“The Family Circle provides donor families with a unique opportunity to honor their loved one each year on the Donate Life Float. Families appreciate the opportunity to be able to contribute something very special to the float and feel honored when they watch it go by on New Year’s Day.” - Life Alliance

“The Family Circle Rose Dedication Program gives organizations a media tool to tie to the Donate Life Float so that it isn't necessary to sponsor a rider to get media attention.” - Regeneration Technologies Donor Services

“The Family Circle Rose Ceremony was more powerful than I could have imagined. The Family Circle Program gave our hospital and OPO a way to collaborate in order to honor our donor families.” - CEO, St. Francis Medical Center

“Our choice to participate in the Donate Life Rose Parade Float through the Family Circle generated a lot of positive energy for and interest in donation within our key Collaborative Hospital.!” - Lifeline of Ohio

These organizations and others took the Family Circle program and ran with it! Included in our best practices are some of the most inspiring ideas.

You may honor donors, recipients or transplant candidates with the package below. You must order a minimum of 5 roses to participate in the Family Circle program for hospitals and transplant centers.

Family Circle Rose: $50 per honoree includes:

• A rose with the name of your honoree in the Family Circle Garden
• A personalized certificate recognizing your honoree
• [YOUR Hospital] honors the family of [NAME of donor] for your decision to donate life
• [YOUR Transplant Center] celebrates the life of [NAME of recipient]
• A replica of the actual rose vial placed in the Family Circle Rose Garden, perfect for photo opportunities
• Family Circle lapel pin

• For information about the Family Circle program for organizations and hospitals, contact program chair Laurie Wolowic at lwolowic@donatelifefloat.org.
• For information about the Family Circle program for families and individuals, click here.