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 Memorial, "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?
DL Life Logo April 27,2012 - - - - 113,953 AMERICANS ARE CANDIDATES ON THE UNOS TRANSPLANT WAIT LIST DL Life Logo 91,996 waiting for a kidney DL Life Logo 16,098 waiting for a liver DL Life Logo 1,269 waiting for a pancreasDL Life Logo 2,153 waiting for a Kidney-PancreasDL Life Logo 3,172 waiting for a heartDL Life Logo 1,632 waiting for a lungDL Life Logo 52 waiting for a heart-lungDL Life Logo 278 waiting for small bowelDL Life Logo One organ donor has the opportunity to save up to 8 lives DL Life Logo One tissue donor has the opportunity to save and -or enhance the lives of 50 or more individuals DL Life Logo 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 HEREDL Life Logo

Thursday, September 15, 2011

"A Gift of Life," premiering on Sunday, September 18 on Nickelodeon

Premier Guide Media

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS ORGAN DONATION WITH YOUR FAMILY. WE  HOPE FAMILIES WILL VIEW THIS TELECAST TOGETHER AND HAVE THE CONVERSATION.

There are more than 2,000 kids in the U.S. waiting for an organ transplant because their own organs are failing. The success rate for people who have received donated organs is 80 to 90 percent, but the demand is higher than the numbers of donors. Nick News with Linda Ellerbee hears from kids and families who have been affected by organ donation in the half-hour special, "A Gift of Life." premiering Sunday, Sept 18, at 9 pm (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon. Beginning Monday, September 19, the special will we available on Nick.com and on iTunes as a free podcast.

Read more: http://premierguidemedia.com/a-gift-of-life”-premiering-sunday-sept-18-on-nickelodeon/

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