Why Donate Organs

OneLegacy | Elena de la Cruz Non-Profit Leads Nation with 1,262 Recovered Organs Transplanted, Representing a 19% Increase Year-Over-Year LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 8, 2012 – OneLegacy, the non-profit, federally designated organ and tissue recovery organization serving the seven-county greater Los Angeles area, announced the recovery of more than 2,000 combined organ, tissue and cornea donors in 2011, helping to save and heal more than 65,000 lives in Southern California, the state and...Read Full Story

CBS NewYork A Long Island mother is on a quest to find the driver who took her 17-year-old son’s life, and kept on going. As CBS 2′s Carolyn Gusoff reports, she’s also hoping his death can save the lives of others. From her laptop inside the Hempstead pool hall she owns, Yolani Veliz is on a mission. “I think we need more information about organ donation and for that I open up website,” Veliz said Thursday. She is trying to spread the word in the Latino community that organ donation saves...Read Full Story

City Biz List Baltimore LANHAM, Md. - Doctors Community Hospital received the Leslie Ebert Synergy for Life Award from Washington Regional Transplant Community (WRTC), a nonprofit agency that recovers organs and tissues for transplants and research. The award recognizes smaller hospitals that support organ, eye and tissue donation. "We're honored to work with WRTC and receive the Leslie Ebert Award. Beyond our commitment to support organ donation, the honor recognizes our commitment to...Read Full Story

TopNews | Danny Garcia A collection of hearttouching stories of organ donation has been presented by a residentof Camden, Debbie Roberts, in a book “DonateLife Book of Life”. In the book, the author has tried to capture the agony of those who have to go through the painfulprocess of organ donation and succumbs to death. In the book, the author, Debbie Roberts has described the agony of her daughter, Rebecca, who succumbed to death ten years back because of heart attack. In the book it has...Read Full Story

Living Legacy Foundation | Lauren Association of Organ Procurement Organizations Thanks Tom Brady for his Commitment to Organ Donation and Transplantation VIENNA, Va. – February 4, 2012 – Currently, there are more than 112,000 patients on the national organ transplant waiting list. These candidates often endure difficult yet necessary life-sustaining treatments while waiting for potential organ matches. Nineteen people die every day while waiting, and those that are eventually transplanted...Read Full Story