Honoring 45 Organ, Eye and Tissue Donors, Living Donors and Recipients: The 2026 OneLegacy Donate Life Rose Parade® Float Celebrates 23 Years of Participation in the Iconic Rose Parade®
LOS ANGELES--( BUSINESS WIRE)--The 2026 OneLegacy Donate Life Rose Parade® float will feature 45 honorees representing 11 states in the U.S. on New Year’s Day. With ages ranging from a 21-month baby, to a 75-year-old man for floragraph honorees, and from a 17-year-old teen to a 76-year-old man for riders and walkers, these participants and their families will travel to Pasadena to be part of America’s Donate Life celebration on New Year’s day’s iconic Rose Parade®.
45 organ, eye and tissue donors, recipients and living donors will be a part of the 2026 OneLegacy Donate Life float on the iconic 2026 Rose Parade.
The 2026 OneLegacy Donate Life float, Treasure Every Moment Together, will feature:
Float Riders
The 2026 OneLegacy Donate Life float 12 riders include a 17-year-old young athlete and high school student whose life was healed thanks to a tissue donor, as well as 11 other amazing individuals who received lifesaving organ transplants and have dedicated their time to share their stories and inspire others to say “YES” to organ, eye and tissue donation.
The 2026 OneLegacy Donate Life float riders include:
Bios to the 2026 Donate Life float riders are available here:
https://onelegacyfloat.org/si/participants/2026/riders.html
Float Walkers
Four living donors, who gave the gift of life to others by donating their kidney or a lobe of their liver, will walk alongside the 2026 OneLegacy Donate Life float. Three of this year’s walker honorees became living donors to save their mothers.
The 2026 OneLegacy Donate life float walkers include:
Bios to all eight 2026 OneLegacy Donate Life float walkers are available here:
https://onelegacyfloat.org/si/participants/2026/walkers.html
Floragraph Honorees
This year’s float will feature 29 deceased donors whose images are being memorialized with floral portraits or floragraphs representing medallions inside and around the treasure chest on the 2026 OneLegacy Donate Life float. These donors gave the ultimate gift of life to save and heal lives through the power of organ, eye and tissue donation. The floral portraits were decorated using organic materials like cinnamon, rice, farina, coffee and other organic seeds.
The 2026 OneLegacy Donate Life float floragraph honorees include:
Bios to all 29 floragraph honorees for the 2026 OneLegacy Donate Life float are available here:
https://onelegacyfloat.org/si/participants/2026/floragraphs.html
The OneLegacy Donate Life Rose Parade float is produced by OneLegacy, designed by Charles Meier, built by Artistic Entertainment Services (AES) and made possible thanks to more than 20 sponsors, including: Allied World, Bridge to Life, Donate Life California, Center for Donation and Transplant, Donor Network West, Evergen Donor Services, Iowa Donor Network, JRF Ortho, LifeNet Health, Lifesharing, Midwest Transplant Network, Nevada Donor Network, NJ Sharing Network, New England Donor Network, Nu Acoustics, OneLegacy, Palm Mortuaries & Cemeteries, Powers Furniture, Sallop, Sanofi, Specialist Direct, UCLA Health and the Zenith.
As the world’s most visible campaign to inspire organ, eye and tissue donation, the OneLegacy Donate Life Rose Parade® float inspires viewers to help the over 1 million people in need of organ, eye or tissue transplants each year. Register today to become an organ, eye or tissue donor by visiting registerme.org.