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

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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

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Donate Life Illinois Featured in "I Am Hope" Campaign

Donate Life Illinois

Next week, Donate Life Illinois will be featured in the national “I Am Hope” campaign. The “I Am Hope” initiative is part of Donate Life America’s “20 Million in 2012” campaign focused on registering 20 million Americans as organ and tissue donors in 2012. Each state (plus Washington, DC and Puerto Rico) has been assigned a week of the year to feature seven local inspiring stories, one for each day of the week.

“I Am Hope” Video from Donate Life America

From Sunday February 26 to Saturday March 3, Donate Life America will feature stories from Illinois. We will be sharing stories of donation experiences from Illinois with Donate Life America and its Donate Life partners throughout the country.

Check the Donate Life Illinois Facebook Fan Page to view our “I Am Hope” stories next week!

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

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Donate Life Illinois Featured in "I Am Hope" Campaign

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