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My late husband, Dennis, was on the local registry list for a donor kidney but succumbed to End Stage Renal Disease last spring before a match was found. In the United States, more than 120,000 people are waiting for a life-saving organ donation.

Observed each year on February 14th, National Donor Day (also known as  National Organ Donor Day) is a day to increase awareness about organ donation and the lives that can be saved.

Give the gift of Life.

The observance focuses on five different types of donations:  Organs – Tissues – Marrow – Platelets – Blood.  Many nonprofit health organizations sponsor blood and marrow drives and organ/tissue sign-ups across the nation. Approximately every two seconds, there is someone in the U.S. who needs blood, which translates to the need for over 41,000 daily donations.

Each type of donation saves lives. While blood, platelets, tissue, marrow, and some organs may be donated at any time, most organs are donated upon death. A single donor can save up to 8 lives and help more than 75 people.

Look into becoming a donor.  Visit donatelifenw.org and organdonor.gov for more information on organ donation.

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Give the gift of life.

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