Share the Beat

Share the Beat is an evening that celebrates the hope in transplantation through music, inspiration and awareness using the power of music and storytelling to raise awareness and funds for the transplant community.
Below are a few of the personal stories highlighting the awareness of transplantation.

Below are a few of the personal stories highlighting the awareness of transplantation.

Reg Green is the father of Nicholas Green, a seven-year-old California boy who was shot in Italy in a botched robbery in 1994. The decision by Reg and his wife, Maggie, to donate his organs and corneas, which went to seven Italians, four of them teenagers, led to a worldwide increase in awareness of the shortage of donors. In Italy alone organ donation rates have more than quadrupled so that thousands of people are alive who would have died.

The Redford Connection
James "Jamie" Redford, a liver recipient himself, is dedicated to educating the public about the need for organ and tissue donation through film, educational outreach and the web. James Redford waited six months for the donor liver that saved his life. After his surgery, he launched the James Redford Institute for Transplant Awareness, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about the need for organ and tissue donation.