Constance Alexander is community artist in residence at WKMS-FM in Murray, Kentucky, heading up a project on end-of-life issues called Promises to Keep.

Promises to Keep, an interdisciplinary effort with the Department of Nursing at Murray State University, has reached far into the community and the region with an array of public forums and acts activities with end-of-life themes.

Funders for the project include Sound Partners for Community Health, a program of the Benton Foundation, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; and the Kentucky Arts Council, a state agency of the Education, Arts & Humanities Cabinet.

More details on Promises to Keep…
www.soundpartners.org/directory1987/directory_show.htm?doc_id=25828

Audio clips on end-of-life planning and organ and tissue donation…

WKMS-FM's Audio on Preparing for Death

Description: Attorney Chip Adams shares his thoughts and advice on end of life planning, including the definitions and differences of three important documents in preparing for death, a durable power of attorney, will and living will, with Constance Alexander in this segment fromWKMS's series Promises to Keep.

WKMS-FM's Audio on Organ and Tissue Donation

Description: Jerry Speight, whose wife unexpectedly died from a brain aneurysm, shares the story of his loss, and his family's decision to donate her organs and tissues, with WKMS-FM's Constance Alexander.