Jova Family of Brick at Rose Parade in Pasadena to Celebrate the Gift of Life

A “floragraph” of Andrew Jova, a Brick teen whose organs saved five people, was created with seeds, flowers and other natural materials and displayed on the 2016 float in the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena. Andrew was among 60 organ and tissue donors honored with “floragraphs.”

His parents, Jennifer and Paul, and sisters Carley and Lia, joined the parade. NJ Sharing Network’s Foundation sponsored the trip for the Jova family to Pasadena to view Andrew’s “floragraph” on the Donate Life Rose Parade Float. Hundreds of thousands of people viewed the float on the parade route and millions more around the country watched it on television.

The photo is of Paul, Jen and Carley Jova at the float.