“ASSEMBLYMAN CONTE HONORED AT SHEA STADIUM”
Huntington Station Assemblyman receives Award for his work with organ and tissue donations

Above, Assemblyman Jim Conte (R,C,I,WF-Huntington Station) and members of the Long Island Transplant Recipient International Organization are greeted by Mr. Met during Shea Stadium’s Organ Donor Awareness Night. At the event, Assemblyman Conte received the New York Mets Spirit Award for his work on behalf of transplant and organ donor awareness.

Below, Assemblyman Conte presents a New York State Organ Donor Medal of Honor to Jerry Sosna (left) who gave a kidney to his son Mike (right). New York State gives each organ, tissue and bone marrow donor family a New York State Organ Donor Medal of Honor in recognition of their potential lifesaving gift.

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Increasing donor awareness is a cause that Mr. Conte, a two-time kidney transplant recipient, has helped spearhead in Albany. To date, the assemblyman has seen several of his bills signed into law, which will make it easier for potential donors to sign up on the state’s organ and tissue donor list and that helps spread awareness about the growing need for life-saving organ and tissue donors. For his work, Assemblyman Conte was recently presented the Spirit Award at Shea Stadium.