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Share the Beat Heads to San Francisco March 11
The much-anticipated event will head to the Bay Area Friday, March 11, 2011. For the second year in a row, the AST is partnering with James Redford to present Share the Beat, an annual event benefiting the AST endowment, AST research and education and the Redford AnimAction Project: It’s A RAP!, an educational program for youth dedicated to raising transplant awareness. This year’s event will take place at the Regency Center in San Francisco.
“We take Share the Beat on the road to a different city each year in order to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation,” states Redford. “More than 100,000 people are currently on the waiting list for a transplant, and each day, 19 people die waiting for transplants that can’t take place because of the shortage of donated organs.”
The evening will feature musical appearances from Alex Band (The Calling),whose song”Wherever You Will Go” topped Billboard Magazine‘s Best of the Decade Adult Top 40 Songs in 2009, as well as Grammy nominated songwriter Greg Barnhill, whose songs have been embraced by artists including Etta James, Martina McBride, Jessica Simpson and Chicago. Up-and-coming artists Chris Pierce and Shasta Baca will also take the stage.
“I have been personally affected by our country’s dire need for organ donors,” states Alex Band. “There is so much we can do to raise awareness for this cause, and I won’t stop until the job is done. It only takes a few minutes to register to become a donor, and you can wind up saving the lives of many.”
Throughout the night, several people who have been affected by the power of transplantation will share their personal stories, including James Redford, who received a life-saving liver transplant in 1993 and Reg Green, whose 7-year-old son Nicholas was killed in Italy in 1994. Green and his wife made the decision to donate their son’s organs, changing the lives of seven Italian adults and children.
Also in attendance will be Janet Brine, whose daughter Eva Markvoort died in March of cystic fibrosis. Eva opens up about her life, family and experiences, including undergoing a lung transplant and her subsequent transplant rejection in the Oprah Winfrey Network Documentary Film Club selection 65_RedRoses.
“James [Redford], Reg and Janet are wonderful ambassadors for organ donation,” states AST President Dr. Maryl Johnson. “Organ donation not only impacts transplant recipients and their loved ones, it can also offer grieving families a sense of comfort that their loved ones saved others in need.”
Members of the public are encouraged to join us for this inspirational evening of music and story-telling benefiting the transplant community. For more information or to purchase tickets to the event, please visit www.sharethebeat.org.
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