Some people decorate Rose Parade floats for the fun of it, or as part of the Pasadena experience, or as part of a service organization. Donate Life volunteers do it because they have a passion to spread the word about organ donations. We talked with two of those volunteers, Debbie Martin and Joy Weller at Phoenix Decorating Company’s Rosemont Pavilion on Friday.
The Donate Life Rose Parade Float organization, which does receive funds from Donate Life to build the float, recruits volunteers from across the country, Europe, and even as far away as Asia. “A group comes from Taiwan every year and brings a transplant [recipient] with them,” Martin said.
The project is so popular with employees of the California DMV, which actively promotes organ donation, that the various offices throughout the state have lotteries to choose who will come to put on the dry materials on Saturdays in December, Martin shared.
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