By,

Kelsey Key

ORGAN DONATION

• About 114,149 people are waiting for an organ

• About 19 people will die each day while waiting for an organ donation (2011)

• Every 11 minutes, a new name is added to the waiting list (2011)

• 1 donor can save up to 8 lives (2011)

FACTS

• 98% of Americans say they support organ donation (2011)

• Each day, about 79 people receive organ transplants

• In 2009, there were over 28,000 organ transplants

• Currently, more than 100 million people, in the U.S., are signed up to be a donor

FACTS

• You can go online to

register to become an

organ donor in your

home state:

• http://donatelife.net/regi

ster-now/

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

• http://www.youtube.com/wa

tch?v=G61XBOERmR0&list

=PL1B4E2F2B899F6005&i

ndex=31&feature=plpp_vid

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WHY?