Alex O'Loughlin Fans - Donate Life Awareness - Florida: Loriana Warnelo at Baseball Event

|August, 30, 2010|Sabine Atkins, owner/editor-in-chief, www.alexoloughlinfansfordonatelife.com

Photo model and Alex O'Loughlin fan Loriana Warnelo recently gave out information on registering as an organ donor, T-shirts, stickers and more to raise organ donation awareness at a Baseball event in Florida.

Loriana continuously recognizes the unique opportunities her job and her popularity offer regarding her work for the cause. She also emphasizes the role of fitness and the prevention of certain health problems that might lead to organ failure.

Thank you so much, Loriana!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALEX! Our birthday present for you: Our support for Donate Life!

|August 22, 2010|by Sabine Atkins, creator/editor-in-chief, www.alexoloughlinfansfordonatelife.com


On August 24, the German Alex O'Loughlin Fan Club celebrates the birthday of the Donate Life Ambassador, who soon can be seen back on CBS in fall's hottest new series "Hawaii Five-0"!

We applaud the efforts of the fan group that has made promoting organ donation a central component of their support for Alex O'Loughlin and his projects.



When Alex received the Donate Life Hollywood Person of the Year Award, he pledged to continue to be a powerful voice for raising organ donation awareness. All over the world, his fans feel inspired by him to do their part for the cause.

In lieu of birthday gifts, several members of the fan club have given a total of $435 to Donate Life and also dedicated a rose to be placed in Alex's honor on the 2011 Donate Life Rose Parade Float.

The motto of the float theme is "Seize the day", and we feel this is a great motto for Alex's birthday as well.

The participants in the fundraiser were:
Silke "schmeissi", Annette "AnnHart", Petralisa, Anne, Tanja, Madforalex, Akanah, Sun, Alexfan, Romy, Eva, Barbara and Sabine Atkins.



We wish Alex a very Happy Birthday, filled with everything that makes him smile and his special day unforgettable, but above all health, love and success! We can't wait to see him again on TV as Steve McGarrett in "Hawaii Five-0", which starts Monday, September 20, 10/9c on CBS!

Thinking about organ donation in advance can save lives

[Text by AnnHart (Tinker Bell) and Petralisa, members of the German Alex O'Loughlin Fan Club Network. Translation by Sabine Atkins.]

Sometimes you loose a loved one by surprise.
It happened to a young woman who lost her husband suddenly in a tragic accident. The husband's injuries to his brain were so severe, brain death was the only diagnosis.

Together with the women's group of their parish, the young woman had thought intensively about organ donation, even before the accident had happened. She had even filled out a donor card and then also talked to her husband about the subject.

He knew she had a donor card, saying only that he doesn't want to think about it. He transferred the decision to her, just in case something should happen.

He knew that she would make the right decision.
Then came the tragic accident. Despite the grief over the painful loss, the young woman immediately thought of organ donation.
She asked the doctor whether her husband's organs would be suitable for donation. Together with their children, she decided to release the body for removal of the organs.

The woman was able to find some sense in the death of her husband and his gift saved many lives. This was very comforting for his family. It was almost like a sign of life from her husband.
Every now and then, she inquires about the condition of the recipients, and she is happy to hear that they are all doing well.

Stories like these show us again how important it is to think about organ donation in advance. If we lose a loved one, we could be too overwhelmed to make the right decision.
Take a little time and just think about it. Then the decision isn't so hard for your relatives.

Donate Life Ambassador Alex O'Loughlin has previously thought about organ donation, and he made his decision clear. A good reason for us to sometimes remind everyone around us of this life-saving cause.

There are now over 108,000 people on the national organ donation waiting list.
Please speak with your family and friends about your decision to register as an organ donor. You can register online, for more information please visit:


---------------------- German original text ---------------------------------



Es schadet nicht sich ein wenig Zeit für Organspende zu nehmen

Manchmal verliert man einen geliebten Menschen völlig unvorbereitet.
So ging es einer jungen Frau, die ihren Mann plötzlich durch einen tragischen Unfall verlor. Der Ehemann trug so schwere Hirnverletzungen davon, das nur noch der Hirntod festgestellt werden konnte.

