Sponsored by Regeneration Technologies, Inc. Donor Services,

Southeast Division, the "Leaves of Life" Memorial Donor

Family Quilt will be presented today at 10 a.m. at the Silver

Hill Manor in Stone Mountain, Ga. The event will be held in the

reception area of the Silver Hill Manor from 10a.m. to noon,

with a special presentation ceremony at 10:30 a.m.

The quilt features squares created by families to commemorate

their loved ones' gift of human tissue that will ultimately

enhance the lives of others.

The 12 donors represent several communities in North and Central

Georgia. These include the Georgia communities of Atlanta, Powder

Springs, Palmetto, Marietta, Avondale Estates, Alpharetta, Lizella,

Perry and Stone Mountain.

"This quilt truly is a labor of love," says Regeneration

Technologies, Inc. Donor Services, Southeast Division, Executive

Director Patricia Higgins. "The donation of tissue is a

generous legacy and provides comfort to families of those who

have died. With the creation of the quilt, everyone who sees

it has an opportunity to know more about how these special people

lived."

Quilt squares show the 12 donors' individual qualities,

including their unique talents, interests, and character traits.

The "Leaves of Life" Quilt is the first quilt created

Division. Rosemarie Sanders, a Marietta quilter and wife of

a donor represented in the "Leaves of Life" Donor Quilt,

wove the quilt squares into an intricate background of the earth,

sky and the connection in between. Recently the donor quilt

won second place at the North Georgia Fair, in the quilt competition.

Regeneration Technologies, Inc. Donor Services, Southeast Division,

is a Marietta-based tissue recovery agency accredited by the

American Association of Tissue Banks. Regeneration Technologies

Donor Services offers families the option of tissue donation

and supports their wishes. In addition, Regeneration Technologies

Donor Services provides community education, donor family services

and awareness programs, and human donated tissue recovery services

to hospitals, funeral homes, coroners, and medical examiners

throughout the southeast United States. For further information

on tissue donation please visit the Regeneration Technologies

Donor Services web site at www.rtidonorservices.com, or call

1-800-254-3440.

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