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SOS Clerks Will Ask the Question
April 19, 2011

Secretary of State Ruth Johnson has announced a new policy that directs clerks, when time permits, to ask customers if they would like to join the Donor Registry. Michigan ranks 45th in the nation in the percentage of adults registered as donors. Johnson hopes this change will help the state catch up and save more lives.

 
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MSU and Adrian Win Campus Challenge
February 25, 2011


Michigan State University and Adrian College have captured the Gift of Life Campus Challenge trophies. The annual organ donor drive involved 20 Michigan colleges and universities. MSU added the most names to the Michigan Organ Donor Registry, with 1,246. Adrian College, in its first year competing, had the greatest ratio of donor registrations to student population, with more than 15 percent registering to become donors.
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Statewide registration drive nets 319,000 new organ donors in 2010
January 04, 2011

Gift of Life Michigan and its partners added a record 319,000 new names to the Michigan Organ Donor Registry in 2010. That's 33 percent more sign-ups than in 2009, and it means more lives will be saved. If you don't have a red heart on your license, click here to register, then encourage your friends to do the same. > details

Gov. Jennifer Granholm signs law requiring organ donation be taught in driver's education
March 18, 2010

Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed a bill into law Thursday mandating organ and tissue donor education in driver's education classes. The law takes effect immediately and will ensure that all driver's ed instructors in Michigan teach new drivers the basics about donation.
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Gift of Life Campus Challenge nets more than 2,000 sign ups statewide
February 18, 2010

Congratulations to Eastern Michigan University with 405 donor registrations, and Siena Heights University, which registered 10.5 percent of its student population, for winning the 2010 Gift of Life Campus Challenge. 



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DONOR Logo Becomes Permanent
December 01, 2009

Secretary of State customers who are signed up on the Michigan Organ Donor Registry will have the red donor/heart logo printed on their standard driver’s license or State ID.



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Michigan, Ohio Residents are Winners in Wolverine vs. Buckeye Challenge for Life
November 23, 2009

An impressive 116,484 people joined the Michigan and Ohio organ donor registries through the annual Wolverine vs. Buckeye Challenge for Life... > details

Ceremony Kicks Off Donate Life Month
March 30, 2009

A blustery but heartfelt April 1 flag ceremony at Gift of Life Michigan kicked off Donate Life month across the state. > details

Volunteers sought to help in Metro Detroit
March 23, 2009

Gift of Life Michigan is encouraging customers at Secretary of State branch offices in Wayne and Oakland counties to tell the clerks they want to join the Michigan Organ Donor Registry. > details

Hospitals across Michigan unite to fly Donate Life flag
March 16, 2009

Gift of Life Michigan, MHA Keystone: Gift of Life, the Michigan Eye-Bank and hospitals across the state have joined forces to promote organ, tissue and eye donation at their facilities in April by raising a Donate Life flag. > details