Mit Organspende hatte die junge Frau sich schon vor dem Unfall intensiv in der Frauengruppe ihrer Pfarrgemeinde auseinandergesetzt. Sie hatte selbst einen Organspenderausweis ausgefüllt und konfrontierte auch ihren Mann mit dem Thema.

Er wußte, das sie einen Spenderausweis hatte und meinte nur, das er nicht darüber nachdenken wolle. Er übertrug ihr die Entscheidung für den Fall der Fälle!

Ihm war klar, das sie richtig entscheiden würde.
Dann passierte der tragische Unfall. Trotz der Trauer über den schmerzhaften Verlust dachte die junge Frau sofort an Organspende.
Sie fragte den Arzt, ob ihr Mann eventuell als Spender in Frage käme.
Gemeinsam mit ihren Kindern entschloß sie sich die Organe freizugeben.

Der Tod ihres Mannes hat so einen Sinn bekommen und konnte vielen Menschen das Leben retten. Diese Situation empfand sie als sehr tröstlich. Es war fast wie ein Lebenszeichen ihres Mannes.
Hin und wieder erkundigt sie sich nach dem Befinden der Empfänger und ich überglücklich zu hören, das sie alle wohlauf sind.

Die Geschichte zeigt mal wieder, wie gut es ist sich vorher Gedanken über Organspende zu machen. Wenn man einen Menschen verliert, ist man oft überfordert, die richtige Entscheidung zu treffen.
Nehmt euch ein wenig Zeit und denkt mal darüber nach. Den Angehörigen fällt dann in einer solchen Ausnahmesituation eine Entscheidung nicht mehr so schwer.

Alex hat sich vorher Gedanken gemacht und steht voll zu Organspende. Für uns ein Grund, wenigstens mal darüber nachzudenken.
Es gibt so viele Menschen die dringend Hilfe brauchen.

Quelle: Fürs Leben, http://www.fuers-leben.de

Celebrating Alex's Birthday

As I'm sure we're all aware, Donate Life Ambassador, Alex O'Loughlin, will be celebrating his Birthday on the 24th of August.

We here at the Alex O'Loughlin Fans for Donate Life would like to suggest, for those who are planning to send some Happy Birthday wishes to Alex in the form of gifts, or a card, please consider making a donation to a local Organ Donor/Transplant charity of your choice in honour of Alex's Birthday. Paste a copy of the donation receipt, or make note of it in a card to send to Alex, we're sure he'll appreciate knowing his special day has inspired people to help others.

Birthday Cards can be sent to:

Alex O'Loughlin

Eye Productions

Hawaii Five-0 Production Office

560 N. Nimitz Highway

Suite 207

Honolulu, HI 96817

USA

For a list of different American & International Organ Donation & Transplant Charities check out this pages:

http://www.donationcharities.com/organdonation/

Do you want to dedicate a rose to Alex on the 2011 Donate Life Rose Parade Float? Please click on the image for instructions:

