Thank you for your interest in highlighting the 2023 Donate Life Rose Parade^® float and Midwest Transplant Network’s honoree, Zach Mendoza.

The following materials are available for download and use when covering Midwest Transplant Network’s role in the 2023 Donate Life Rose Parade float.

About the honoree

• Zach Mendoza biography
• Zach Mendoza donor story
• Photo — Zach Mendoza
• Photo — Zach Mendoza’s family

Rose Parade information

• Press release
• Photo — Zach Mendoza’s parents with Zach’s lung recipient and the recipient’s wife and daughter
• Photo — Zach Mendoza’s parents decorate Donate Life Rose Parade float
• Photo — Wide shot of Donate Life Rose Parade float
• Photo — Close look at Zach Mendoza’s floragraph on Donate Life Rose Parade float
• Photo — Zach Mendoza’s mother embraces Zach’s lung recipient and the recipient’s wife
• 2023 Donate Life Rose Parade float rendering
• About the Donate Life Rose Parade float and theme
• Zach Mendoza Donate Life Rose Parade B-roll (Dropbox) (YouTube)
• Media coverage: KFDI

Floragraph finishing event

• Media advisory
• Floragraph display table B-roll
• Joe Rodriguez interview B-roll
• Floragraph finishing B-roll
• Sand ceremony B-roll
  • Midwest Transplant Network’s sand ceremony symbolizes our connection to each other and celebrates life that has been lived and life that has been given. Each grain of sand is a symbol of the countless lives that have been touched by the gift of organ, eye and tissue donation.
• Director, Wichita Operations Jessica Stefek speaking B-roll
• Media coverage: KWCH

If you need further assistance, including help facilitating an interview with a representative from Midwest Transplant Network, please contact:

Becky Storm

Marketing & Public Relations Coordinator

bstorm@mwtn.org

913-277-8651