Invisible Threads by ConnectLife

On episode four of Invisible Threads, we kick off National Donate Life Month with a game show! Our two contestants, Adam Sassone Director of WNY Operations for Governor Cuomo’s Office and Pat O’Brien from Lender Logix, go head to head in our first ever Trivia Game Show. Grab some friends and play along. Download our game here - questions & answers.

We honor organ donor, Michael Walter, and let you know how you can get involved in National Donate Life Month online celebrations including our 30 Day Challenge.

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Still not registered as an organ donor? You’ve got to be kidney me! On episode three of Invisible Threads, our hosts talk about kidney health, kidney disease, and kidney translation with Jeremy Morlock and Barbara Breckenridge from the Kidney Foundation of WNY! You’ll also hear our answer to a question from our first listener submission.

For our hero portion, we are changing it up a bit! Barbara will share her amazing story 20-years post kidney transplant.

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On episode two of Invisible Threads, our hosts discuss the framing of organ donation in entertainment television, specifically the positive and negative impact these stories have on public opinion of donation and transplantation. Guests, Karen Swierski, Executive Director at JDRF, Nicole Knox, Director of Transplantation at ECMC and Parveen Minhas, ANP at ECMC help us understand what impact these organ donation storylines have on all of our lives. Each episode we honor a hero, this episode’s hero is organ donor, Kevin Thomas Grenier, Jr. 

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The Life Saving Soap Operas

Entertainment (Mis)Education: The Framing of Organ Donation in Entertainment Television

On the very first episode of Invisible Threads, our hosts discuss lifesaving New Year’s Resolutions. We have a conversation with guests, Bob Lester, donor dad, and Paulette Welker, heart transplant recipient, about the impact that organ, eye, tissue, and blood donation has had on their lives and their families. Each episode we will honor our heroes, this episode’s hero is organ donor, Kevin Lohr Mead. 

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