Chris Klug Foundation Newsletter August 2010

HEY DUDES! We’ve been having a super busy summer with awareness and outreach events scattered across the country. THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS that pitched in and helped us get the word out; we could not have done it without your help. CKF has also been busy getting the word out on our newly completed Educational Video Project, featuring a short video about the importance of organ and tissue donation presented in a fun, fast paced format. The project highlights the facts about organ donation, and the need to make an informed, educated decision, and being sure to share that decision with your family. We’ve recently revamped our website to provide more details about the project, and information on how to get a copy of the DVD for your school, church or community-be sure to check it out and sign up TODAY! We’ve got a lot happening this fall and we need your help more than ever to share the organ and tissue donation message, and the impact one person can have on the lives of so many others. We're constantly adding more events and activities, so be sure to check out our website often, and let us know if you are interested in joining the effort and helping. We're part of your team and are here to help~ the Team at CKF Check us out online for all the latest updates and info: www.myspace.com/chrisklugfoundation or www.myspace.com/donordudes. www.facebook.com/chrisklugfoundation http://twitter.com/donordudes DONATE TO THE CHRIS KLUG FOUNDATION: Please log on and consider a charitable donation to the Chris Klug Foundation, so we can continue our donor awareness outreach across the country. Every bit helps! Click here to donate RECENT EVENTS ROCK THE RAILBENDER This summer, the Town of Parker, CO presented two single day festivals, June 19 and July 24 at Railbender Park. The festivals were centered around live music, skateboarding competitions, and skate demonstrations from Colorado’s top professional skaters. The events drew a nice crowd of spectators and fans, and CKF was invited to participate as an official non-profit affiliate of the festival. A special thank you to our volunteers who helped out at the event: Chris, Catherine and Nickolas! TUESDAYS WITH MICHAEL Thanks to the Aspen Club and Spa for their support at the June 29 "Tuesdays with Michael" event!! Guests braved the rainy weather to come show support for the Chris Klug Foundation at the first "Tuesdays with Michael" event of the summer. Garnish provided the great food and drinks while musician Cameron was on hand to provide great live music. A special thanks to eMoo.com who partially sponsored the event and donated $1 to Chris Klug Foundation for every new sign up they received for their online classifieds website. DONOR DASH 2010 The 11th Annual Donor Dash on July 18 was a great success. The 3,500 participants made it the largest Donor Dash to date. Team Donor Dudes was well represented, and our CKF booth received a ton of traffic....thanks to everyone who stopped by! A special shoutout to our volunteers for doing such a great job, Chris Simmons, Missy Klug, Pat April, Warren & Kathy Klug, and Patrick Sablich.

US TRANSPLANT GAMES

Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Chris Klug Foundation booth at the US Transplant Games Expo on July 30-31 in Madison, WI. Some of our Donor Dudes were on-site to share our work, and pass out some cool Donor Dudes schwag. We also shared information and a glimpse at our Educational DVD project, which will be ready in time for school to start this fall. Thanks to our Donor Dudes who ran the show: Jonathan, Michael and Isabelle Woodrow, Thomas Clark, Michael Wells and Chris Klug!

2010 WARPED TOUR

For the third year in a row, CKF rocked the Vans Warped Tour at various cities across the country. This year we hosted stops in Salt Lake City, Denver and this weekend, we'll be part of the last stop of the Tour, taking place in Hillsboro, OR. At each of the stops, our Donor Dudes met many kids that have been affected by organ donation; recipients, friends of individuals that were donors, family members who had donated or received an organ. They also met many young people who showed us their green "Donate Life" bracelets from last year. It's always pleasantly surprising to see how many kids we talk to that have already chosen to mark their license supporting donation. Be sure to check out the photos of the event in our Photo Gallery! Thanks to everyone who volunteered to help us spread the word on the importance of organ and tissue donation this year-Mike, Brian, Missy, Chris, Hillary, Rachel and others...and to everyone who stopped by our booth to check us out!

UPCOMING EVENTS

LEADVILLE TRAIL 100

Since 1994, the Leadville Trail 100 has been attracting thousands of racers to the Colorado community. This year, 1,500 participants from 48 states and 21 countries will race on single- and double-track dirt roads on the 104-mile out-and-back course, featuring 11,600 feet of climbing and peak elevation of 12,600 feet at Columbine Mine. Some of the greatest names in U.S. mountain biking—including 10 current and past National Champions, six U.S. Olympians, and four Mountain Bike Hall of Famers—will compete in the Life Time Fitness Leadville Trail 100 Race Across the Sky August 14. The renowned event is the original ultra-distance mountain bike event, beginning and ending in the heart of Leadville, Colorado, located 100 miles west of Denver. Chris will be the first transplant recipient to race in this event...GO CHRIS! Team CKF will be onsite sharing information and cheering on Chris. For more information on the race, check out www.leadvilletrail100.com.

