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Donor family members, living donors and transplant recipients are among the 32 riders who will share their Journeys of the Heart aboard Donate Life's 2013 Rose Parade float entry.

How are float riders selected?





John Beers
Hemet, CA



Neal Bira
Coral Springs, FL



Valerie Vandervort Boyer
Claremore, OK



Chase Caspersen
Boelus, NE



Ernesto Bravo Chavez
Palm Springs, CA



Troy DeJoode
Ankeny, IA



Michele Shanahan
DeMoss

Independence, MO



Leilah Dowsari
Loma Linda, CA



David Eckstein
Sanford, FL



Rick Eckstein
Sanford, FL



Jonathan Finger
Westminster, CO



Alfonso Garcia
Pinole, CA



Carolyn Henry
Glaspy

Cincinnati, OH



Joe Gutierrez
Littleton, CO



Emily Henwood
Ottawa, ON



Larry E. Johnson
Baytown, TX



Maria Knowlton
Walkerton, IN



Peter David Lang
Golden, CO



Vivian Lefferts
Normal, IL



Kelly Luchini
Williston, VT



Amanda Missildine
Tempe, AZ



Amy Nash
Clarence, NY



Patricia Marie Nelson
Philadelphia, PA



Vicky Nguyen
Los Angeles, CA



Charles C. Okeke
Phoenix, AZ



Sue A. Pasewald
Horicon, WI



Caitlyn Persinger
Mukwonago, WI



Mark E. Reagan
Morristown, NJ



Kevin Riepl
Winnetka, CA



Claudia Sanchez
Canoga Park, CA



Susan E. Sprague
Syracuse, NY



Denien Vittorio Wilde
Bryan, OH