All are invited to attend the 2019 OTS Tree Planting Ceremony honoring organ and tissue donors, their families, as well as recipients, friends and caregivers.
SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2019. 1PM
Naper Settlement: 523 S. Webster Street, Naperville, IL
The ceremony will start in the Meeting House at Naper Settlement, in beautiful Naperville, Illinois. Ww will have speakers about organ and tissue donation, as well as the personal story of donation from a donor family. We are honored to have these speakers for this event:
Honorable Jesse White, Secretary of State of Illinois
Kevin Cmunt, President & CEO of the Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network
Following the ceremony, we will go outside where everyone is invited to participate in the ceremonial tree planting of this year’s tree. Following the tree planting, everyone is invited to enjoy light refreshments and friendship back in the Meeting House.
The OTS Tree Planting Ceremony & Dedication is a very special way that all transplant recipients can honor our organ donors for the gift of life.
It is our desire that this living tree will stand as a reminder to every one of the lives that these donors have saved through their most generous and precious gift.