SUMMIT FOR LIFE 2010

Start training now for the 5th annual Aspen Summit for Life 2010, being held Saturday December 11, 2010. Summit for Life is a weekend of events, centered around a night-time uphill snowshoe race up Aspen Mountain. It's a weekend celebration of life, supporting awareness and education of organ and tissue donation, while benefitting the Chris Klug Foundation. Last year’s Aspen Summit for Life was record breaking in terms of participation, fundraising and awareness. 2010 is sure to be even more far reaching. To learn more, or to register for the event, please visit: www.summitforlife.org

WINTER X GAMES 15

For the first time in 2010, CKF was an official part of Winter X Games, having been invited to be a part of the Team ESPN tent. It was an amazing event for us, with a constant line out the door of people who wanted to learn more about our cause. We've been invited back to be an official part of the event in 2011! Winter X Games 15 will be held from Jan. 27 - 30, 2011 in Aspen, Colo. For the third straight year, the Winter X Games was ESPN's highest-rated and most-viewed, and more than 43 million viewers tuned in to watch on ESPN and ESPN2 in 2010. The ESPN telecasts posted a 1.2 household rating, representing an average of 1,147,000 households. In addition, both ESPN and ESPN2 recorded their highest-rated and most-viewed individual Winter X telecasts (1.3 on ESPN and a 0.8 on ESPN2). Winter X Games 14 also set a new attendance record in Aspen at Buttermilk Mountain with a total of 84,100 spectators over four days, beating the previous Aspen best of 76,150 set in 2007 -- an increase of nine percent. Educational Video Project: CKF has put the finishing touches on our Educational Video project that we have been filming over the past year, and we've begun showing it to students and educators across the country. Be sure to check out the trailer on our website: CKF Educational Video Project Trailer Targeted at health and drivers education classes, the video showcases the importance of knowing the facts about organ donation and making an informed, educated decision, and being sure to share that decision with your family! The video also promotes quality of life post transplant, and the importance of being healthy and active. If you are interested in getting a copy of the video to share with your school, sports team, club or workplace, please visit our website to learn more about the project and how to secure your free copy. DID YOU KNOW: (Courtesy of Donate Life America) Fact: One donor can save up to eight lives through organ donation and enhance up to 50 lives through tissue donation. Fact: There are currently 107,793 people currently on the national transplant waiting list. Fact: Signing a donor card and a driver's license with an "organ donor" designation may not satisfy your state's requirements to become a donor. Be sure to take the necessary steps to be a donor and ensure that your family understands your wishes. Dudes, these are some pretty eye-opening facts. Here is how you can do your part--be sure to share your donation decision and together let’s Eliminate the Wait!! Educate yourself and your friends on the facts about organ and tissue donation. Work to spread the word in a cool way at your school or in your community. Each state is different in terms of how you properly register to be a donor. LOG ON to find out what your state requires, and follow the necessary steps. Be sure to share your decision with your family, and encourage your friends to do the same. GET INVOLVED: Many of you are probably already super busy with school and work, but did you know that you may be able to fulfill your Senior Project, community service, or club requirements through volunteering or hosting your own Donor Dudes Event? Be sure to get out there and GET ACTIVE! Start planning your Donor Dudes event NOW and be sure to grab some friends and spread the word in your own way! Be a Donor Dude on your Campus: Check out the tools in our DONOR DUDES KIT! Be sure to log on, download, and use them in your next event: DONOR DUDES TOOL KIT We can provide you with all the help you need to host a successful and LIFE-SAVING event! We can provide cool event schwag including stickers, donor cards, pins, as well as a ”HOW TO” guide to make your event a hit, and much more! Let us know how we can help you plan and pull off your donation activities. WE ARE HERE TO HELP! But, be sure to share the news and photos with us-you might even make the next newsletter. Contact Us: Morgan B. Ilika Executive Director Chris Klug Foundation www.chrisklugfoundation.org 512.590.5736

Donate Life Hollywood Film Festival: More impressions

|August 9, 2010| by Sabine Atkins, owner/editor-in-chief, www.alexoloughlinfansfordonatelife.com

First of all, I would like to say "Thank you so much!" for all the wonderful comments to my blog posts about my meeting with Alex O'Loughlin!
I hope that I was able to share with you as much as possible of this extraordinary opportunity.

Also, I want to express how deeply grateful I am for meeting DEb and Les, who run the Long Legs O'Loughlin Fan Network.


Both have welcomed my husband Brian and me to Los Angeles with open arms, and one couldn't wish for sweeter friends, and their commitment to the cause as well as providing a marvelous gathering place for Alex's fans all over the world is outstanding!

