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CNYETB Joins with CNY Organ and Tissue Recovery Organizations, Syracuse Hospital Donation Programs, and Donor Families and Recipients at CNY Donate Life Day Activities

CNYETB joined forces with representatives of Central New York’s organ and tissue recovery organizations, hospital administrators and donation programs’ staff, and donor families and recipients at Upstate University Golisano Children’s Hospital on April 25th, 2012 to celebrate Donate Life day and honor the memory of organ, tissue, and eye donors and promote the indisputable value of donation.

New York State Unveils New Online Service to Increase Organ Donations

The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and State Health Department (DOH) today announced that New Yorkers can now easily enroll in the State's Organ and Tissue Donor Registry online through MyDMV.

CNYETB Celebrates National Eye Donor Month Throughout March

Throughout the month of March, during National Eye Donor month, the Central New York Eye and Tissue Bank (CNYETB) will be promoting the indisputable value of eye donation at 11 Central New York hospitals and in the region’s media.

CNYETB and Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network featured on NBC-3 to promote organ, tissue & eye donation

The Central New York Eye and Tissue Bank, in conjunction with Syracuse television stations WSTM-TV Ch. 3 and WTVH-TV Ch. 5 (CNYCentral) and the Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network, participated in a 90-minute donation promotion on February 22nd, 2012 featuring live interviews about donation with multimedia journalist Jessica Cain, a call-in phone bank and live web chat which generated over 100 requests from program viewers for donor enrollment cards.

Donor Families Honored at CNYETB-Syracuse Crunch Drop the Puck Ceremony

The families of organ and tissue donors Kelly Kline and Robby Somerville were honored in front of 6,352 Syracuse Crunch hockey fans Saturday, January 27, 2012, at the annual CNYETB- Syracuse Crunch ‘Drop the Puck’ donation awareness night. 

CNYETB 2011-2012 Affiliation with Syracuse CRUNCH Underway

The Central New York Eye and Tissue Bank’s (CNYETB) 2011-2012 annual sponsorship of and affiliation with the Syracuse CRUNCH hockey team took flight Saturday, December 17, 2011 at the CRUNCH’s home game against the Adirondack Phantoms and will continue throughout the team’s 2011-2012 season.

CNYETB Exhibits at 62nd Annual SUNY Upstate Medical University Ophthalmology Post-Graduate Review Course Conference

The Central New York Eye and Tissue Bank joined 18 other international vendors (including Abbott Medical Optics, Bausch and Lomb, Genzyme, and Walman Instrument Group) as a primary exhibitor at the 62nd annual SUNY Upstate Medical University Ophthalmology Post-Graduate conference, held again at the Onondaga Convention Center in downtown Syracuse, N.Y.

CNYETB Volunteer Appreciation Dinner Held November 18, 2011

The Central New York Eye and Tissue Bank (CNYETB) saluted 45 of its 2011 New York State Fair volunteers at a Volunteer Appreciation Dinner on Friday, November 18th, 2011 at Borio’s Restaurant on Oneida Lake in Cicero, N.Y.

Donor Family Network’s 3rd Annual Casino Night

Donor Family Network (DFN) held its 3rd Annual Casino Night on Friday October 7th at the Clarion Inn & Suites in Syracuse, New York.

The event was supported by over 100 organ, tissue, and eye donor families, recipients (and their families), and members of the Central New York