On November 10, 2011, The Living Legacy Foundation honored many of the hospital and community partners, whose hard work and commitment to raising awareness for organ, eye and tissue donation helps saves the lives of hundreds of Marylanders waiting for a life-saving transplant every year.
The celebration of these year-long accomplishments took place on November 10 at the Baltimore Hilton. Nearly 200 nurses, doctors, hospital administrators and community members were in attendance. Listed below are all the evening’s award winners.
Hospital Partner Award Winners
(award period August 2010 – July 2011)
Organ Conversion rate of 75% or greater
Anne Arundel Medical Center
Baltimore Washington Medical Center
Franklin Square Hospital Center
Meritus Medical Center
Peninsula Regional Medical Center
University of Maryland Medical Center
Organ Conversion Rate of 65 – 74%
Saint Agnes Hospital
Organ Conversion Rate of 50 – 64 %
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Organs Transplanted per Donor equal or greater to 3.75
Meritus Medical Center
University of Maryland Medical Center
Donation after Cardiac Death Organ Conversation Rate of 10% or Greater
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Meritus Medical Center
Saint Agnes Hospital
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
University of Maryland Medical Center
Special Recognition for hospital earned awards in all three categories
Meritus Medical Center
University of Maryland Medical Center
Greatest number of tissue donors within our DSA in each Tier
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Northwest Hospital
Peninsula Regional Medical Center
University of Maryland Medical Center
Timely tissue referrals 90% or better certificates
Chester River Hospital Center
Dorchester General Hospital
Garrett County Hospital Center
Memorial Hospital of Easton
St. Mary’s Hospital
Community Partner Award Winners
High School of the Year
Baltimore City College High School
Volunteers of the Year
Valerie Murray
Lei Zheng
Funeral Home of the Year
Evans Funeral Chapel
Pastor of the Year
Rev. Stephen Thomas
Zion Baptist Church
The Living Legacy Foundation would also like to recognize and thank the following organizations and individuals for their continued support of organ and tissue donation and transplantation:
Applications and Research Lab
Archbishop Curly High School
Thomasine A. Baskerville, LCSW-C, Maryland General Hospital
Michelle Brown, Assistant to the Senator Barbara Mikulski
Lynn M. Bowens, Constituent Services Office, Department of Human Resources State of Maryland
Calvert Hall High School
Carroll County Career and Technology Center
Cylex, Inc
Donate Life Maryland
Fox45
Francis Scott Key High School
Franklin High School
Johns Hopkins Medicine – Comprehensive Transplant Center
Lansdowne High School
Lula Long, Chaplain, Saint Agnes Hospital and Bon Scour Hospital
Maryland State Funeral Directors Association
Miller’s Minuteman Press
Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration
Northeast Senior High School
Northern Garret High School
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel High School
Pastor Travis, Evergreen AME Church
Racine MultiSports
Rev. Jerome Stephens, Senator Benjamin Cardin’s Office
Southern Garrett High School
State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors
University of Maryland Medical Center – Division of Transplantation
Carmi Washington, Faith Based and Community Partnerships, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Brandon Wylie, Wylie Funeral Home
Congratulations to all the award winners!
Photos of this event are available for downloading and printing on The LLF’s Shutterfly site: http://makingadifferenceceremony.shutterfly.com/
Special thanks to Nina K Photography for taking such beautiful pictures of the event.