The photo below shows Alex O'Loughlin with Donate Life Hollywood campaign director Tenaya Wallace and Susan Whitney, who documented the entire festival with her excellent photography.
Tenaya truly was the heart and soul of the festival, combining a seemingly endless amount of tasks with her beautiful elegance, warmth and openness.

(photo courtesy of Donate Life Hollywood)

Meeting Alex, whom I admire for many years now, was the amazing beginning of a profoundly thought-provoking experience for me. The Donate Life Hollywood Film Festival successfully emphasized not only the importance of a life-saving cause but also illuminated the difficulties involved in organ donation, transplantation and generating more awareness in the viewers of movies as well as TV shows.

The film festival began with showing the Donate Life Film Festival winners:

"6 Days" won the first place. It is the powerful story of a mother who assures her son can leave a legacy of caring for as many people as possible.

The second place winner was "The Fallen Firefighter": A Newport Beach firefighter saves lives upon his death as an organ donor. This film shares his story through the eyes of his older brother.
It was a very touching experience for me to listen to the firefighter's brother. He clearly missed his brother, but on the other hand in was just as obvious that he took solace in the fact that his brother brought hope to the lives of others.

"Mamie Jackson - Life on Dialysis" was the third place winner. This movie was an unflinching view of how one woman keeps her passion and determination to help others a priority while undergoing dialysis three days a week.
During the Awards Dinner Banquet, I was seated at the same table with Mamie Jackson and the director of this movie. Mamie Jackson is an extraordinary woman, who also loves to teach and emphasize the importance of maintaining a good health: The prevention of certain health problems is one of keys to not needing an organ transplant in the first place.

I attended three workshops. The first one was titled "Character First": Dr. Joe Sachs, physician, writer and executive producer for ER shared his insight and experience on creating medical stories for television.
I found this workshop extremely helpful, not only regarding TV medical dramas. While it is crucial for writers to do a lot of research, one can get easily get carried away by a flood of technical or historical details. But in order to tell a story that captures the attention of the audience, a compelling description of the main characters must come first. The audience must be able to connect to the characters in order to find them believable. Family and workplace dynamics, friendships and love, hobbies and addictions must be considered and explained, before the characters are burdened with technical jargon in their dialogues.

"Get A Clue!" was a workshop led by CSI:Miami writer Krystal Houghton, who talked with several experts in their fields (a high-ranking official from the LAPD, a coroner, an organ and tissue donation physician and transplant surgeons).
As important as character development is, writers must also consult experts to create plausible and accurate storylines when real life issues are involved. Of course, there were some macabre anecdotes from the police official and the coroner, but also I learned that heart transplant recipients have scars on one side of the neck, and that DNA yields not always all the answers and that communication is just as important when a crime needs to be solved.

"Doctors Delve Deep" was the final workshop I attended, and it was also the most intense one: Respected physicians from around the nation revealed the "backstory" of being a doctor and surgeon, including emotions and anecdotes to enhance characters.
Tom Mone, CEO of OneLegacy (the Donate Life organization behind the Donate Life Hollywoood campaign) wonderfully led the panel, and the experts did a fantastic job conveying their insights to the audience.
Taking care of patients after an organ transplant is just as much challenging as the surgery itself, and the experts showed how important the patient's community is in the healing process.
Especially touching was the story of a child, who had a heart transplant, but stopped taking his immune-suppressing medications because his classmates made fun of him for gaining weight.
This shows that we as a society must also do our part in helping an organ transplant recipient heal and live happily after this life-changing event.

The Awards Dinner summed up the festival not only with star-studded glamor, but also with honoring the inspiring stories of the people touched by organ donation and the great work of screenwriters and filmmakers.
Carol Barbee, creator of "Three Rivers", received two awards, which was a fitting conclusion for a series that raised the positive awareness of organ donation in the US by 6 % and saved lives.

(Big thanks to mizzoH from Alex O'Loughlin Rocks! for this ad in "The Hollywood Reporter")

Recently, I have also become a Donate Life Ambassador. The comprehensive material we received during our training at the Vanderbilt Clinic in Nashville helps me communicate more effectively about the importance of organ donation. I would like to encourage everyone, who lives near a local Donate Life or other organ donation foundation to participate in one of their orientation classes.

