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Donate Life Texas & LOPA Team up with Joey Gase In Texas to Save Lives

9/23/2022

Donate Life Texas Celebrates Lifesaving Partnership with Department of Public Safety
Flag Raising and Awards Ceremony Recognizes Donation Champions and Offers Sneak Peek of #35 NASCAR RACECAR

Dallas (September 19, 2022) —In honor of Donate Life’s National DPS Appreciation Celebration, Donate Life Texas (DLT) and the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will conduct a Flag Raising and Awards Ceremony on Thursday, September 22nd at 10 a.m. to honor DPS’ Driver License Division’s staff for their support of the Glenda Dawson Donate Life Texas Registry. The Flag Raising ceremony event is by invitation only and via Facebook livestream.

During the ceremony, Donate Life Texas will present their annual Champion Advocate Awards to 3 individuals for their unique efforts to promote organ donation awareness throughout Texas and support of the state registry. The 2022 DLT Champion Award recipients include:

DLT Legislative Advocate – State Senator Kelly Hancock

DLT Community Advocate Champion – Debbie Mabry

DLT DPS Staff Advocate – Frances Stearns

As part of the day’s events, NASCAR driver Joey Gase will unveil his #35 car with Donate Life Texas paint scheme he will drive at Texas Motor Speedway Sep. 24th. Gase developed a passion for educating others on the need of organ, tissue, and eye donation after tragically losing his mother, Mary, to a sudden brain aneurysm. Gase and his family decided to donate his mother’s organs and later learned that her gift helped save and improve the lives of 66 people.

Thursday’s various ceremony events ultimately serves to honor various individuals’ efforts and the Texas DPS’ contribution to DLT’s lifesaving mission throughout the state. “The ongoing partnership with the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Driver License Division remains the primary source of registrations,” says Chad Carroll, Executive Director, Donate Life Texas. “Almost 90 percent of registered Texans have signed up through a transaction at their local DPS driver license office. We could not have saved and healed so many lives without this tremendous partnership and efforts of DPS staff members.

Right now, more than 105,000 people nationwide are waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant. More than 10,000 of those waiting are from Texas.

Becoming a registered donor is easy and can have a tremendous impact. One donor can help save 8 lives and improve the lives of more than 75 people with organ, eye, and tissue donation. It all starts with saying ‘yes’ at your local DPS driver license office. DLT encourages Texans to say, “thank you” and show appreciation to those DPS employees who help drive DLT’s lifesaving mission forward. Signing up is fast and easy at DonateLifeTexas.org and provides a way for individuals to make their decision to be an organ, eye and tissue donor known.

What: DPS Appreciation Celebration – Flag Raising Ceremony, Award Presentation. (DLT will host a “Stop & Swipe” Registry Drive upon the ceremony’s conclusion.)
When: Thursday, September 22nd @ 10:00 a.m.
Where: Texas Department of Public Safety Driver License Office 4020 E McKinney St. Denton 76208
Who: Transplant recipients, donor family members, healthcare professionals, donation advocates, DPS staff members.
Online: (All are invited to participate virtually via DLT’s Facebook page / livestream: https://www.facebook.com/donatelifetexas.org

About Donate Life Texas
The Donate Life Texas organ donor registry started in 2005 and celebrated 14 million Texans’ registrations in 2022. The registry is supported by the Texas organ procurement organizations, LifeGift, Southwest Transplant Alliance and Texas Organ Sharing Alliance and the eleven eye and tissue banks serving the state.

Signing up is fast and easy at DonateLifeTexas.org and provides a way for individuals to make their decision to be an organ, eye and tissue donor known to the right people at the right time, automatically. It also provides legal consent for donation after death, which removes the burden of decision-making from the family during an already difficult time.

Donate Life Texas is part of the Donate Life America not-for-profit alliance of national organizations and local partners across the United States, serving as a national voice and inspiring all people to save and heal lives through organ, eye and tissue donation.

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Joey Gase in #35 Branson Car at Kansas Speedway This Weekend

9/8/2022

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Branson, MO. – Joey Gase will drive the Branson/Lifetime Destinations #35 car, a Toyota Supra, in the Kansas Lottery 300 this Saturday, September 10, 2022, at 2:00 PM (CDT) at Kansas Speedway.

Joey Gase, 29, is a driver and Co-Owner for Emerling-Gase Motorsports and from Cedar Rapids, Iowa who has run over 346 races in eleven years in the NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR XFINITY Series.

Branson Chamber of Commerce/CVB partnered with Branson’s Nantucket and Lifetime Destinations on the design and wrap for this NASCAR race, the third time to design the “paint job” for Joey Gase by Branson CVB Creative Director Duane Stout.

The theme for the #35 car’s wrap is Branson Honors Veterans Every Day and attending the race at Kansas Speedway will be two Branson area veterans who fought for freedom in Afghanistan, America's longest war.

“We are honored to partner with Joey and the Branson Chamber of Commerce/CVB to honor our veterans and feature Branson, Mo. as a premier travel destination,” said Jerald Ridgway, Vice President of Sales, Branson’s Nantucket.

“It’s great that Branson will be honoring the men and women who have served our country on the weekend of 9/11 at a NASCAR event,” Jason Outman, President/CEO, Branson/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB stated. “And we are glad that two of the fans watching at Kansas Speedway will be hometown veterans who came back from Afghanistan.”

About Lifetime Destinations:
Lifetime Destinations was formed in 2012 alongside the completion of Branson’s Nantucket and THE TOWER Resort in Branson, Mo. Lifetime Destinations is a rapidly growing elite travel and hospitality company connecting travelers to authentic, personal, and genuine vacation experiences. The collection of distinct, thoughtfully designed properties includes premium amenities, beautiful views, and all the comforts of home in refined settings. Exciting destinations are out there, and when guests choose Lifetime Destinations, they do it for a lifetime of flexibility, affordable prices, generous hospitality, and memorable experiences that exceed their expectations. For more information, check out https://lifetimedestinations.com/ and https://bransonsnantucket.com/

About Branson:
Branson is a one-of-a-kind family vacation destination — and an incredible value — nestled in the lakeside beauty of the Ozark Mountains with dozens of live performance theaters, three pristine lakes, an international award-winning theme park, lots of attractions and museums, a Historic Downtown district, a Town Center-style shopping complex, a full range of dining options, and a host of hotels, motels, resorts, RV parks, campgrounds, sports venues and meeting and conference facilities. Branson is less than one day's drive for one-third of America’s residents. With low-cost flights to the Branson Airport (BKG - www.flybranson.com) and nearby Springfield-Branson National Airport (SGF), it has never been easier to access Branson. Call 1-800-296-0463 for help planning your next vacation, convention, sports event or reunion. Find out more at http://www.explorebranson.com

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Joey Gase in #35 Branson Car at Kansas Speedway This Weekend

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Donate Life Texas Celebrates Lifesaving Partnership with Department of Public Safety
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