Respect Life
"Give the Gift of Life"

Sign on to save a life!

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Transplantation saves lives, but only if you help. All you need to do is say yes to organ and tissue donation on your donor card and/or driver's license, sign up on your state’s donor registry (if there is one), and discuss your decision with your family.

Each day about 70 people receive an organ transplant, but another 16 people on the waiting list die because not enough organs are available.

Talk to your family members about organ and tissue donation so they know your wishes. Even if you've signed something, your family may be asked to give consent before donation can occur.

Deciding to be an organ or tissue donor can potentially help people through life-saving transplants and tissue grafts. It also gives new hope to more than 1400 people who are currently on the Colorado transplant waiting list.

Living donors have, for the first time, exceeded the number of cadaver donors.

Please sign your driver's license or
join the Organ Donor Register.

Following are links to information centers for Organ Transplants:

Colorado Organ and Tissue Donor Registry: www.coloradodonorregistry.org
 Donor Alliance: www.donoralliance.org
 Donor Awareness Council: www.donor-awareness.org
 United Network for Organ Sharing: www.unos.org

Additional information on donors: Go to www.livingdonorsonline.org 

 

**There are currently two men waiting for transplants in St. Thomas More Parish.

If you are interested in a kidney dontation please contact:
The Transplant Center
Presbyterian St.Luke's Hospital
1719 E. 19th Avenue
Denver, CO 80218
303-869-2155 (any coordinator will answer your questions)