Please visit Donate Life Hollywood for videos of the festival winners, slideshows, and to learn more about the campaign.

(The text in italics is from the official Donate Life Hollywood Film Festival program.)

Donating Life in Australia: The Importance of Telling Friends & Family Of Your Wishes

Registration and an Organ Donor Card isn't enough.

Australia has one of the lowest rates of Organ Donation in the world. Around 40% of families do not give consent for organ donation, because they didn't feel confident making the decision on behalf of their loved ones. In Australia, the consent of the family is required before donation can proceed.

Starting the Discussion

A good start is to use everyday situations to start a discussion on important life issues, including what to do with your organs and tissues when you die. This might include:

• The next time your family sits down together for a meal
• Making a will or advanced health directive
• Getting life insurance or income protection
• Leaving home for the first time as a young adult
• Getting or renewing your driver's licence
• Celebrating an anniversary with your partner
• Having a significant birthday: 21, 30, 40, 50 or more
• Getting a check-up at the GP
• Hearing about someone who has been a donor, needs a transplant or has had a transplant
• Watching donation and transplantation stories on TV or seeing a media article
• Seeing or hearing an ad on TV, radio or billboards
• Seeing a traumatic event in the news
• After a friend or family member dies
• When children discuss the topic at school.

If you have already had a discussion with your family about your wishes, these events provide a good opportunity to repeat your wishes to ensure they are remembered.

• Send an email to friends and family
• Place a badge on your Twitter icon
  

  Show your support and promote donation by adding a custom badge to your Twitter profile.

  Authorise the application
• Become a fan of DonateLife^TM on Facebook
  
  Donate-lifeBecome a Fan

  Show your support and commitment to organ and tissue donation by becoming a fan of DonateLife^TM on Facebook!

For more information, videos, and downloadable packs and brochures, please visit:

http://www.donatelife.gov.au/

or follow this link to read the Donate Life Australia 'Discuss it Today' Fact Sheet:

http://www.donatelife.gov.au/Resources/Fact-Sheet---To-donate-life-discuss-it-today-OK.html

Alex O'Loughlin Fans Raise Awareness for Organ Donation at Comic-Con 2010

|July 25, 2010| www.alexoloughlinfansfordonatelife.com

DEb, contributor to our website, founder and admin of the Long Legs O'Loughlin Fan Network, writes:

We did get asked a few times about "what is Donate Life?" and the Festival for DL-Hollywood. So, we got to explain what the festival is all about, what DL-Hollywood does, and about registering to become organ donors at donatelife.net.

Big thanks to DEb and Les for the wonderful photo and talking about organ donation and Donate Life at Comic-Con 2010!

THE POWER OF TWO MOVIE Newsletter: Join Us & Share Your Miracle At The U.S. Transplant Games!

In This Message EXPO BOOTH VIDEO-GRAMS OPENING CEREMONY TEAM NORCAL SPONSORS Donate Get Involved

