Every 10 minutes in the United States, a new person is told that one of his (or her) organs is failing and the only thing that will save his life is an organ transplant.
April is designated as National Donate Life Month so LifePoint/ Donate Life South Carolina organized a ceremony on April 28 that was held at Columbia’s Riverfront Park. Life Point is the designated Organ Procurement Organization for organ recovery services in South Carolina. Donate Life South Carolina is a non-profit organization that promotes organ and tissue donations as well as providing assistance to the donor families and patient recipients. The event was organized to raise awareness about the need for more organ, eye, and tissue donors in our state and throughout the nation.
“Currently, over 113,000 people are on the national transplant waiting list and approximately 1000 of them are on the South Carolina waiting list,” said Mark Johnson, the media coordinator for Life Point. “Without more donors, many on the waiting list will die waiting.”
Johnson said that during the ceremony last month, one Midlands mother was presented with the floragraph of her son, Jesse Gamble. Gamble, 19, died a little over three years ago after being hit by a drunk driver while going home from work on his bicycle.
Sitting at his hospital bed, after being given this heartbreaking news, Jesse’s mother, Lynn Finley made the decision to honor her son’s wish to become an organ donor.
“When I took him to get his driver’s license, the lady at the DMV asked if he wanted to become a donor. He asked what that meant, and when she explained he said he wanted to do it. I just never thought he’d be doing it so soon.”
April is designated as National Donate Life Month so LifePoint/ Donate Life South Carolina organized a ceremony on April 28 that was held at Columbia’s Riverfront Park. Life Point is the designated Organ Procurement Organization for organ recovery services in South Carolina. Donate Life South Carolina is a non-profit organization that promotes organ and tissue donations as well as providing assistance to the donor families and patient recipients. The event was organized to raise awareness about the need for more organ, eye, and tissue donors in our state and throughout the nation.
“Currently, over 113,000 people are on the national transplant waiting list and approximately 1000 of them are on the South Carolina waiting list,” said Mark Johnson, the media coordinator for Life Point. “Without more donors, many on the waiting list will die waiting.”
Johnson said that during the ceremony last month, one Midlands mother was presented with the floragraph of her son, Jesse Gamble. Gamble, 19, died a little over three years ago after being hit by a drunk driver while going home from work on his bicycle.
Sitting at his hospital bed, after being given this heartbreaking news, Jesse’s mother, Lynn Finley made the decision to honor her son’s wish to become an organ donor.
“When I took him to get his driver’s license, the lady at the DMV asked if he wanted to become a donor. He asked what that meant, and when she explained he said he wanted to do it. I just never thought he’d be doing it so soon.”
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