Donate Life Organ and Tissue Donation Blog (sm): NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH - NEW "ORANGE IS IN" TUNE AVAILABLE ON ITUNES, INSPIRED BY TRANSPLANT PATIENTS AND DONOR FAMILIES

YOU HAVE THE POWER TO SAVE LIVES. PLEDGE AND REGISTER TODAY

Follow us to learn more about organ donation and our national efforts to raise awareness about the critical need for donated organs. We are finding inspiration in unexpected places.

BECAUSE ORGAN & TISSUE DONATION MATTERS

There are over 113,000 Americans waiting for a life-saving transplant. Registering takes only a few minutes. Please encourage your family, friends and colleagues to pledge the "gift of life" by signing up at your State's donor registry. Click HERE to learn how. Californians, please visit Donate Life California.

Our Pledge Life Memoria l, "Celebrate Life...Remembrance". We are pledging to HONOR, remember and celebrate the lives of donors, transplant recipients, donation and transplant community members. Will you PLEDGE with us to do the same?

April 27,2012 - - - - 113,953 AMERICANS ARE CANDIDATES ON THE UNOS TRANSPLANT WAIT LIST

91,996 waiting for a kidney

16,098 waiting for a liver

1,269 waiting for a pancreas

2,153 waiting for a Kidney-Pancreas

3,172 waiting for a heart

1,632 waiting for a lung

52 waiting for a heart-lung

278 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

Thursday, March 18, 2010

NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH - NEW "ORANGE IS IN" TUNE AVAILABLE ON ITUNES, INSPIRED BY TRANSPLANT PATIENTS AND DONOR FAMILIES

“Someone Came To Help Me,” a new tune by Houston rockers Orange Is In is now available on iTunes.

The song was inspired by transplant patients and donor families. If iTunes isn’t your cup of tea, it’s also available on Rhapsody, Lala, Limewire, Napster, Nokia, Zune and eMusic. Bassist Jeff Balke and vocalist George Kovacik will perform the song at the following events during Donate Life Month in April:

April 15 – LifeGift Donate Life Month event – Texas Medical Center Commons, Houston – 11:30 a.m.

April 16 – The Methodist Hospital Transplant Center event – Marriot/Texas Medical Center, Houston – 11 a.m

For more information on organ donation, check out The Methodist Hospital Transplant Center in Houston, LifeGift Houston and Donate Life America.