Floragraph Finishing Events
Since they first appeared on Donate Life's Rose Parade float entries in 2008, memorial "floragraph" portraits have provided a highly visible platform for donor families to share their pride in their loved ones' gifts of life. It has become customary for volunteers in the Los Angeles area to decorate the portraits in preparation for local media events organized by floragraph sponsors. The deeply meaningful act of a family applying the finishing touches to their loved one's portrait continues to inspire hundreds of media stories each year, broadening the campaign's reach to all corners of the country.
Donate Life's first floragraph finishing event in Colorado enabled Melody Connett and Carol Pirri to decorate the portrait of Jill Connett, their daughter and liver donor, respectively.
Donate Life float committee member Karen Libs guides Tennessee elementary school students as they decorate the portrait of their classmate, Keithen Taylor.
Carter Bryant looks on as the the floragraph portrait of his mother, Caroline Ball Bryan, is completed in Utah. Carter was delivered via C-section after his mother suffered head trauma in a car accident. Caroline died the following day, before saving six lives as an organ donor.
The widows of slain officers Jeffrey Kocab and David Curtis apply the finishing touches to their husbands' floraraph portraits at Tampa Police Department headquarters.