April is National Donate Life Month
Sign up to become an organ or tissue donor 鈥� you could save someone鈥檚 life.
Eighteen people a day die while waiting for an organ transplant.
One organ donor can help save the lives of up to eight people.
One tissue donor can help as many as 50 people.
April is National Donate Life month, and throughout the month the 网红黑料 Science Center and Shands 网红黑料Care are joining others around the country in promoting awareness of the need for organ and tissue donation.
More than 110,000 people are on the national organ transplant waiting list, according to data from the United Network for Organ Sharing, the nonprofit organization that maintains the national transplant database. Of those, 4,000 are listed at transplant centers in Florida, and almost 400 are wait-listed at Shands. This year, thousands of patients also will need transplants of tissue such as skin and heart valves.
A Gainesville and Jacksonville campus donation drive dubbed 鈥淩ock the Registry鈥� aims to encourage as many faculty, staff, students and volunteers as possible to sign up to become donors so that one day they might help save a life.
To learn more or to register to become a donor, visit . When signing up, please answer the question 鈥淗ow did you learn about Florida鈥檚 donor registry?鈥� Select 鈥淢y Employer/Workplace鈥� from the dropdown box, then select 鈥溚旌诹� Science Center-Gainesville,鈥� 鈥溚旌诹� Science Center-Jacksonville,鈥� 鈥淪hands at UF鈥� or 鈥淪hands Jacksonville,鈥� as applicable.