The Mississippi Hospitals for Hope campaign is a collaborative venture that teams the Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency, the Mississippi Lions Eye Bank, and the Mississippi Hospital Association, and hospitals across Mississippi in an effort to save lives through organ, eye, and tissue donation. Participating in the Hospitals for Hope campaign is simple and can be combined with your hospital's current plans for outreach during National Donate Life Month in April. Participation is as easy as sending an e-mail to staff encouraging them to learn more about organ, eye, and tissue donation or posting a message on Facebook.
The challenge is structured so that any size hospital can be recognized for its efforts. You can choose activities that best fit your hospital’s campaign. A press release will announce your hospital’s partnership in Mississippi Hospitals for Hope and your hospital will be listed on the website at www.mshospitalsforhope.com as a participant. Top hospitals will be recognized every year during MHA's Leadership Conference in four categories: Hospital 25 beds and under, Hospital 26 beds to 100, Hospital 101-200 beds, and Hospital over 200 beds.
For more information, contact Shawn Rossi at (800) 289-8884, (601) 368-3237 or srossi@mhanet.org. To participate, fill out this form and send it to Shawn via email at srossi@mhanet.org or via fax at (601) 368-3200.
Separate MORA Donor Registry Site for Hospitals for Hope
MORA has created a separate donor registry website for Hospitals for Hope. Now, visitors can sign up with a paper form or electronically and will count towards your hospital’s donor registry goal. The link to this registry site on the is also on the Healthcare Institutions section of www.msora.org. To add your hospital or for more information
Share Your Hospitals for Hope Success Stories With Us!
Hospital CEOs throughout Mississippi showed their support of the Donate Life Rose Parade float by crafting personal messages in appreciation of organ, eye and tissue donors. These messages, along with those from other hospital CEOs around the country, were displayed on the float.
Hospitals that have partnered with the Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency to show their support include: Rush Foundation Hospital, Anderson Regional Medical Center, River Oaks Hospital, River Region Health System, Southwest MS Regional Medical Center, Greenwood Leflore Hospital, Delta Regional Medical Center, St. Dominic Hospital, University of Mississippi Medical Center – Grenada, Lawrence County Hospital, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, and also with the University of Mississippi Medical Center: the University Adult Hospitals and Clinics, Batson Children’s Hospital, and University Transplant.
Pictured: top right, Lester K. Diamond, President of St. Dominic Hospital and staff; middle row, from left to right, Michelle Welander, Chief Nursing & Clinical Services Officer of Batson Children's Hospital watches as Guy Giesecke, Chief Executive Officer of Batson Children's Hospital writes a message on a rose vial; Kevin Cook, Chief Executive Officer, University Adult Hospital and Clinics writes a message of hope; Kevin Stump, Chief Executive Officer of the Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency sends "a beautiful rose for a beautiful Gift."
Thank you to all those who support the life-saving Gift of donation!
