TRIO E-News
October 5th, 2020
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Greetings!
We are entering a Fall season like none before - so many unknowns and back-to-school challenges, we hope this finds you and yours healthy and safe in these continuing challenged times.
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TRIO scholarship 2020 program another success, thanks to YOU!
TRIO received 21 valid applications for its annual $1,000 academic scholarship by its June 30th, 2020 deadline. This year’s applicants were a diverse group of young people. Some were from donor families; others had heart, lung, kidney, liver, or bone marrow transplants. The one thing they had in common was that they had all dealt with challenges at an early age.
One applicant overcame leukemia, chemo, and a liver transplant and still found time to volunteer … and made good grades! Another applicant found her way through debilitating illness back to the basketball court. Another wrote a book … another started a foundation … another created a video … and most had volunteered with their local transplant community.
After careful review of each application, the Scholarship Committee ranked each one, and is pleased to announce that because of the generosity of the following chapters and individuals, TRIO will be awarding ten $1,000 academic scholarships this year!
TRIO Philadelphia; Monet Thomson; TRIO Kansas City; Paul Yang; Janice Goins; Susan Pincus; Rodney Keck; TRIO San Francisco; Dorene Kray; Henry Lutz; Steve and Bonnie Okonek; Elizabeth Rubin; TRIO Ventura County/West Valley
You can still donate by clicking on that photo as 10 equally deserving applicants had to be passed over but with more monies, the committee could award more.
Details on the winners to follow next moth.
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Note: Launch your own celebration event with a Facebook funding campaign for TRIO using this link:
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Did you see all those TRIO members
on the recent CareDx Transplant Festival ZOOM event?
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Over 2,500 registered for this recent fun event. For three hours we enjoyed contests, music, a chef and 3-patients cooking demo, 288-character transplant/donation stories, and so much more. |
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But you can still see it, just not 'live'
Click on the image above to watch any of the recorded event . . .
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All this to launch their new patient designed (with many TRIO on that design team) FREE IPhone app, AlloCare, which is downloadable from the Apple store on your phone (click on image above for a preview)
BE PREPARED TO BE AMAZED!
To see the community Mosaic ZOOM video images from the Festival, click on the link below and use your cursor to enlarge each attendee's photo from the picture taken at the huge event. See how many TRIO members you can find including Sam Dey, Monet Thomson, Merle Zuel, myself and many more . . .
Very beautiful and creative!
"Thank you, CareDx!"
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Sincerely,
Jim Gleason
TRIO President
(609) 877-4493
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In-home blood draw service offered by CareDx
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, CareDx launched RemoTraC: Home-based blood draws for transplant patients. RemoTraC is available to all patients who want their transplant monitoring lab tests to be drawn from the comfort of their home by trained mobile phlebotomists. RemoTraC includes AlloSure and/or AlloMap, CareDx's surveillance tests, along with a panel of routine tests.
Once enrolled in RemoTraC, a CareDx Patient Care Manager will coordinate with your transplant center and contact you by phone to schedule an appointment. Prior to the appointment, we will mail you a test kit. A licensed mobile technician will then come to your home, take a blood sample, and deliver the sample to the lab for processing. CareDx will fully cover the cost of the mobile phlebotomist, and will ensure you pay no additional out-of-pocket expenses beyond what you typically pay for these tests.
TRIO thanks CareDx for the many ways they support our mission.
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If you are an organ transplant candidate, organ recipient, caregiver for someone who received an organ donation, living organ donor, or organ donor family — you can share your story with The Waiting List, which seeks to #endthewaitinglist one story at a time.
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Can you help this former National Geographic photo editor put an end to the organ donor waiting list with YOUR story? |
- A new person is added to the organ transplant waiting list approximately every nine minutes, and 17 people die each day waiting for an organ transplant.
- Despite holding the support of 90 percent of U.S. adults, only around 60 percent are currently registered as organ donors, according to the 2019 National Survey of Organ Donation Attitudes and Practices.
- Photo editor David Y. Lee has committed himself to ending the organ donor waiting list with the creation of The Waiting List, a registered nonprofit organization.
