For Immediate Release — Monday, April, 21, 2008
Local Team Completes Organ Donor Awareness DASH
NEW HOPE, PA – April 21, 2008 – In support of National Organ Donation Awareness Month, several local walkers, along with more than 5,000 participants, completed the 13th Annual DASH for Organ Donor Awareness on April 20nd.
Each day, over 6,000 Americans each year or 18 per day, die due to the lack of available organs. Organ recipients are selected based on medical need, location and compatibility. Here in the Philadelphia area there are over 5,000 people waiting for an organ, yet only about 100 receive one each month. One organ donor can save or enhance the lives of 50 people. You can designate that you are an organ donor with the Department of Motor Vehicles on your driver's license, just be sure to inform your family and loved ones of your wishes to become an organ and tissue donor.
Members of the WilsonRx Team, including: Liliana Clemente, Fran & Jim Wilson of Solebury Township, PA. The team raised more than $2,500 for the Gift of Life Program.
For information about organ donation and how to become an organ donor visit: http://www.donors1.org
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