2. Donate Life’s Run-Walk
It is on Saturday, April 29th.
One Legacy needs 50 students from CHHS.
Overall, approximately 12,000 people will be participating.

3. Donate Life’s Run-Walk (Sat. April 29, 2017)
CHHS students will meet in front of the CHHS theatre at 6:00 AM sharp.
The One Legacy bus will take CHHS students to Cal-State Fullerton. Students will arrive at 7:00 AM.
CHHS students will depart from CSUF at 11:00 AM.
CHHS students will return to CHHS at approximately 12:00 PM.
Donate Life’s Run-Walk (Sat. April 29, 2017)

4. Sign-Ups (Run-Walk Event)
If students are interested in volunteering, they must stop by Ms. Hughes’ office and record their name on her sign-up sheet or her at k12.ca.us.
Ms. Hughes is pictured right holding her Counselor-of-the-Year Award.
Sign-Ups (Run-Walk Event)

5. Ms. Zeigler
Ms. Zeigler, HSA’s work-based coordinator, arranged for Lacey Wood and Christy Bethel, from One Legacy, to come and present to CHHS students on Wednesday, April 19th, 2017.

6. Ms. Tasanont (HSA Science Teacher)
Ms. Tasanont, pictured to the left of Melissa Avalos, set up the data projector and also worked with the custodial staff to get the tables set up for One Legacy’s presentation.
Melissa Avalos, pictured to the right of Ms. Tasanont, was just recently the master of ceremonies at an Inland Coalition Event.

7. One Legacy Presenters:
Pictured left- Ms. Lacey Wood
Pictured right- Ms. Christy Bethel

8. HSA Students (9th Grade)

9. Audience Participants

10. Your Decision to Donate Video
The video showcased different people who have either received donated organs or who have donated their organs.
Sara Donnett, pictured left, is currently a model. When she was an infant, she underwent a liver transplant.

11. Family members need to talk with each other about end-of-life decisions (E.g. organ donation).
Matthew Zaragoza, a high school football player, was playing during a varsity game when he went to block an opposing player. As a result, he ended up with a fatal head injury. He was pronounced brain dead. Mr. Zaragoza honored his son’s wish of having his organs save other people’s lives.

12. Janine tore an ACL during a basketball practice
Janine tore an ACL during a basketball practice. She ended up receiving a donated ligament. She has been able to resume her full athletic schedule.
Janine Macaraeg

13. Number One Transplanted Organ:
Patients who receive dialysis typically go three times a week for four hours each session.
The Kidney

14. Dialysis
A dialysis machine mixes and monitors the dialysate. Dialysate is the fluid that helps remove unwanted waste products from a patient’s blood. It also helps a patient restore balance to his electrolytes and minerals.
The machine also monitors the flow of a patient’s blood while it is outside of his body.

15. One Legacy
Ms. Wood and Ms. Bethel directed students to complete 10 True-False questions over organ donation.
The purpose of this section of the presentation was to dispel any myths students might have about organ donation.

17. True-False Questions (Answers)
1. False False
2. True True
3. False False
4. False
5. True
6. False
7. True

18. Ms. Wood personalized the presentation by presenting information about her own organ transplants.
Ms. Wood pictured with her brother.
Ms. Wood

19. “Lucky Lacey” (Ms. Wood’s Nickname)
When Lacey was an infant, a virus attacked her heart.
Lacey had a heart transplant at 10 months old. The heart came from a little boy who had fallen from a three-story building.
This was all made possible by Lacey’s mother who visited a library in order to research fetal heart transplant programs where she discovered that Stanford had just begun one.

20. When Ms. Wood was a sophomore in high school, her softball teammates noticed that she was fatigued and missing school.
It turned out that Ms. Wood was experiencing kidney failure.
Fortunately, her 18-year old brother was a perfect match and donated his kidney to her without hesitation.
Ms. Wood ended up running a half marathon with her brother, attended prom, and became the first from her family to graduate from college – impressive feats for a recipient of two donor organs!!!

21. Ms. Wood’s Kidney Transplant

22. Ms. Wood has to take 12 medications per day for the rest of her life, such as immunosuppressants, whereas others boost her immune system or alleviate side effects.
The anti-rejection drugs trick the body into thinking that the transplanted organs are the body’s original organs, thus, preventing the body from attacking the transplanted organs.
However, these medications do have side effects: increased hunger, depressed immune system, increase in chance of skin cancer, etc.

23. Immunosuppressants

24. During Ms. Wood’s presentation, one student asked, “How long does a donated heart last?” Ms. Wood replied, “Anywhere from 10 to 20 years, but today, hearts are lasting longer.”
Another student asked, “How much do your medications cost?” She replied, “$20,000 per year without insurance, but my medications only cost me $1,500 because I have medical insurance.”

25. Ms. Bethel’s Presentation
One Legacy is the largest organization of the four procurement organizations (take care of matching donor recipients with donated organs) – it serves seven counties in Southern California.
Over 120,000 people need an organ transplant. Eighteen percent of the 120,000 people live in California.
A kidney transplant represents 79% of the organ transplants that are currently done.

26. Rose Bowl Stadium (holds approximately 90,000 people)

27. “Brain Death” is the total, irreversible cessation of the entire brain, including the brain stem.
Ms. Bethel encouraged students to have a conversation with their parents about End-Of- Life decisions.

28. How do doctors determine if a person is brain dead?
Flash a light into the pupils; the pupils should dilate. If they don’t, this could mean that the person is brain dead. However, this is not a failsafe test – some medications prevent the eyes from dilating.
To check one’s gag reflex, stick a tube into a throat. If the person does not cough, this may indicate brain death.
The last test consists of checking the body’s reflexes – such as its reaction to pain.

29. Brain Dead (Testing)

30. Every 15 minutes, a person is added to the list of people who need an organ transplant.
The person who needs an organ transplant must be sick enough to need it, but healthy enough to maintain the organ.
One Legacy serves seven counties; 20 million people live in the seven counties. Among the 20 million people, just a little over 400 become organ donors (organs used for organ transplants).

31. One Legacy serves seven counties.

32. Pictures were provided by Google Images, Google Chrome Images, One Legacy and the HSA Times.
Thank You!

33. An HSA Times Power Point Presentation
By Isabella Panagiotou and Heather Varnes (pictured left)
Last revised Friday, April 21st, 2017.