Colorado High School Student to Promote Tissue Donation in 2015 Rose Parade

Jake Doud, a high school senior from Firestone, CO, will join 29 other transplant recipients from around the country riding aboard the 12th annual Donate Life float in the nationally televised Rose Parade on January 1 in Pasadena, CA. The 2015 Donate Life float, The Never-Ending Story, highlights the enduring power of organ, eye and tissue donation.

Doud received a bone and cartilage transplant in 2014 after suffering years of knee pain. His debilitating pain benched him from soccer, basketball and track. Doctors used donated bone and cartilage to replace his damaged tissue and realign the weight-bearing line in his leg. After his recovery time, Doud is healing and able to participate in many of his favorite athletic endeavors. He is profoundly grateful for the donated tissue that helped him heal and is excited for the opportunity to promote donation on a national scale.

AlloSource provided the allografts used in Doud’s surgery and is sponsoring his participation in the Rose Parade. The company is one of the nation’s largest providers of skin, bone and soft tissue allografts for use in surgical procedures, and the world’s largest processor of cellular bone allografts.

“Jake’s experience illustrates the healing possibilities of donated human tissue,” said Thomas Cycyota, AlloSource president and CEO. “We are proud to send a representative from Colorado to the Rose Parade and we know Jake’s story will help many people better understand the importance of tissue donation.”

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