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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department Of Health Card

1996 Carl Lewis Mickey's Team Donor Card


  1995 Mickey Mantle Foundation Donor Card
 
1995 Mickey Mantle Foundation Donor Card
Item Details
  • CIRCA - 1995
  • ISSUER -  The Mickey Mantle Foundation
  • SIZE -  3.5" x 7.75" (1995)
     - 3.5" x 7.50" (1996)
  • PRICE GUIDE - $2.00 - $10.00
    Excellent - Near Mint Condition

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   A week after Mickey Mantle received a liver transplant on June 8, 1995, he wanted to establish a foundation to provide awareness of the need for organ donors. He felt a great responsibility for having a second opportunity at life. He said "You know I've got to give something back. I thank God had a purpose for letting me have this extra time. Lets get a team of people together and see what we can do." Mickey's Team was born. Mantle's last wish, a new "Organ Donor" trading card was unveiled days after Mantles passing in August.

 One million cards were handed out to fans attending Major League games over the Labor Day weekend. The cards feature a picture of Mickey Mantle and a facsimile autograph after a personal massage from the Yankee great. The first run of cards are dated "August 1995" above the card perforation. The card with the number "7 Mickey Mantle Foundation Mickey's Team logo; has Baylor University Medical Center, organ donor recipient information, MVP Award statistics, and Hall Of Fame induction.

 Olympic Sprint champion Carl Lewis wanted to be part of "Mickey's team" and presented a $25.000 check from the Wendy Marx foundation, which he co-founded in 1989 after a close friend received a liver transplant that save her life. A donor organ trading card with Lewis' picture and facsimile autograph was printed and distributed by the Mickey Mantle Foundation in 1996. All Mickey Mantle Donor cards printed in 1996 or later are not dated, and have a different back than the 1995 cards.

 The August, 1995 cards have two different backs. One was printed for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania department of Health, and was added at the top. By June of 1996 The Mickey Mantle Foundation sent out more than 4 million donor cards, to unions, organizations, and through the mail. Mickey Mantle or Carl Lewis donor cards, were made available by sending a long, self addressed , stamped envelope to: The Mickey Mantle Foundation, 8080 N. Central Expressway, Suite 800, Dallas, Texas 75206.

 The cards came with a welcome to "Mickey's Team" letter which had a slogan that Mickey Mantle cane up with; "Be a Hero, Be A Donor" on the letter head. Mickey Mantle was proud of the Foundation which was to promote awareness for the need of organ and tissue donation.
 
 
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