SACRAMENTO, CA--(Marketwired - July 26, 2016) - Registered organ, eye and tissue donors in California have saved nearly 7,000 lives and helped heal an estimated 600,000 more people since Donate Life California and the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) became official partners 10 years ago.
The DMV began asking driver license and ID card customers if they wanted to join the state's official Donate Life California Organ & Tissue Donor Registry on July 1, 2006. By the end of that year, one million people had signed up on the secure and confidential database. Today, more than 13.2 million Californians have registered their decision to be a life-saving donor -- 95 percent through the DMV. The DMV adds about 20,000 new registrations each week.
"We do everything we can to honor the wishes of registered organ, eye and tissue donors," said Monica Johnson, Donate Life California board president and executive director of Sierra Donor Services, the nonprofit organ and tissue recovery organization in Sacramento. "For families, it's a comfort knowing their loved one's wishes so they don't have to wonder what their loved one's choice would have been." Continue reading
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Please register as an organ, eye and tissue donor today.
In California:
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...to ensure donation happens, please share your donation decision with your family. At stake is the legacy you plan to leave
from Donate Life Organ and Tissue Donation Blog℠ http://ift.tt/2auThwv
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