Michelle Segovia, Director of Community Relations for the Texas Organ Sharing Alliance shared some interesting information about how each of us can leave a legacy of life.
* 120,000 people per day waiting on a transplant just in the US
* 9 Million registered donors are in Texas; in Hays county, 56% of all drivers are registered donors
* You can register to be a donor through DPS when you renew and secure a drivers license or identification card; or you can register on donatelife.net
* There are 3 organ sharing organizations in Texas
* 1 person can donate 8 organs and their tissue (cornea and skin are tissue)
* UNOS - United National Organ Sharing is the national registry for all donors
* You must die in a hospital to harvest your organs
* Only 2 % of people that die can be donors
* There are no age restrictions, but there are size restrictions
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