Indiana Donor Network commissions memorial to honor Hoosier organ donors
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Indiana organ donors have saved 1.3 million lives since 1987, according to the Indiana Donor Network.
Now the not-for-profit is commissioning a memorial at its headquarters to “honor, remember and show gratitude” to those organ and tissue donors.
The Donor Memorial will span throughout the first-floor lobby of the Donor Network’s headquarters off of Guion Road in Indianapolis. The piece is conceptualized by Boston-based Trivium Interactive and designed and built by Indianapolis artist Quincy Owens, the Indiana Donor Network said in a release.
The donor network is federally designated to recover donated organs and tissues in Indiana for transplantations across the country. The organization says it has facilitated organ donations from more than 25,000 Hoosiers.
To commemorate those who have given tissues or organs, the memorial will resemble a tree stretching up through the four-story atrium of the building. The organization says the tree represents organ and tissue donors and there will be 83 digitally lighted lanterns which symbolize organ and tissue recipients—a representation of how many lives can be saved by a single donor.
The donor network say it is accepting names, personalized narrative and tributes from families of organ donors and those will go into the memorial’s audio and visual displays. Along with the physical memorial, the Indiana Donor Network is putting up a webpage that houses the stories of Hoosier organ donors.
Construction is set to be completed in December. Initial funding for the project is being provided by Indiana Donor Network and Indiana Donor Network Foundation.