Barnabas Health System Leaders Dedicate Roses to Honor Organ and Tissue Donors, Transplant Recipients at 2014 Tournament of Roses Parade

Seven Barnabas Health facilities across the state, along with representatives from NJ Sharing Network, gathered recently at the health system’s corporate headquarters in Livingston to simultaneously dedicate roses to all those involved with the 2014 Donate Life Rose Parade float to show their support for the life-saving gift of organ and tissue donation.

The Donate Life float will participate in the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California on New Year’s Day. Each Barnabas Health executives handwrote a dedication that will placed on the Donate Life Rose Parade float with a rose.

Pictured (from left to right) are: Frank Vozos, MD, President and CEO, Monmouth Medical Center; Susan Garrubbo, President and CEO, Barnabas Health Ambulatory Care Center; Michael Mimoso, President and CEO, Kimball Medical Center; Jackie Lue Raia, Assistant Director of Resource Management, NJ Sharing Network; Stephanie L. Bloom, President and CEO, Community Medical Center; Mary Ellen Clyne, President and CEO, Clara Maass Medical Center; Joe Roth, President and CEO, NJ Sharing Network; Joe Hicks, President and CEO, Barnabas Health Behavioral Health Network; Thomas Biga, Executive Vice President of Operations, BarnabasHealth; John Bonamo, MD, President and CEO, Saint Barnabas Medical Center; and Jan Hines, Manager of Hospital Services, NJ Sharing Network.

To learn more about organ and tissue donation or to get involved with NJ Sharing Network call 1-800-742-7365 or visit www.NJSharingNetwork.org to register as an organ and tissue donor.