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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport is planning a stroke awareness month event on May 11th from 10-2 at the Lash Family YMCA location. The event will be free to the public, all ages welcome, where we will teach stroke awareness, symptom identification, as well as have stations to teach and identify stroke risk factors and offer assistance to our at-risk community members. There will be a range of speakers on stroke topics, as well as demonstrations of exercise and healthy eating.
LOPA will have table available with education materials.
For more information please contact Ashley Davis.
This event is open to the public.
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- Address:
- 9440 Ellerbe Road
- Shreveport, LA 71106
- USA
- Time:
- May 11, 2024 10:00am - 2:00pm CT
In Support of LOPA Foundation
About the LOPA Foundation: With a core purpose of Working for Hope, Working in Honor and Working to Heal, the LOPA Foundation solicits and receives donations to support LOPA’s efforts to educate and celebrate the everlasting gift of organ and tissue donation. Gifts made to the LOPA Foundation help increase LOPA’s capacity and honor the thousands of Louisianians impacted by donation each year. The LOPA Foundation has been designated as a 501(c)3 charitable and tax-exempt organization by the Internal Revenue Service and is treated by the IRS as a supporting foundation to LOPA.
About LOPA: Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency (LOPA) was established on April 1, 1988 as an independent, not-for-profit organ and tissue recovery agency. LOPA is federally designated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid as the organ procurement organization (OPO) responsible for servicing the state of Louisiana. LOPA is tasked with two main objectives; housing and maintaining the Louisiana Donor Registry, and recovering organs and tissue for transplant. LOPA partners with professionals throughout the state, including eye banks and all hospitals within Louisiana, to accomplish its life saving and enhancing goals. Education is key to this process, and our staff offers a variety of educational opportunities for the public and professionals within our state.