Largest Organ and Tissue Donation Event in U.S. to Cap April's National Donate Life Month O... ( More than 7000 Southlanders Chikezie ...)

Largest Organ and Tissue Donation Event in U.S. to Cap April's National Donate Life Month Observances

Date:4/8/2009

More than 7,000 Southlanders, Chikezie, Kris Jenner and Khloe Kardashian to Walk in Seventh Annual Donate Life Run/Walk, April 25, Cal State Fullerton

More Than 100 Southern California Mayors Sign DMV/Donate Life California Month Proclamations

LOS ANGELES, April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Supporters of organ and tissue donation are raising their voices to inspire everyone to "Check Yes at the DMV" through a broad spectrum of programs across the Southland during National Donate Life Month in April. Capping the schedule is the seventh annual Donate Life Run/Walk at Cal State Fullerton on Sat., April 25, from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m.

The largest Donate Life-themed community event in the nation, the Donate Life Run/Walk now includes support from Clear Channel Los Angeles radio personalities Valentine & Irma, Manny On The Streets, and Al B. Sure, who will be on stage and on the street with an estimated 7,000 to 8,000 walkers and runners. Other celebrities participating in the morning's events include "American Idol" favorite Chikezie, country singer Hunter Brucks, and reality TV stars Kris Jenner and daughter Khloe Kardashian, recently on "Celebrity Apprentice." Moss Adams LLP, the 11th largest accounting and consulting firm in the United States, has committed to be the presenting sponsor of the event for the next five years.

"California faces an uphill battle because 20% of all the patients on the transplant waiting list for the entire United States reside in our state," stated Tom Mone, chief executive officer and executive vice president of OneLegacy, the non-profit organ and tissue recovery agency serving the greater Los Angeles area and the largest such agency in the country. "With so many people in need in California, it is quite simply a matter of life and death that each of us sign up to become
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