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Can you recognize a scam when you see it?
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and we want to help protect you all year long. Online scams are prevalent and fraudsters will do anything to get into your accounts. Here are a few ways you can stop them:
- Don't click on pop-ups or attachments if you don't know who they're from
- Never share your password with someone on the phone
- Don't allow anyone to control your computer remotely
- Medicare and the IRS do NOT phone call with issues
Be alert for common scams, like someone posing as a company employee to access your computer. Or a caller pretending to be from your bank to get a passcode sent to your phone. Many sites now offer to protect your accounts with features like two-factor authentication (2FA).
Caution: Often the more intelligent a person, the more likely to fall for these scams. Recently, a bright and intelligent nurse friend lost over $15,000 from one of these scams! Don't you be their next victim.
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Support for the Immuno Bill continues to grow! With 70+ cosponsors in the House and 15+ in the Senate, we’re more confident than ever that 2020 will be the year this critical legislation passes! Make sure your legislators are on the list: https://honorthegift.org/act/ #HonorTheGift
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TRIO Advocacy
See the TRIO Public Policy committee September report at:
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TRIO Transplant Presentation Library
NEW program added . . .
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This recent TRIO Philadelphia chapter patient and donor panel event can now be viewed via YouTube on the TRIO Transplant Presentation web site. Just click on the flyer image above to watch it. |
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The Billion Steps Challenge is a program of the WTGF to get transplant recipients active and moving. TRIO is a proud supporter of Team USA and offers the link below to learn more about this exciting virtual event. |
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Donate Life Hollywood offers:
. . . three exciting opportunities for you to help support Hollywood’s efforts to save lives through donation and transplant storylines.
DLH Inspire Awards: 10/8/20
You’re Invited to watch the DLH Inspire Awards LIVE on Facebook @DLHCampaign on Thursday October 8th at 4pm PST. Hear from and help celebrate the filmmakers, writers and producers who have created positive and authentic organ donation storylines over the last two years!
The DLH Inspire Awards is a production of Donate Life Hollywood (DLH), a project of the OneLegacy Foundation supported nationally by DLH Partners like TRIO. Find out more at AccessDLH.org and read the press release.
DLH Storytellers PSA Challenge
Middleton Christmas: Purchase on iTunes 10/28
Middleton Christmas will be honored with a DLH Inspire Award on 10/8 and then ALL OF YOU will be able to see the film by streaming it on from the comfort of your home. Watch a clip: https://vimeo.com/456737368/55550812a6 Purchase the film on iTunes on October 28th and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the DLH campaign, helping us build a strong financial foundation that will lead to more partnerships with the entertainment industry, and ultimately to saving more lives.
Also join us on October 29th at 4pm PST/ 7pm ET for a virtual event to hear from the cast of Middleton Christmas and how they hope this film will help encourage organ donation! We will be taking questions from the audience so join us for this special "talk-back" opportunity.
2Hearts: Theatrical Release 10/16
“2Hearts” will receive a DLH Inspire Award on 10/8 and be released in theaters on October 16, 2020. The film’s PR team will be promoting organ donation through the film's social media and website starting on October 17th in partnership with Donate Life America and DLH.
Watch the trailer: 2 HEARTS We believe that “2Hearts” is the best movie to date that has an organ donation theme. This love story is told in the most amazing way and there are no inaccuracies, myths or fears. The film is based on a true story featuring a young deceased donor and a recipient who is a prominent member of a well-known family who has fought a medical battle his entire life.
If theaters are open in your area look out for 2Hearts and be prepared to be inspired!
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Another way to support TRIO: Amazon Smile!
Good news! AmazonSmile is now available in the Amazon Shopping app on iOS and Android mobile phones.
AmazonSmile customers can now support Transplant Recipients International Organization Inc in the Amazon shopping app on iOS and Android mobile phones! Simply follow these instructions to turn on AmazonSmile and start generating donations.
- Open the Amazon Shopping app on your device
- Go into the main menu of the Amazon Shopping app and tap into 'Settings'
- Tap 'AmazonSmile' and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process selecting TRIO as your support organization
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