Organ Donation  & Transplant Association of America

Home  |  About Us  |  Contact Us / Donate

Print a donor card HERE

Organ Donation and Transplant Info for the United States
 

Approximately 92,000 Americans are waiting for lifesaving organ transplants. 
A new name is added to the national waiting list every 16 minutes.  Thirteen
people die each day waiting for an organ.


One donor can only assist with one donation. 


In fact, one organ donor can save the lives of eight people, and assist the lives of nearly 50 more!

 


Only healthy people can be organ donors. 


In fact, anyone can be an organ and tissue donor regardless of age or previous illness.

 
 


Emergency room doctors will not try very hard to save my life if they know I'm an organ donor.


In fact, donation only occurs after all efforts to save your life have been exhausted and death has been legally declared.


Organ donors have to have closed caskets at their funeral because their bodies have been severely damaged in the process of removing organs and tissue.


In fact, removal of tissues or organs will not interfere with customary funeral arrangements.

 
 


If I sign my donor card then I can't change my mind.


If at any time you wish to revoke your offer to donate your organs, simply tell your nearest relative or have your driver’s license or donor card changed.


For more information about organ and tissue donation please visit:
www.organdonor.gov
www.unos.org

We are registered as a 501-C charity and will send tax receipts for your donations.

Home  |  About Us  |  Contact Us / Donate