Donate Life Is Under Construction

No one knows the value of being given on more day better than those who have experienced the life-changing impact of organ, eye and tissue donation. Since 2004, the Donate Life Rose Parade Float has served as a memorial to organ and tissue donors and a platform for donor families, living donors and transplant recipients to inspire the world to save and heal those in need through the gift of life. Donate Life’s 2012 Rose Parade float entry continues to inspire us all. Just imagine “…One More Day!”

Construction is well underway, and after just a couple weeks we are still busy around the clock designing, bending, welding and engineering this float for the next parade. There’s something special about working on every float in our facility, but this one especially strikes a chord with each and everyone who walks into the facility. We can’t help but stop and think about what Donate Life’s float represents.

Inspired by floral clocks and clock towers from around the world, the 2012 Donate Life Rose Parade float will carry up to 28 donor family members, living donors, and transplant recipients. Six enormous floral timepieces will be adorned with 64 memorial “floragraphs” (floral portraits) of deceased donors whose gifts gave life and time to so many. A rose dedication garden honors more than 3,000 people worldwide; each rose will bear a vial with a personal message honoring a loved one.

Anchoring the float is a 30-foot clock tower with a sun/moon dial reminding us to make each passing day count. The hydraulics are being engineered to ensure that this float will travel down Colorado Blvd. safely.