The month of April is "National Donate Life Month", a time designated nationally to help raise awareness about the critical need for organ, tissue, marrow and blood donors and inspire people to register their decision to donate life.
"Each year the month of April brings springtime and nature's renewal", said former Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson. "Each April will remind all Americans of their own ability to renew and enhance life through the gift of donation." This commemoration is a national recognition of the promotion of organ and tissue donation.
There is much to celebrate, including the 28,930 transplants that were performed in the United States during 2006. Yet there is still much to do, there are over 96,000 Americans on the waiting list for a life saving transplant. Every day 17 people on the national waiting list die because a donor organ does not become available in time. Thousands of people need tissue and cornea transplants to enhance their lives and make them better.
Contact your local TDS office to find out how you can observe National Donate Life Month in your area. |
