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2008

April is National Donate Life Month

NEW MEXICANS URGED TO REGISTER TO SAVE LIVES

(Albuquerque, NM, March 18, 2008) – New Mexicans are urged to register as organ donors on their driver’s license or state issued ID card during National Donate Life Month in April. MVD data released for 2008, states that 874,000 people in New Mexico have registered to be organ donors, but more donors are needed.

New Mexican Phil Anaya waited for months for an organ transplant in 2007. “I received my heart transplant because of a person’s decision to save someone’s life, someone like me” said Anaya. Currently, 98,358 patients are on the national organ waiting list, including 591 New Mexicans who need a life-saving organ transplant.

One donor can save the lives of up to eight people through organ donation, and up to fifty more can be helped with eye and tissue donation. As many as 18 patients die each day in the U.S. awaiting an organ transplant. “We urge every New Mexican to make a difference and sign up to be an organ donor,” said Patricia Niles, executive director of New Mexico Donor Services.

National Donor Day, Feb. 14th

Don’t just give chocolate hearts on valentine’s day,
Give a little more of yourself

Valentine’s Day is about love and hearts, and so is National Donor Day, celebrated on February 14th.
- National Donor Day is about having enough love to donate blood to save someone’s life.
- National Donor Day is about having the heart to sign up to be an organ donor and getting a red heart on your driver’s license or ID card.
- National Donor Day is about encouraging Americans to take the action to save lives.
The three components of National Donor Day are blood donation, marrow donation and organ donation.
Each of these acts of love will save someone’s life.