We Survived Another Year:)

Dennis & Janet lighting the candles for
the Opening Prayer

Christmas is on it's way and we had a blast celebrating with each other. 

Potluck & Christmas Cheer

We even had a little fun:)

Christmas Feud!!

It's Christmas Time!

The Holiday season is finally upon us!!!
We have set up our Christmas tree ( new and improved thanks to Sue) at the Dacotah Prairie Museum- so go check it out:)

Gift of Life Tree 2014

We will be celebrating Christmas with our group at the Zion Lutheran Church in Aberdeen on December 2nd at 6 pm--- all are welcome!!

Haunted Forest Trick-or-Treating!!!

Loren, Denise and Sue

Me, Denise and Sonya

We had so much fun handing out candy to all the children at the Haunted Forest matinee on Saturday! We handed out all the candy and STICKERS we brought and almost all of the wristbands and pencils. We will save the extras for next year:)

October Meeting

We kept the meeting short and sweet:) I apologize for the meeting not making it into the paper this month. I hope everyone knows they can always check here for updates. We have our meeting the first Tuesday of every month, the location changes for the picnic and Christmas party. Our next meeting is November 4th at The Millstone at 6pm.

At the meeting we discussed our upcoming event- The Gift of Life decided to hand out candy to the children during the Haunted Forest on Saturday, October 25 matinee. We also decided to help the Salvation Army stuff bags for the Holidays. More information to come about that. For anyone who would like to help with either event please feel free to contact me- Samantha Huber at samantha.huber@live.com

Congratulations Sonya!

Gypsy Day Parade!

The theme for the parade this year was "Gypsies in Hollywood" So we as a group decided on the "Gift of Life's Walk of Fame" I had a lot of fun creating the float this year- thanks to some very talented people:)

each star has the name(s) of  group members

Kathy and I rode on the float!

Mixing some old with some new:)

 

September Meeting!

This month Loren (our Treasurer) celebrated his 18th year with his liver transplant!

Also this month we discussed the float and the theme this year "Gypsies in Hollywood" As a group we decided to participate in the parade with the slogan "Gift of Life's Walk of Fame" I am currently working on the decorations and will post pics as soon as I have them. If anyone would like to help just let me know:)

Our next meeting is Oct. 7th at 6pm at The Millstone- See everyone there!

Parade is Coming Soon!!

As we know the annual Gypsy Parade is coming soon. This year it will be on Oct. 4 and the theme is Gypsies in Hollywood. Any suggestions are welcome:)

July Meeting- sorry it's so late

July's meeting was short and to the point. We discussed the Kidney Walk and what to do for the picnic.

Jodi and David celebrating their 9th year!

Way Too Much Fun at the Picnic!

We had a blast at the annual Gift of Life picnic! We had a delicious potluck dinner then played a little bean bag toss.

Picnic Time!

August is almost here and it is time for our annual picnic. We are trying a new location- Centennial Village- they have newly remodeled the bar and it now has air conditioning. We are excited to get together with everyone and see how their summer is going. It's potluck so feel free to come on out and share some good food with everyone! Aug. 5 at 6pm. There will be a bean bag tournament also:)

We Walked for Kidney Disease!

WE DID IT!! There were five of us from the group that walked for Kidney Disease. We raised over $500 dollars for the cause! We had a blast and finished the 5K walk in just under 2 hours:)

Samantha, Kimberly, and Kathy at the Kidney Walk!

June Meeting!

We had a great and informational June Meeting.

Our guest speaker was Dr. Johnston from Sanford

 The Group!

Jeff and Ray lighting the candles in honor of their anniversary

Health Fair!

The Health Fair went smoothly despite the low attendance in my opinion. Everyone that signed up, showed up despite a little miscommunication:)
I'm glad to report- the lady at the Sanford booth next to ours said- there is an increasing trend for people signing up to be a donor!!!

Check Us Out on the Radio!

All of those who have signed up to record a PSA- I appricate all those who did- the radio stations have decided to just do one recording. So I sent them a generic PSA about the group and the importance of National Donate Life Month!

In case you haven't heard it on the radio here it is:

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE ABERDEEN AREA GIFT OF LIFE

April is National Donate Life Month and there is no greater gift than the Gift of Life.  The Aberdeen Area Gift of Life Support Group is open to all people who are waiting for a transplant or have received a transplant, families of donors or donors.  We encourage everyone interested in the transplant process to come to our meetings. Please mark your driver’s license and let your family know that you want to be an organ donor and give the Gift of Life.

One organ and tissue donor can give 60 people a new life. Please visit our website aberdeengiftoflife.blogspot.com for more information. Thank you.

There are talks of a radio interview....more to come!!!

National Donate Life Month!!

April is finally here! This is our chance to share our stories and express the importance of organ donation.
The month started off with our meeting held at Millstone.
Lorinda Towe celebrated her anniversary by reading the poem for the candlelight ceremony

We are very busy this month-

• We have a display up at the library explaining the importance of organ donation
• We will have a booth up at the Aberdeen Health Fair April 26th at the Civic Theater
• Many members have put up flowers at their local churches
• We also have group members signed up to record local PSA's sharing their stories

Donor Awareness Month is Fast Approaching

As we all know April is on it's way, which means Aberdeen Gift of Life group is going to be very busy!!!
In April, we try to spread the word about the importance of organ donation.

• We put up a board at the local library explaining who and what we are about.
• We also host a table at the local Health Fair
• We will also put together some PSA's for the local radio stations 

Our goal is let people know how important organ donation is and how it affects people in their community.

More to come!!!

February Meeting

The February Meeting was held at the Millstone at 6pm.
 It was Kathy's 1 year anniversary for her new kidney!!!