| Date/Time of Occurrence: | April 09, 2006 , 1:00 P.M. |
| Nature of Occurrence: | Announcement |
| Location: | Fire Fighters Memorial - Capitol Park |
| City: | Sacramento |
| Contact: | Battalion Chief Niko King |
| Phone: | 916-216-0316 |
| Email: | nking@sfd.cityofsacramento.org |
| SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento Fire Department will be co-hosting a luncheon for a group of a dozen who are crossing the country on ATV’s to raise awareness for Live Organ Donations. The group of riders are led by LA County Fire Fighter Brian Hinsley, who received his life-saving liver transplant in 2000.
Sacramento Area Fire Fighters will welcome the group of riders on Sunday, April 9 at 1:00 p.m. at the State Capitol’s Fire Fighters Memorial in Capitol Park. Among those welcoming the group – Assistant Chief for Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, Dan Haverty, who made national news when he donated a portion of his liver to the Bishop of Sacramento’s Catholic Diocese one year ago. The Sacramento Fire Department will also pay tribute to Fire Captain Gay Jones who donated her kidney to her sister last November. The ATV’s the group will ride have been outfitted and permitted for riding on traditional passenger highways. The team leaves from Seal Beach in Southern California on Saturday, April 8th and have a destination in San Francisco. From there will continue east arriving in New York City on Friday, April 21. Local events are scheduled across the country at designated stops until the riders reach their destination. All media is invited to attend the lunch, rain or shine. Footage of Brian Hinsley and information about his transplant can be found on the video “No Greater Love” at: www.fiftyyears.healthcare.ucla.edu/stories/stories.html |
| Public Information Officer: | Battalion Chief Niko King |
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