Key News | Florida Keys | Robert Silk
UPPER KEYS -- A group of local clergy has banded together to encourage Upper Keys residents to register as organ donors this winter.
"I think people often times think there's still time, but you never know," said Pam Feeser, who heads Baptist Hospital's Community Health Ministries in Tavernier. "So why wait?"
The outreach effort is being undertaken in honor of the late Talia Agler, who in January 2012, at age 26, was struck by a motorist and killed while jogging at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Agler's parents, Richard and Mindy, live in Key Largo, and Richard is a retired rabbi. Talia had signed up for the organ donor stamp on her driver's license, so six of her organs, including her heart, were used in transplants, giving life to five individuals.
The group of clergy, which includes Feeser and Richard Agler, as well as the Rev. Charles Cannon of St. James the Fisherman Episcopal Church in Islamorada and Pastor Kerry Foote of Burton Memorial United Methodist Church, is hoping to sign up 2,300 organ donors in their drive. They'll keep their "Tali," a play on Talia Agler's nickname, by registering people at designated church services and by tracking sign-ups through the donatelifeflorida.org website.
"I think people often times think there's still time, but you never know," said Pam Feeser, who heads Baptist Hospital's Community Health Ministries in Tavernier. "So why wait?"
The outreach effort is being undertaken in honor of the late Talia Agler, who in January 2012, at age 26, was struck by a motorist and killed while jogging at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Agler's parents, Richard and Mindy, live in Key Largo, and Richard is a retired rabbi. Talia had signed up for the organ donor stamp on her driver's license, so six of her organs, including her heart, were used in transplants, giving life to five individuals.
The group of clergy, which includes Feeser and Richard Agler, as well as the Rev. Charles Cannon of St. James the Fisherman Episcopal Church in Islamorada and Pastor Kerry Foote of Burton Memorial United Methodist Church, is hoping to sign up 2,300 organ donors in their drive. They'll keep their "Tali," a play on Talia Agler's nickname, by registering people at designated church services and by tracking sign-ups through the donatelifeflorida.org website.
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www.organdonor.gov | www.donatelife.net
