Be an Organ Donor

There are currently about 98,000 people on the organ transplant waiting list, waiting for a much needed life saving transplant. Every 13 minutes, three individuals on that list will go into severe organ failure. By the end of the day 17 people on the transplant waiting list will die. A person can find these statistic and more on the www.Unos.gov.

It is so important to become an organ donor and speak to your next of kin about your wishes. Even though you might have the information on your driver’s license it doesn’t mean that your wishes will be carried out. You mother, father, without knowing your wishes may say no if you don't discuss this with them. Unlike Europe, a person needs to opt out of being a donor while here in the states, US Citizens have to sign up to become a donor. There needs to be a change because if 10% of the population signed up to become organ donors, no one on the list would die. It is our social responsibility we owe to our family, friends and neighbors to become donors and who knows, maybe the life we save can be theirs.

To get more information, go to www.transplantfoundation.org or call 305-819-5645 and ask for me, Yessie Salomon. I'll let you know how you can make a different. Pass this message on, and save lives.