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The Nicholas Effect

Videotapes

"Patches of Love", The National Donor Family Quilt Video

"The National Donor Family Quilt continues to grow. It has travelled to over 50 national and local gatherings, and, at every venue, it makes an impact on health care professionals, families, transplant recipients and the general public. The squares visually tell the story of individual donors. Together, they represent the giving, altruistic spirit of organ and tissue donation - the threads that bring us together. Now, that message is told in a touching video about the Quilt. Donor families share their precious memories about their loved ones and about making their squares. Three recipients, whose lives have been ever-changed by the gift of donation, express their gratitude. This 8-minute video is great for increasing awareness about donation at public and professional presentations, at events where the Quilt will be displayed, and for your own personal library. Services for producing this video were donated by the North Jersey Chapter of the International Television Association." For more information, contact:

National Donor Family Council
c/o National Kidney Foundation (http://www.kidney.org)
30 E. 33rd Street
New York, NY 10016
800/622-9010

The Nicholas Effect

Nicholas Green was killed by car bandits in Italy in October of 1994 (see Nicholas' memorial web page). "The Nicholas Effect" is a beautiful video about Nicholas' life and death, and the amazing results of his parents' decision to donate Nicholas' organs and tissues. Please see The Nicholas Effect web page on TransWeb for more information, a Real Audio slide show version of the video, and how to get your own copy.

The Transplant Video Journal

see: http://www.trannews.com/video.htm

The Doctor Is In: Bone Marrow Transplants

"The Doctor Is In is a nationally syndicated television series on health. Its aim is to inform and sensitize people to a wide variety of illnesses and diseases, and to support those dealing with the challenges. The series has been on public television since 1987. It is also sold to schools, libraries, universities and consumers.

Bone marrow is a precious body material, but it can be killed by radiation and chemotherapy during cancer treatment. Bone marrow transplants are used to either take out the patient's own marrow to protect it during this treatment, or use someone else's marrow. The procedure was started for patients with leukemia, but is now used to treat many other forms of cancer. Host Jamie Guth travels to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and interviews Dr. E. Donnell Thomas, the doctor who started the procedure and won a Nobel Prize for his work. Viewers see a woman undergoing a transplant for leukemia and hear about a teenager's difficulties with an insurance company that refused to pay for his transplant for a brain tumor. A woman with breast cancer is profiled at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center." For more information, contact:

Department of Visual Media
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03756
(603) 643-7400 (Voice)
(603) 643-7404 (Fax)
email: Jane.P.Bassick@dartmouth.edu

The Doctor Is In: Organ Transplants

"Over 6,000 Americans are waiting for a liver, heart or lung transplant. One quarter will die before they receive one. This program examines how the organ transplant system works, for both donors and recipients. Viewers get to follow patients through a cornea and kidney transplant, and see how it's decided who will get what and when. Interviewed are Dr. Horace Henriques of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Richard Luskin, Executive Director of the New England Organ Bank." (For more information, see the Dartmouth Dept. of Visual Media, above or "The Doctor Is In" home page.)

Talk, Talk, Talk

"Talk, Talk, Talk" is a video produced and distributed by the Wendy Marx Foundation for Organ Donor Awareness. It is aimed at reaching junior high school students and their families on the issue of organ and tissue donation. The eight-minute video features Olympic champion Carl Lewis and liver transplant recipient Wendy Marx. "Talk, Talk, Talk" is being distributed (free of charge) nationwide through several channels including TRIO, the National Kidney Foundation, and the American Liver Foundation. The video will have the most impact when a transplant recipient or donor family member is able to accompany it into a classroom.

For a copy of the tape, please contact the Wendy Marx Foundation at 322 South Caroline SE; Suite 201; Washington, DC 20003.

Stars for Life

Stadtlanders Pharmacy offers a 45-minute exercise video for transplant recipients. The phone number to order this video is: 800-238-7828. See also the web page at http://www.stadtlander.com/transplant/star-video.html.

Getting Back to Work: Rehabilitation Video for Transplant Patients

"As you know, unemployment among transplant patients is over 83%. In the first year of my Transplant Rehabilitation Program, over 97% of the transplant and dialysis patients returned to work. Because I cannot reach all the people who need help, I have developed a videotape which describes the process and answers questions about getting back into the workplace. In the video, Voc Rehab counselors explain how to get into the system for benefits and what tools to use to help get jobs; patients who have been through the process or are currently going through the process describe their experience and how the State Voc Rehab Department has worked on their behalf.

I am a liver transplant patient; I wrote the section on rehabilitation in the "Financing Transplantation" booklet by the UNOS Patient Affairs Committee. Interested in the video? Write to me at 18156 NW Cambray St., Beaverton, OR 97006. The cost is $99 each, plus $5.00 shipping." (by Dennis Rager)

How Do You Say Thank You?

Seven hundred copies of a video about African-American donor families and recipients are being shown in hospitals, schools and churches all over the United States and on cable televison in selected cities. There is no commentary: all the words come from the participants themselves. "How Do You Say Thank You?" runs for 11 minutes and can stand alone or form part of a presentation.

The video is a combined effort of the Nicholas Green Foundation and Mottep (The National Minority Organ and Tissue Transplant Education Program). It was made by Corporate Productions, the Toluca Park, California, documentary film company that produced the widely-acclaimed organ donation
video, "The Nicholas Effect."

"Audiences of all kinds tell us how deeply moved they are by hearing
these personal stories of tragedy and triumph,"

says Reg Green, whose seven year-old son was shot in Italy and whose organs were donated to seven Italians. "The faces are black but the emotions are universal."

Copies are sold at cost ($12.50 delivered) from Corporate Productions
(818 760 2622 or don@cpivideo.com ). For the Nicholas Green Foundation
please see www.nicholasgreen.net or send an e-mail to green@sonic.net.
Mottep is at 800 393 2839.

Last modified: 30 October, 2003