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The Donate Life float and its 23 riders represent millions of people touched by organ and tissue donation, including donor families, living donors, transplant recipients and transplant candidates.

How are float riders selected?





Robin Barrett
Cleveland, OH



Mike Blood
Mound, MN



Gail Brooks
Ottawa, IL



Jackie Colleran
Thousand Oaks, CA



Myriam Correa-Sherman
Miami, FL



Ilene Feder
Studio City, CA



Gary Foxen
Orange, CA



Christine Galan
New York, NY



Karen Garber
Castle Rock, CO



Edith Gonzalez
Los Angeles, CA



Kathy Hasan
Rancho
Cucamonga, CA



Kade Howard
Ringling, OK



Lyda Kroening
Citrus Heights, CA



America Leyva
Artesia, NM



Avery Livingston
Portage, IN



Albert Paduano
South Wales, NY



Tae Park
San Pedro, CA



Colleen Sasso
Daly City, CA



Nicole Brook Stoe
New Baltimore, PA



Sahra Torres-Rivera
Washington, DC



Mary Ann Venturelli
Miami, AZ



Erika Wells
Moreno Valley, CA



Kurt Wiltcher
Moselle, MS