On average 20 people die each day waiting for a transplant. Every ten minutes someone is added to the national transplant waiting list. This means that 7,300 people die every year because they do not receive an organ. There are not enough registered donors. Donating your organs means you could save the lives of 8 other people.

A big misconception is that people believe if they are organ donors the doctor will not try as hard to save your life. This is TOTALLY wrong. The doctor will do everything to save your life, but if they cannot do anything else, they want to try to save someone else. If you're worried you can't have an open casket, you can if you donate organs and tissues. Organ donation is FREE and can save so many people's lives!

By being an organ donor, you can give someone a second chance or help with someone else's health problems. As an organ donor, you can also donate skin, tissues, nerves, tendons, and corneas. This was the case with my grandma.

My grandma has had bad eyesight pretty much all of her life. At the age of 14, my grandma had her first cornea transplant in her right eye. When she reached her 50s, the doctors told my grandma unless she got another cornea transplant she will lose all the sight in her right eye. They told her laser surgery, glasses, and contacts would not help her regain the eyesight she has lost. Now two transplants later my grandma is still able to see, work, and enjoy life. If it wasn't for those two people who donated their corneas, my grandma might have lost her eyesight.

Just think, wouldn't you want a second chance at life? Be the change. Help save a life. Be an organ donor.