Astellas is working not only to protect the health of transplant recipients through innovative pharmaceuticals, but also to inspire, educate, and foster community support through multiple programs and events.

Multiple transplant activities are already scheduled for the next month alone:

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Learn more about the initiatives that Astellas helps make possible*:

  • Donate Life America® on Facebook® provides additional opportunities to show support for and encourage organ donation by educating the thousands of people who are actively involved in social networking through Facebook.
  • The Donate Life Hollywood Film Festival
    Astellas has partnered with Donate Life Hollywood to host the Donate Life Hollywood Film Festival and the annual Entertain, Enlighten, Inspire Awards to honor television shows, movies, and documentaries that accurately portray organ transplant and donation without perpetuating harmful myths.
  • Get Game—Give Life® is a national program designed to raise awareness of the importance of organ donation among college students and sports fans attending college basketball and NBA games. The mission of the program is simple: to increase organ donation rates and help save lives.
  • Inspiring Action from The Creative Coalition
    A special evening, hosted by The Creative Coalition and sponsored by Astellas, saluted advances in healthcare reform and explored the power and promise of transplantation and the vital need for organ donation.
  • Making Strides: A 5K Run/Walk for Organ Donation was established by Astellas in 2009 to promote healthy lifestyles and help raise public awareness about the need for organ donation. In addition, monies raised during the events go to support organizations working to further organ donation.
  • Ride of a LifetimeSM is an annual essay contest, which asks transplant recipients to submit a short essay explaining how their transplant experience has transformed their life. An independent panel of judges, along with one Astellas representative, selects 5 essay winners, who are given the opportunity to travel to California and become a part of the Donate Life Rose Parade® float team.
  • Step to the Plate—Register to Donate is designed to increase education surrounding the importance of organ donation among fans attending professional baseball games. Astellas works with Donate Life America® to host organ donation education events at various Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball games throughout the season to provide people with the information and tools they need to join their state's organ donation registry.
  • Tackle the Shortage: Donate Life Challenge
    This football season, Astellas Pharma US, Inc. is partnering with Donate Life Illinois (DLI) and the Chicago Bears to issue the Tackle the Shortage: Donate Life Challenge, to the state of Illinois, where Astellas US is headquartered, encouraging residents to join the donor registry with the goal of adding 5,000 new donors by the end of the year.
  • Transplant Expo is a traveling experience that allows visitors to enter the world of transplantation—the wonder, the science, and the amazing people who help make transplantation possible.
  • Transplant Scholars Award provides 5 scholarships annually to transplant recipients who inspire their community.

*Subject to eligibility. Restrictions may apply.

Rose Parade is a registered trademark of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association.
"Get Game—Give Life" is a registered trademark of Corporate Planners, Inc.
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