Everyone is welcome! A flag raising ceremony will be held at the flagpole in front of Emplify Health by Gundersen Friendship Hospital. The ceremony honors organ donors and their families and promotes awareness of organ, tissue and eye donation. Following the event, refreshments and information will be available in the lobby.

During the ceremony, the donate life flag will be raised at 1:08 pm to recognize that one donor can save eight lives. This will be followed by a one minute and 4 second moment of silence in honor of the more than 104,000 individuals who are currently waiting for a life-saving transplant in the U.S.

Speakers will include Lori Wittig, director of inpatient operations, Emplify Health by Gundersen Friendship Hospital; Megan Pike, Emplify Health by Gundersen spiritual care chaplain; Marilyn Rogers, county medical examiner; Reba Chaffee who will speak of her husband's donation; Miranda Christensen, daughter of a donor; Joyce Kratz, American Tissue Services Foundation and Katie Schara, Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin.