Organ Donor Organizations Links to Other Resources

The Give 2nd Chances website exists to encourage everyone — especially teens and college students — to become an organ donor. There are many organ donation websites and resources to help inform you and then enable you to take this vital and selfless step to give a second chance to someone in need of an organ donor.

Listed below are website links where you can learn more about the value of organ donation and then register to become an organ donor. There are also valuable links to other organizations serving special needs children or children with chronic illnesses.

Organ Donor Website Links

Brave Kids - medical resource directory for special needs children, children with cystic fibrosis, cerebral palsy, cancer, muscular dystrophy and other chronic life-threatening illnesses
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Dreams Come True - making the dreams of children with life-threatening illnesses become reality
National Foundation for Transplants - assists transplant candidates and recipients with the cost of transplant care when insurance or government programs do not cover all costs
Donate Life America - educating the public about organ, eye and tissue donation
Organ Donor.gov - U.S. government information on organ and tissue donation and transplantation
United Network for Organ Sharing: overseeing the clinical transplant information database and operating the computerized organ sharing system
National Donor Memorial - paying homage to America's organ and tissue donors

Did You Know…

The total number of registered donors in the United States is nearly 70 million.
Only 35 percent of licensed drivers and ID card holders have committed themselves to donation by registering to be donors through their state registry or motor vehicle department.

»» Learn how you can become an organ donor in your state

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