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Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) Issues a Call-for-Entries for “Pledge for Life” Gospel Idol to Raise Awareness for Organ Donation

January 13th, 2014

CORE will use the powerful sounds of gospel music to bring people together to share the important message of organ, tissue and cornea donation.

The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) to Host “Organ Donation Awareness Night” at Erie BayHawks Game this Friday

January 7th, 2014

CORE will turn this Friday’s Erie BayHawks basketball game into an important educational effort to raise awareness of the need for more organ, tissue and cornea donors.

Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) Honors West Virginia Donor with Rose Parade Floragraph Portrait

December 5th, 2013

CORE is pleased to announce its participation in the nationally televised 125th Rose Parade (January 1, 2014 beginning at 11 a.m. ET in Pasadena, CA). For the fourth year in a row, CORE is sponsoring a memorial floragraph portrait that will appear on Donate Life’s float during the parade.

Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) to Honor Point Pleasant, WV Tissue and Cornea Donor; Portrait Will Adorn Donate Life Float in 2014 Rose Parade

November 11th, 2013

WHO: The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) and Pleasant Valley Hospital WHAT: A floragraph decorating event. CORE is sponsoring a memorial floragraph portrait that will appear on Donate Life’s float during the 2014 Rose Parade. The family of Kevin Ellis Boyles, a 22-year old tissue and cornea donor from Point Pleasant, WV, will […]

Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) Announces Recipient of 2013 Donate Life Award at 15th Annual Cameos of Caring Awards Gala

November 4th, 2013

CORE is pleased to recognize Cynthia Valenta of Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh as the recipient of the 2013 Donate Life Award.

The Center for Organ Recovery & Education Teams Up with WVU Students for Organ Donation Sign Up Drive on Campus

November 4th, 2013

Core is excited to partner with West Virginia University’s Mountaineer Maniacs, the premiere student group for Mountaineer athletics and the largest student group on campus, to launch the WVU Organ Donation Challenge.

Center for Organ Recovery & Education Partners with West Virginia State University to Host Step Afrika! in Celebration of National Donor Sabbath

November 1st, 2013

CORE will mark National Donor Sabbath with the fast-paced dance steps and exciting sounds of traditional African step dancing presented by Step Afrika!.

Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) to Match the Purchase of a Donate Life License Plate for Pennsylvania and West Virginia Residents

October 31st, 2013

CORE is asking Pennsylvania and West Virginia residents within CORE’s service area to show their support of Team Pittsburgh in the Transplant Games of America next summer.

Center for Organ Recovery & Education Honors Organ Donors in West Virginia with Second Annual A Special Place Memorial Ceremony

October 13th, 2013

CORE honored the families of all organ, tissue and cornea donors in West Virginia who have saved or improved the lives of transplant recipients in 2012 with the second annual Special Place memorial ceremony.

Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE), Eye Bank Association of America Highlight Multi-Million-Dollar Impact of Corneal Transplants

October 10th, 2013

CORE has been an EBAA member since 1997 and will provide over 900 corneas for transplant this year, with an estimated lifetime value of $43,105,884.

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