| Photo: John McDevitt PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A march and rally took place in Center City on Saturday to raise awareness to the importance of organ and tissue donation.
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“Consider organ donation and if you are an organ donor tell your friends and family just in case,” said a donor advocate.
Once at Rittenhouse square their song ‘A Circle of Life’ was performed and there were personal accounts from people like Joe Pratt of South Jersey, who was diagnosed about 10 years ago with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. He received a lung transplant nearly three years ago.
“I got so I really had no quality of life what so ever. Look at me now I’m a picture of health. And this is what organ donation does it gives somebody a second chance at life,” Pratt said. Continue reading
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You have the power to SAVE Lives
We are asking you to register as an organ, eye and tissue donor today.
In California:
Donate LIFE California | Done VIDA California
Nationwide:
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You have the power to SAVE Lives
We are asking you to register as an organ, eye and tissue donor today.
In California:
Donate LIFE California | Done VIDA California
Nationwide:
Organ Donor | Donate Life America
To ensure donation happens, please share your decision with your family. At stake is the legacy you wish to leave.
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