April is National Donate Life Month

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30 Days to Help Save a Life: What to Do in April

National Donate Life Month was established in 2003. Every day in April, people

across the U.S. make a special effort to celebrate the tremendous generosity of

those who have saved lives by becoming organ, tissue, marrow, and blood donors

and to encourage more Americans to follow their fine example.

Make it known: I want to be a donor

Register with your State Donor Registry, if available.

Say YES to donation on your driver's license.

Tell your family, friends, physician, and faith leader that you want to be a

donor.

Fill out and sign a donor card, have it witnessed, carry it with you.

Tell someone: The need is great and growing.

More than 98,000 people are in need of an organ for transplant.

Each day, about 77 people get the organ transplant that gives them a second

chance, but 17 to 19 others die because they did not receive an organ

transplant.

More than half the people on the waiting list for a donated organ are racial or

ethnic minorities. Chances of getting a transplant increase if donor and

recipient share the same racial/ethnic background.

Get involved: Become a donation advocate.

Encourage your company, association, union, or other organizations to which you

may belong to join the Workplace Partnership for Life.

Promote and support work site donation campaigns.

Tell your local high school about Decision Donation, a school program that

educates students about donation.

Participate in local National Donate Life Month events sponsored by your local

organ procurement organization.

-Register to be an organ donor