Teen organ donor's picture will appear on Rose Parade float

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By Jay Michaels and Diane Dean

TWIN FALLS, ID (KMVT) Millions of people across the U.S. tune in to see the floats in the Rose Parade on New Year's Day.

This time around, Lacey Haye from Kimberly will be honored. Lacey attended the College of Southern Idaho, and signed up to be an organ donor. She died four years ago after losing control of a small motorcycle and slid into oncoming traffic. She was 19.

Lacey donated both kidneys, her liver, pancreas, and both corneas. Four people benefited from Lacey's decision. Now her picture made out of flowers and seeds will appear on the Donate Life float in the Rose Bowl Parade.

Lacey's mother, Diana Lincoln-Haye, says, "That's pretty rare, to contribute two double transplants, and then she provided corneas to two people also."

She says that Lacey made the decision to donate her organs at 16 and again at 18 when she renewed her driver's license. Lacey's picture will be one of 72 organ donors honored in a "floragraph" on the Donate Life float on New Year's Day in Pasadena, California.

Dec. 8, 2011.
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