Donate Life Rose Parade Float

The Donate Life float and its riders represent millions of people touched by organ, tissue and blood donation, including living donors, donor families, transplant recipients and transplant candidates.

2009 Float Fact Sheet, "Stars of Life" (Download Word document)
2009 Float Rendering, "Stars of Life" (Word document)
2009 Calendar of Events (Word document)
2009 Floragraph Decorating Schedule (Word document)
2009 Stars of Life Walk of Fame

11/17/08 - Donate Life Rose Parade® Float Honors 14 Donation and Transplantation Leaders on 'Stars of Life' Walk of Fame (Download Word document)
11/6/08 - Floral Portraits of 38 Organ, Eye and Tissue Donors to Grace the 2009 Donate Life Rose Parade® Float, ‘Stars of Life’; Families of Deceased Donors to Decorate ‘Floragraphs’ Honoring Loved Ones’ Gifts of Life to More Than 1,000 People in Need of Transplants (Download Word document)
9/29/08 - 26 ‘Stars of Life’ Affected by Organ and Tissue Donation to Shine Aboard Donate Life Float in 2009 Rose Parade®; Float Riders from 16 States Inspire Others to Be Organ, Eye and Tissue Donors (Download Word document)
6/10/08 - Real-Life Stars of Organ and Tissue Donation to Shine Aboard Donate Life Float in 2009 Rose Parade®; Breakthrough Float Design to Honor ‘Stars of Life’ Who Inspire Through Organ, Eye, Tissue, and Blood Donation (Download Word document)
11/26/07 - Ohio Heart Recipient to be Reunited with Georgia Organ Donor's Sister at 2008 Rose Parade®; Rachel Ball to Walk Alongside Donate Life Float with Missy Tipton, Sister of Donor Ransom Tipton; They First Met on ABC’s ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ (Download Word document)
11/19/07 - Family Circle Roses Offer Families and Hospitals the Opportunity to Give Thanks to Organ and Tissue Donors; Thousands of Dedicated Roses from Across the Country and Around the World Bring Greater Meaning to the Donate Life Float in 2008 Rose Parade® (Download Word document)
11/5/07 - Donate Life Rose Parade® Float to Feature 40 'Floragraphs' of Organ, Eye and Tissue Donors Whose Gifts of Life Aided Thousands; ‘Life Takes Flight’ as Donor Families from 15 States Decorate Floral Portraits of Loved Ones (Download Word document)
10/1/07 - Eight Organ and Tissue Donor Family Members Show the Ties That Bind by Walking Alongside the 2008 Rose Parade®; Balloon Tether Lines to Connect Walkers to ‘Floragraph’ Portraits of Their Loved Ones, Including Ransom Tipton, Honored on ABC’s ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ (Download Word document)
9/17/07 - 24 Americans Saved by Organ, Eye, Tissue and Blood Donation to Ride on the Donate Life Float in the 2008 Rose Parade®; Life Takes Flight When Transplant Recipients from 13 States Inspire Others to Give the Gift of Life (Download Word document)
6/11/07 - Nationwide Partnership Unveils 30-Foot Tall Donate Life Float; Hot-Air Balloon Festival to Soar in 2008 Rose Parade®; Life Takes Flight for Recipients Lifted to New Heights By Organ, Eye, Tissue, and Blood Donation (Download Word document)
12/26/06 - Thousand-Rose Heart to Bloom at the Rose Parade® for Those Touched by Organ and Tissue Donation; First ‘Family Circle Garden’ Pilgrims Travel Cross-Country to Dedicate Roses Dec. 30; Touching Messages Convey the True Meaning of Donation (Download Word document)
11/30/06 - Organ, Tissue, and Blood Donors, Recipients' from Across the Country Bring Inspiring Stories to Donate Life Rose Parade® Float Decorating (Download Word document)
10/2/06 - 23 Float Riders to Represent Organ, Tissue, and Blood Donors' 'Giving From The Heart' in the 2007 Rose Parade; Living Donors and Donor Family Members from 11 States and Canada to Inspire Parade Viewers Worldwide to Donate Life (Download Word document)
9/1/06 - Dedicate a Rose and Help the 'Family Circle' Garden Grow on the Donate Life Rose Parade® Float
6/19/06 - Nationwide Partnership Unveils Donate Life Float Destined for 2007 Rose Parade; ‘Giving From The Heart’ Spotlights Organ, Tissue, and Blood Donors Who Exemplify Parade Theme, ‘Our Good Nature’
11/16/05 - Donate Life Float Makes Rose Parade® History with Salute to Hispanic Community; “Done Vida” Logo and Hispanic Float Riders Touched by Organ Donation to Inspire Hispanic Community
10/14/05 - 23 Rose Parade® Float Riders Show Lives Transformed Through Organ, Tissue Donation; Nationwide Coalition of Organizations Unite To Inspire Everyone to Donate Life; First Step Can Be Gift of ‘Family Circle’ Rose on Donate Life Float
6/13/05 - 2006 Donate Life Rose Parade® Float Features 'Life Transformed' by Organ and Tissue Donation; Float to Feature 23 Float Riders ‘Magically’ Transformed by Gift of Life