NewYork-Presbyterian Participates in First-Ever Citywide Organ Donor Enrollment Day, October 6
Former NFL Player and Kidney Transplant Recipient Shares his Triumphant Journey
Oct 6, 2015
New York
WHAT:
On October 6, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital will participate in the first-ever Organ Donor Enrollment Day in New York City, organized by LiveOnNY. This citywide campaign is an effort to increase organ donor enrollment in New York, which has the lowest percentage of registered donors- 50th out of 50 states.
Donald Jones, former Buffalo Bills wide receiver (2010-2012), will share his story and sign copies of his inspirational new autobiography, The Next Quarter: Scoring Against Kidney Disease.
WHERE/WHEN:
Donor Registration:
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell 525 East 68th Street and York Avenue 12 p.m. – 3 p.m.
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia177 Fort Washington Avenue 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Donald Jones Book Signing
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia
177 Fort Washington Avenue 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Media Contact:
Public Affairs 212-305-5587 [email protected]