Oswego Health Joins DoNation Campaign to Register Organ, Eye and Tissue Donors

Posted on April 2, 2024

Oswego Health

(Oswego, NY – April 2, 2024) Oswego Health joined Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network and other workplaces and organ procurement organizations (OPOs) nationwide in DoNation—the national campaign uniting America’s workforce for organ, eye, and tissue donation. This national initiative, sponsored by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, challenges workplaces to create donation-friendly workplace communities that educate and engage employees and the community about the crucial need for organ donation and gives them opportunities to sign up as organ, eye, and tissue donors.

DoNation engages workplaces of all sizes and sectors in this lifesaving and life-giving mission. More than 630,000 people added their names to the organ donor registry throughout the lifetime of the campaign (previously the Workplace Partnership for Life Hospital Campaign).

Now is the time to join DoNation—with all our hearts—in this lifesaving and life-giving mission!

“Donation is not only a selfless act of kindness, it is an opportunity to impact and change so many lives positively,” shared Clinical Supervisor at Oswego Health, Amber Shumway, RN, BSN, who is championing this year’s campaign. “Giving a stranger and their loved ones the greatest gift of all, another chance to see again, move without pain, heal quicker or restore their life, giving them years of active living. I think for me it's a gift to those that are left behind to know their loved one still lives on and can impact so many lives.”

Oswego Health is asking the community to help spread the word on the critical need for organ, eye, and tissue donation.

There are many ways to support this effort, and the easiest is to register as an organ donor. Please take a moment to visit www.organdonor.gov to learn more about organ, eye, and tissue donation and sign up as a donor at www.PassLifeOn.org.

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About Oswego Health:  
The mission of Oswego Health is to provide accessible, quality care and improve the health of residents throughout Oswego County. As a nonprofit healthcare system established in 1881, Oswego Health is proud to continue to be one of Oswego County’s largest employers. More than 1,200 employees spread throughout its 17 locations, work for the Oswego Health system, which includes the 132-bed community Oswego Hospital, a 32-bed psychiatric acute-care facility with multiple outpatient behavioral health service locations, The Manor at Seneca Hill, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility, and Springside at Seneca Hill, an independent retirement community.  The health system also operates Oswego Health Home Care, the only hospital-based certified home healthcare agency in the County as well as two outpatient centers, including the Fulton Medical Center, offering urgent care, lab, medical imaging, physical therapy, and occupational health services, and the Central Square Medical Center, offering urgent care, lab, medical imaging, and physical therapy services. In addition, Oswego Health includes the Oswego Health captive professional corporation, Physician Care P.C., providing physician services in orthopedics, cardiology, ENT, gastroenterology, breast care, audiology, general surgery, bariatrics, urology, and primary care. For more information about Oswego Health visit www.oswegohealth.org

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