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Donate Life Illinois

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About Me


Donate Life Illinois is the coalition of donation agencies across the state supporting organ and tissue donation. In conjunction with Secretary of State Jesse White, Donate Life Illinois is currently working on a campaign to register 5 million Illinois residents in the state's organ/tissue donor registry by the end of April 2009.
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ATTENTION ILLINOIS RESIDENTS! Signing the back of your Illinois driver's license DOES NOT ensure your wishes to be an organ donor are honored. Illinois residents need to RE-REGISTER after January 1, 2006 to be included in Secretary of State Jesse White's new donor registry! It literally takes 30 seconds. Don't wait, help save lives by taking action NOW!
1. Register at www.IAmAreYou.org or
www.DonateLifeIllinois.org (same site)
2. Tell Your Friends to RE-REGISTER!___________________________________________
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www. IAmAreYou .org
I am a campaign with a mission. I am working to help register 5 million Illinois residents and raise awareness of the urgent need for organ and tissue donation. I am fond of those who provide a voice of support for our crucial issue. I am at www. IAmAreYou .org.
Are you aware?
    There are more than 99,000 people waiting for lifesaving transplants nationwide More than 4,700 men, women, and children in Illinois are on the organ donor waiting list
Are you part of the community?
    87% of adults in Illinois feel that registering as an organ donor is the right thing to do 60% of adults in Illinois are registered organ and tissue donors
Are you committed to saving lives?
    Donating provides lifesaving cures and can help save up to 25 lives Illinois'new organ/tissue donor registry will ensure that individuals’ life-giving donation wishes are fulfilled and will help save hundreds of more lives each year
I Am registered in Illinois' new organ/tissue donor registry.
Are YOU?

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My Interests


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I Am . Are you?
Organ Donation - A Recipient's Perspective

Organ Donation - A Patient's Perspective
2007 Campus Challenge!

Everybody Loves a Donor...

I'd like to meet:


You!

Heroes:

Registered organ donors

My Blog

Transplant Cafe

A few months ago, a California liver recipient by the name of Nelson Freytes contacted me about a site he had started called Transplant Cafe. The site provides a user-friendly forum for organ, tissu...
Posted by Donate Life Illinois on Fri, 23 May 2008 05:52:00 PST

Driver Facilities Recognized for Commitment to Organ Donation

Last weekend, Donate Life Illinois representatives visited drivers facilities throughout the state to pay tribute to the employees who play a critical role in helping register hundreds of thousands of...
Posted by Donate Life Illinois on Thu, 22 May 2008 06:10:00 PST

Kidneys a Commodity?

Earlier this week, I caught this interesting article below in Newsweek addressing a law professor's argument for legalizing the sale of kidneys in the U.S. as a solution to helping decrease the number...
Posted by Donate Life Illinois on Wed, 21 May 2008 06:32:00 PST

Snap, Snap, Flickr, Flickr

You may have recently noticed the addition of some links to our various social media sites on the right side of the blog. We've also added a link to our new Flickr page where we're trying to house pho...
Posted by Donate Life Illinois on Tue, 20 May 2008 06:08:00 PST

Donate Life Fills Streets of Lisle This Summer

We recently checked in with Donate Life Illinois volunteer and College of DuPage Students for Organ Donation President Colette Jordan about a new project she has been working on with the city of Lisle...
Posted by Donate Life Illinois on Mon, 19 May 2008 07:43:00 PST

Do It Now

Since last fall, the folks over at Donate Life Ohio have been running a great campaign effort called Do It Now. When the campaign started last fall, they had a goal of registering 400,000 residents. T...
Posted by Donate Life Illinois on Thu, 15 May 2008 08:17:00 PST

An Incredible Post

Fellow blogger and Donate Life Illinois volunteer Moreena never ceases to amaze me with her incredible insight and writing. If you have a couple minutes, please hop over to her post and video about or...
Posted by Donate Life Illinois on Wed, 14 May 2008 06:12:00 PST

Donate Life Illinois on WCIA-TV

Last month, Becky Ames, a Hospital Coordinator with Gift of Hope and spokesperson for Donate Life Illinois, sat down with Anne Dill of WCIA-TV in Champaign to discuss organ donation as well as common ...
Posted by Donate Life Illinois on Tue, 13 May 2008 05:56:00 PST

Illinois Donor Diaries - Chapter 17 - Just Because

It's been way too long since I've posted a new entry from our Illinois Donor Diaries. When the entry below came through, it quickly became one of my favorites. On top of joining the state's donor regi...
Posted by Donate Life Illinois on Mon, 12 May 2008 07:23:00 PST

TRI for LIFE

Earlier this week, a Facebook post from Jennifer over at Gift of Life Michigan tipped me off on an amazing athletic and organ donation outreach effort going on by three brothers over in MI. In 2003, b...
Posted by Donate Life Illinois on Fri, 09 May 2008 06:32:00 PST