Donate Life

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Facts

• 300 new transplant candidates are added to the
  waiting list each month.
• Every three hours, someone in this country dies
  because of the severe shortage of organ donors.
• Every 18 minutes, another persons name is added
  to the list of thousands waiting for an organ.

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Facts

• As of tonight, the number of people waiting for
  an organ transplant is over 90,000!
• Californians make up 20 of those nationwide
  waiting for an organ transplant.

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Requirements To Be A Donor

• Know the facts
• No age limit
• Inform your family

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What Can Be Donated?

• Organs- heart, kidneys, pancreas, lungs, liver
  and intestines
• Cornea, skin, bone marrow, heart valves, tendons,
  and veins

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• Organs can save 8 people
• Tissues and can improve the lives of at least 50
  people
• A single donor can save over 50 people

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• It just makes us feel like she not only was a
  blessing in life on earth, but a blessing after
  she left for heaven as well.
• -Amanda Mohon

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Reasons for why people are not donors

• I havent thought about it.

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Doctors wont try to save me if they know Im a
donor.
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Insurance wont pay for my organ donation.
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Donating organs disfigures my body.
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Donating is against my religion.
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I have other medical conditions.
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How To Become A Donor

• Drivers License
• DMV
• Donor Wallet Card

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Online

• www.organdonor.gov/signup1.html
• www.donatelife.net
• www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org

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