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Ceremony honors organ, tissue donors The donor knee returned her life to normalcy, she said.
Her family members have been the recipients of cornea and tissue transplants, she said. “I’m very grateful to be here,” she said. Montgomery will be one of 20 donor recipients who will be on the Donate Life float in the Tournament of Roses Parade. Rob Linderer, chief executive officer of the Midwest Transplant Network, said 652 organ transplants were done in the area last year. Linderer, a cornea recipient, said a donor recipient who will represent the state of California on the Donate Life float received his cornea from St. John’s Regional Medical Center. Debbie Linnes, president and chief executive officer of St. John’s, said the life of one person can help 50 other lives. There are 97,000 people on waiting lists for organs, she said. “Clearly, we are making great strides nationally, but there’s more work to do,” Linnes said. 
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