2019 Donor Recognition Ceremony Registration

Join Us

Please join us as we honor those who have selflessly given the Gift of Life at Louisville’s historic Memorial Auditorium on October 12th from 2:00pm-4:00pm EST. A video tribute will be created from photographs submitted by donor families. Please submit a single, graphic-free, digital photograph of your loved one with your RSVP.

Registration Form

Video Tribute

A video tribute will be created from photographs submitted by donor families. Please submit a single, graphic-free, digital photograph of your loved one by September 30th.

Memory Button

You may bring a 3″ photo to the ceremony. A donor mother will make a memory button for you free of charge.

Quilt Square

We welcome those who have never submitted a quilt square to bring it with you to pin for the Donor Family Quilt.  Quilt squares will be pinned after checking in at registration PRIOR to the start of the ceremony.  Please allow additional time for quilt pinning and plan your arrival time accordingly.

Contact Gretchen Starnes for additional information or questions at:  g.starnes@kodaorgan.org or (859) 967-2903.

Location Information

The historic, Louisville Memorial Auditorium was created as a public auditorium and memorial to commemorate the local community who served in World War I.    Louisville Memorial Auditorium has been hosting a variety of events, while serving the community since 1929 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. 

Parking Information

The parking lot for Louisville Memorial Auditorium guests is located at 1024 South Fifth Street.  The lot is physically located at the corner of Fifth and Kentucky Streets (adjacent to the Family & Children’s Place at 1000 South Fifth Street, Louisville KY 40203).  Entrance to the lot is from the alley.  Additionally, street parking is available.  Please do not park in the Family & Children’s Place parking lot unless after hours or weekends when their business is not open.

Directions

From the North

Take I-65 South to the St. Catherine Street Exit 135. As you come down the exit ramp, you will be traveling one way on St. Catherine street heading west. Follow St. Catherine Street for three blocks, and then turn right onto Fourth Street. Proceed on Fourth Street for one block, and Memorial Auditorium will be on your left at the corner of Fourth and Kentucky Streets.

From the South

Take I-65 North to St. Catherine Street Exit 135. As you come down the exit ramp you will be traveling one way on St. Catherine Street heading west. Follow St. Catherine Street for four blocks and then turn right onto Fourth Street. Proceed on Fourth Street for one block and Memorial Auditorium will be on your left at the corner of Fourth and Kentucky Streets.

From the East

Take I-64 West to I-65 South and then take the St. Catherine Street Exit 135. As you come down the exit ramp, you will be traveling one way on St. Catherine Street heading west. Follow St. Catherine Street for three blocks, and then turn right onto Fourth Street. Proceed on Fourth Street for one block, and Memorial Auditorium will be on your left at the corner of Fourth and Kentucky Streets.

From the West

Take I-64 East to the Ninth Street Exit 4. Proceed on Ninth Street for nine blocks, and then turn left onto Kentucky Street. Proceed on Kentucky Street for 5 blocks and Memorial Auditorium will be on your left at the corner of Fourth and Kentucky Streets.