Eric Smith,17, left, son of organ donor, Dr. Howard "Howie" Smith, put the finishing touches on a floral portrait (called a floragraph) of his father for the 2014 Rose Parade Donate Life Float during a news conference at Albany Medical Center Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. Other family members are Ben, 17, Joshua, 20, Alyssa, 22 and Howard's wife Joan of Bethlehem. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)
Image of Albany Med doctor will adorn float in California parade
Dr. Howard Smith's children put the last touches Thursday on a portrait of their father, who died in May after a heart attack.
They dotted the image with coffee grounds, pepper and salt.
The completed floragraph of Smith — also made of dried flowers, seeds and other organic material — will head to Pasadena, Calif., where it will be added to a float promoting organ donation, to be part of the Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's Day.
Smith's death at 56 was unfathomable, said his wife, Joan, at a ceremony Thursday at Albany Medical Center, where he had been an anesthesiologist for 23 years. Donating his organs brought the family some solace, she said.
Continue reading
______________________________________________________
"You have the power to SAVE lives."
To register as a donor in California:
www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org | www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org
Outside California:
www.organdonor.gov | www.donatelife.
0 comments:
Post a Comment