A Reminder to Donate Life

I just went to Donate Life America to make sure I was a registered organ donor, and I would suggest that all of you do the same! They make it really easy to call up your state and and fill out the information (usually just entering your Driver's License info) to make sure you're on the file. It can't hurt to check, even if you've signed the back of your license. Some statistics on donation:

• More than 91,000 men, women and children currently await life-saving transplants.
• Every 12 minutes another name is added to the national transplant waiting list.
• An average of 18 people die each day from the lack of available organs for transplant.
• In 2005, there were 7,593 deceased organ donors and 6,895 living organ donors resulting in 28,108 organ transplants.
• In 2005, 44,000 grafts were made available for transplant by US banks.
• Approximately 1,000,000 tissue transplants are performed annually.

Making sure you're an organ donor is a really easy and painless way to make a huge difference for someone else.

Best of the Blank can't be all cynicism and spite. Just mostly.

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