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NATIONAL DONOR SABBATH
GUIDELINES & RESOURCE KIT


This document is part of a program to help religious groups conduct a seminar about transplant and tissue donation within their congregation. If you have questions or suggestions on improving the program please contact Mary Ganikos from the HHS Division of Transplantation at 301-443-7577. Finally, I advise contacting HHS Division of Transplantation for the most current information on the National Donor Sabbath resource kit or http://www.organdonor.gov/. If you don't find what you need there, you can always come back to this page.
-Doug Sur


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

This manual is divided into 8 sections to help organize and locate materials easily. Below is a listing of sections and their contents. There are no page numbers for this manual so that you will be able to add and remove pages over the years as you see necessary.

 

Section 1 - Introduction

 
 

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)Letters of introduction

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)How to use the manual

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)List of contributors

   

Section 2 - Letters

 
 

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)Sample letter from the OPO to religious leaders

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)Sample letter from recipients to their religious congregation

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)Sample letter from donor family members to their religious congregation

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)Sample letter from a person on the waiting list to his/her religious congregation

   

Section 3 - Beliefs

 
 

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)Fact sheet on denominational beliefs about organ and tissue donation

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)Policy statements from various denominations

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)Bibliography for articles on specific religions and donation

 

   

Section 4 - Worship Material

 
 

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)Sample bulletins

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)Prayers and responsive readings

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)Scriptural references

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)Religious curriculum for kindergarten through junior high

   

Section 5 - Sermons

 
 

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)Sample sermons from a variety of religious traditions

   

Section 6 - Press

 
 

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)Ideas about how to interest and engage the press

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)Sample press releases

   

Section 7 - Ordering Information

 
 

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)UNOS/SEOPF reference guide for clergy

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)New York Organ Donor Network resource kit for African-American churches

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)Union of American Hebrew Congregations materials

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)Promotional materials

   

Section 8 - Evaluation

 
 

ballslvr.gif (1120 bytes)Evaluation form for congregations to send to OPOs

 

 
Transcriber Note: This HTML document was derived from the National Donor Sabbath Guidelines & Resource Kit, 1997.
 

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