How does Gift of Life Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP) thank you for making a difference in the lives of others?  We can never exhaust our gratitude for the support you’ve shared with our LIFE Walk family.  This is our 12^th year and we want to offer a “Dozen Reasons to Share and Care” to join us this year at our annual event on July 25, 2009, at the beautiful historic Belle Isle Park in Detroit.

1. To the world you may be one person, but one person can save or enhance the lives of over 50 people.
2. It’s a family, friend and fundraising event planned with you in mind.
3. Over 100,000 people are on the national transplant waiting list.
4. A name is added to the transplant waiting list every 13 minutes.
5. The food and fellowship are GREAT
6. You can meet donor families, organ recipients and those who are still waiting.
7. You can “Tell Us Now” that you want your red heart sticker on your driver’s license if you don’t already have one.
8. 17 people die each day waiting for a transplant
9. You can share the gift of sight with someone who would love to see you smile
10. You can check out the Gift of Life Michigan “Make a World of Difference Float”
11. There will be prizes, food, free massages and great music.
12. You are sharing the most precious gift that you can give – yourself.

Gift of Life MOTTEP is a non-profit, educational program dedicated to extending the life of our community through programs designed to increase awareness about the critical need for organ and tissue donation, encourage healthy living, and eliminate ethnic health disparities. LIFE Walk helps us accomplish all of this and more.

By supporting this year’s LIFE Walk, your organization can help Gift of Life MOTTEP save lives. The money raised will educate the community about organ and tissue donation, support over 300 public awareness campaigns throughout the year, showcase the success of transplantation and encourage people to embrace healthy living and a dozen reasons to share and care.

We hope you will join us for this amazing event that promises to inform, involve, and inspire our community. If you have any questions or need more details, please contact Remonia Chapman at (313) 393-2446, or visit our website at www.motteplifewalk.org to learn more.

Our challenge has been set:
12th year anniversary • 1,200 Walkers/Runners • $100,000 fundraising Goal

Thank you for your support!