Remembrance Ceremony Features Candlelight Vigil, Recognition of Donors
Contact: Erin Morton, APR
Manager, Corporate Communications and Family Services
emorton@rtix.com
(352) 281-7579
“Reflections of Life, Reflections of Love” was the theme of a remembrance ceremony on Sunday, Nov. 6, at the Omni Resort in Corpus Christi, Texas. The ceremony honored families whose loved ones gave the gift of life through tissue donation.
The event was held at 1 p.m. in the Marina View Room, Marina Tower, 707 N. Shoreline Blvd.
Sponsored by RTI Donor Services, the ceremony was an opportunity for families to remember their loved ones who gave the gift of life through donation of tissue—skin, bone, heart valves, veins, tendons and cartilage—to save and improve the lives of others.
Donated tissue is used in more than one million surgeries routinely performed each year in the United States. Donated bone can save an injured patient from amputation, and may aid in spinal, musculoskeletal, and fracture repair. Increasing numbers of surgeries use bone dowels, wedges, pastes, and pins as the implants of choice for tissue repair. Tissue is sometimes favored over metals and synthetics—which can weaken and stress adjoining bone—and the body usually adapts to the transplanted bone as if it were the patient’s own.
“We are pleased to honor the memory of so many loved ones who made the selfless decision to give the gift of life,” said Ed Huppman, executive director of donor development for RTI Donor Services, Texas Division.
RTI Donor Services is a not-for-profit tissue recovery network dedicated to serving donor families and the donation community in perpetuating the circle of life. In addition to offering families the option of tissue donation, RTI Donor Services supports their wishes as a responsible steward of human donated tissue gifts and provides family services, as well as community information and awareness. Learn more about RTI Donor Services on the website www.RTIDonorServices.org.
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