Katherine Edell, a graduate of South Side High School in Rockville Center, created awareness about donation among beachgoers in her Long Island community by distributing brochures and promotional materials as well as establishing an eye, organ and tissue donation informational booth at the café where she works as a barista. Katherine also utilized social media, sharing a photo about donation and a link to The Eye-Bank’s Facebook’s page with her 669 Instagram followers. Her efforts resulted in more than 40 people enrolling in the New York State Donate Life Registry as potential eye, organ and tissue donors.
