Over 100,000 people are currently on the waiting list for organ transplants in the United States, with someone added every 11 minutes. One person's organ donation can save up to 30 lives through transplants. To become an organ donor, individuals can register with their state, indicate their wishes on their driver's license, and carry an organ donor card. Organ donation offers recipients a second chance at life through transplants of kidneys, lungs, liver, heart, pancreas, and intestines from both living and deceased donors.

1. Save Lives:Become an organ donorDanielle McCallum

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3. Facts About Organ Donation100,000 men, women, and children are currently on the waiting list for an organ.Every 11 minutes, someone is added to the organ waiting list. Anyone can potentially be a donor.A deceased donor can give kidneys, pancreas, liver, lungs, heart and intestinal organs.A living donor can give a kidney, a portion of the liver, a lung or a part of the intestine.

4. FactsWaiting Lists are formed through 11 geographical areas in the United States. The waiting list is more a pool of people put into a system to match with a donor. The Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) is in charge of the coordination of donors and recipients.

5. Why Donate?One Person’s Organ Donation could save 30 people or more. Age is not a factor in organ donation. Donation can be the most self-less thing you can do for someone. Organ and Tissue Donation can offer another person a second chance at life.

6. HOW TO DONATEEach Donor can save 30 or more people with their organ and tissue donation.Register with your state to become an organ donor. Indicate you are an organ donator on your driver’s license. Sign a donor card –Carry it with you.