>Michigan</i></span><i> Libraries for Life</i> helps to address that information need.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><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
<span class="gmail-il"><i>Michigan</i></span><i> Libraries for Life</i> your library is helping to save lives.”</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kalamazoo Valley Community College Library 2017</span></i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are excited to bring this life-saving event back again in 2018! 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 9th and run through Monday, October 15th</b>.
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="http://giftoflifemichigan.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Gift of Life
<span class="gmail-il">Michigan</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> will provide free in-person trainings for library representatives (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:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">"Thank you to all of those who support the
<span class="gmail-il"><i>Michigan</i></span><i> Libraries for Life</i> campaign." commented one 2017
<span class="gmail-il"><i>Michigan</i></span><i> Libraries for Life</i> participant. "We as libraries could not offer a campaign without all of the resources you provide to us."</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The key to this program's success is the participation of many libraries across the state.
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Your library is warmly invited to
<span class="gmail-il">join</span> the 2018 <span class="gmail-il"><i>Michigan</i></span><i> 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:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="http://bit.ly/ML4L2018" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1155CC">http://bit.ly/ML4L2018</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"><span style="color:#1155CC">MichLib4Life@umich.edu</span></a> or (734) 936-1394.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">You can also find
<span class="gmail-il"><i>Michigan</i></span><i> Libraries for Life</i> on Facebook!
<u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ML4Life" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">www.facebook.com/ML4Life</span></a></u></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For additional information visit:
<u><a href="http://www.librariesforlife.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC;text-decoration:none">http://www.librariesforlife.org</span></a></u></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The 2017-2018
<span class="gmail-il"><i>Michigan</i></span><i> Libraries for Life</i> program is generously funded with a Community Grant from the Gift of Life Foundation.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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University of Michigan<br>
Taubman Health Sciences Library<br>
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