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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

Friday, January 13, 2012

Clergy Unites for the Power of Giving

Gift of Life Donor Program

On January 10, 2012, Gift of Life Donor Program and The Hospital of University of Pennsylvania joined forces to educate ministry leaders about organ and tissue donation. The presentation, entitled The Power of Giving: Organ and Tissue Donation, welcomed over 60 ministry leaders from multiple faiths, whospent the afternoon discussing the importance of donation awareness.

The presentation featured two personal donation perspectives, showing how organ and tissue donation affects multiple lives. Maureen Fleagle shared her story as a donor mother, and her journey through the donation experience after her son passed away. Heart recipient Janet Dennis shared her personal experience of being on the receiving side of donation, along with how her live dramatically changed after her transplant.

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

Friday, January 13, 2012

Clergy Unites for the Power of Giving

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