Dear Friends & Supporters: We've just come back from a fabulous six-day shoot in Washington, DC (read our blog posts here and here), and are off again next week for our final major film shoot at the nation's largest organ transplant community gathering - the 2010 U.S. Transplant Games in Madison, Wisconsin! If you're coming to the Games, please visit our "PowerStudio" at the Games Expo on July 30-31 to share your own transplant miracle by recording a "Video-Gram"! VISIT OUR BOOTH AT THE GAMES EXPO While our film crew follows double lung transplant recipients and centerpiece characters of the film Ana and Isa Stenzel, as well as other members of Team NorCal (Northern California) competing in the Games, the rest of our team will oversee one of the largest booths at the Expo. Stop by to record a "Video-Gram" (see below), write a message on the wall of our "PowerStudio," watch the trailer for our documentary film coming in 2011, and get your own THE POWER OF TWO bubbles (perfect for showing how well transplanted lungs are working!) and a special LifeStar pin. Our booth and "PowerStudio" will be located at the end of the main Expo aisle (to the left as you face the "Goodie Bag" area). Stop by on July 30th from 3-7 p.m. and July 31st from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. to experience THE POWER OF TWO in person! SHARE YOUR TRANSPLANT MIRACLE BY RECORDING A VIDEO-GRAM AT OUR POWERSTUDIO We are eager to see our long-anticipated "PowerStudio" come to life at the Expo! Athletes, donor family members, friends and loved ones will be able to record a 2 minute "Video-Gram" sharing insights about how their transplant experience shows that "there is a miracle in every breath." These powerful videos will be compiled for a special Games feature on www.ThePowerOfTwoMovie.com - see more details and RSVP on Facebook! ISA TO BAGPIPE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT OPENING CEREMONY Isa will be bagpiping "The Star Spangled Banner" at the Games' Opening Ceremony on July 31! In this symbolic performance, Isa will play one of the world's most demanding instruments with her strong donor lungs. The Games are filled with rare opportunities for the national transplant community to come together, including the Lung Gathering hosted by Taking Flight with New Life on August 1 and Donor Recognition Ceremony on August 2. See our calendar on the home page of www.ThePowerOfTwoMovie.com for a complete list of events in which THE POWER OF TWO will be participating! MEETING TEAM NORCAL THE POWER OF TWO comes to the Games with Team NorCal, a group of over 30 recipient-athletes including Ana and Isa, donor family members, and supporters. Click here to meet these athletes in our exclusive web profiles! THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS Our presence at the 2010 Transplant Games would not be possible without the support of our generous Games sponsors Perkins Coie LLP and LifeStars. As our final major film shoot, the U.S. Transplant Games represent the culmination of our film making and advocacy over the past year. (See our short video featuring the Japan Transplant Games last October!) Joining with the national transplant community in a joyous celebration of new life couldn't be a more perfect ending to this phase of our momentous journey. Thank you for your continued support and encouragement. Stay tuned as we move forward to complete the documentary in 2010 -- it's not too late to help! With every breath, Marc Smolowitz, Producer/Director Andrew Byrnes, Executive Producer www.ThePowerOfTwoMovie.com

CBS Press Release: EXCLUSIVE "HAWAII FIVE-0" GIVEAWAYS ADD AN ISLAND VIBE TO COMIC-CON

From the CBS Press Office:

THIS JUST IN…



EXCLUSIVE "HAWAII FIVE-0" GIVEAWAYS ADD AN ISLAND VIBE TO COMIC-CON



Surfboards, Leis, Posters, a Trip to Hawaii

And a Limited-Run T-Shirt that's Sure to be a Comic-Con Classic




Surf's up at Comic-Con! HAWAII FIVE-0 brings its island flavor to fans in San Diego with an exclusive array of giveaways available throughout the convention.



H50: Aloha Earth Panel (Friday, July 23 @ 10:15am, Room 6BCF)

Fans who attend the H50 panel session will not only get to interact with series stars Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park, they will also have a chance to take home:



o One of three surfboards, signed by the entire HAWAII FIVE-0 cast;

o Limited-run, not-available-for-sale, Comic-Con edition "I got lei'd at Comic-Con" t-shirts.



CBS Booth – Autograph Signing (Friday, July 23 @ 12pm noon, booth #4129)

Fans who join the cast at the CBS booth during the autograph signing session will receive limited collector edition H50 posters.



H50 Hula Girls

Conventioneers should also be on the lookout for the HAWAII FIVE-0 Hula Girls. The girls will say "aloha" to Comic-Con fans while modeling the limited-run t-Shirts and giving out ringtone cards featuring the show's iconic theme song.



Additionally, all visitors to the CBS booth can enter to win a vacation getaway to the filming location of H50 on the tropical and vibrant island of Oahu.



To follow CBS at Comic-Con, go to www.twitter.com/CBSatComicCon.



Keep up with the latest updates on all things HAWAII FIVE-0 and behind-the-scenes coverage of Comic-Con 2010 at http://www.cbs.com/primetime/hawaii_five_o/video/, www.twitter.com/HawaiiFive0CBS #H50, www.twitter.com/CBSTweet and Facebook.com/Hawaii-Five-0.