Donate Life Organ and Tissue Donation Blog℠: DONATE LIFE ILLINOIS - "I HEART ORGAN DONORS" NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH PROMOTION

March 23, 2013 - - - - 117,280 AMERICANS ARE CANDIDATES ON THE UNOS TRANSPLANT WAIT LIST

95,578 waiting for a kidney

15,712 wait-listed for a liver

1,189 waiting for a pancreas

2,136 needing a Kidney-Pancreas

3,490 waiting for a life-saving heart

1,668 waiting for a lung

50 waiting for a heart-lung

257 waiting for small bowel

One organ donor has the opportunity to save up to 8 lives

One tissue donor has the opportunity to save and -or enhance the lives of 50 or more individuals

You have the power to SAVE Lives by becoming an organ, eye and tissue donor, so what are you waiting for? To learn how to register click HERE

Friday, April 10, 2009

Donate Life Illinois "I Heart Organ Donors" Donate Life Month Campaign

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-Scott (Campaign Manager) said...: Thanks so much for the post Glenn, much appreciated. I manage Donate Life Illinois' campaign outreach efforts. Great blog here, I'll be adding to our blogroll over at www.iamareyou.wordpress.com.

Thanks again!; April 10, 2009 at 9:04 AM
Glenn Matsuki said...: It is our pleasure. Please email us with stories and pictures you wish to share. Do you by chance have any Donate Life Flags across America pictures and stories?; April 12, 2009 at 12:46 PM

1. Register with your State's organ & tissue donor registry. To learn how: www.organdonor.gov
2. Speak with your family, friends and colleagues about your decision to be a donor.
3. Encourage your workplace ,church, schools, neighborhood organizations, and city to adopt donation as a mission.
4. Encourage your elected officials to support donation legislation.
5. Speak at your local High School, College or University. Ask them to participate in the National Donation Campus Challenge. www.organdonor/campus.gov
6. Participate in events sponsored by your local organ procurement organization.
ONE organ donor can SAVE the lives of up to 8 people
ONE tissue donor can SAVE / ENHANCE the lives of up to 50 people. Help our returning solders from Iraq and Afghanistan who require tissue for reconstructive surgery
PLEASE GO TO DONATE LIFE LINKS BELOW TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO BECOME A DONOR IN YOUR STATE.