Photo: The family of Christian Peters, whose organs were donated after he died in 2007, attends a ceremony at JFK Medical Center on April 18 to promote organ donation. New Jersey was cited as having comparatively low donor-registration statistics.
Edison Mayor Antonia Ricigliano held up her driver’s license in front of a small crowd outside JFK Medical Center onApril 18. The mayor did not need to prove her age or place of residency, but rather her status as an organ donor.
Ricigliano, along with Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac, read a joint resolution in support of National Donate Life Month. The month of April is commemorated around the country as a time to educate citizens about the critical need for more organ and tissue donors.
In coordination with this effort, NJ Sharing Network organized a ceremony last week during which a Donate Life flag was raised outside JFK Medical Center. The hospital will raise the flag for 24 hours after a donation is made at the facility.
Read more: http://em.gmnews.com/news/2012-04-25/Front_Page/Edison_Wbg_mayors_encourage_organ_donation.html
{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
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