Astellas Ride of a Lifetime Contest

It’s almost time to submit entries for the 6th annual Astellas Ride of a Lifetime contest! Five transplant recipients will win a five-night trip for two to California to ride on the Donate Life float during the Rose Parade on January 1, 2011.

The contest is limited to liver, kidney and heart recipients currently taking Prograf. Entrants must be at least 13 years old. One winner per geographical region (Northeast, Southeast, Mid-America, Great Lakes and Western) will be selected.

To enter, recipients must submit an essay of no more than 500 words describing how their lives were transformed by transplantation. All entries must be accompanied by a photo of the entrant.

For more information, or to submit your essay online, please visit TransplantExperience.com. Deadline is 11:59 p.m. EDT on June 25, 2010 for online entries.

If submitting by mail, please send typed essay to Astellas Ride of a Lifetime, 111 E. Wacker Drive, 11th floor, Chicago, IL 60601, postmarked no later than June 25. Winners will be notified by phone and mail.

We would be happy to help proof/edit essays for any NFT patients. If you would like us to review them prior to submission, please e-mail to info@transplants.org by June 1.

Astellas Ride of a Lifetime

Congratulations to the winners of the Astellas Ride of a Lifetime contest! The five winners were chosen after submitting essays about their transplantation experience. All five contest winners, who received lifesaving transplants, will travel to Pasadena, CA and ride aboard the Donate Life float in the 2010 Rose Parade!

To see the list of winners and read a little about them, click here.

Congratulations again to all of the winners, and thank you to Astellas for offering such a wonderful opportunity to transplant recipients!

Visit TransplantExperience.com to learn more about how Astellas helps transplant patients.

Astellas Ride of a Lifetime Contest

It’s time to submit entries for the 5th annual Astellas Ride of a Lifetime contest! Five transplant recipients will win a five-night trip for two to California to ride on the Donate Life float during the Rose Parade on January 1, 2010.

The contest is limited to liver, kidney and heart recipients currently taking Prograf. Entrants must be at least 13 years old. One winner per geographical region (Northeast, Southeast, Mid-America, Great Lakes and Western) will be selected.

To enter, recipients must submit an essay of no more than 500 words describing how their lives were transformed by transplantation. All entries must be accompanied by a photo of the entrant. For more information, or to submit your essay online, please visit the Astellas Ride of a Lifetime Web site.

Deadline is 11:59 p.m. EDT on July 31, 2009.