Dec 23, 2015
New Volunteer Orientation 101Sharon Ross
Director of Public Relations & Community Outreach
Donate Life San Diego Executive Director
I Have the Best Job Ever – Story teller
Meet Some of Our Recent
Volunteers
Tisa Kourtney Adyhan
Meet Some of Our Recent
Volunteers
Tisa Kourtney Adyhan
With Your Help, When We Save a Life,
We Save Lifetimes … and Future Generations
Suzanne
nearly 26/
• Living Donation California will be announced April 23
• Current wait for a kidney here is now 10 years.
• You can also help by asking us to speak elsewhere,
sharing what you’ve learned & posting our link.
Myth-busting Inspiration
Myth-busting Inspiration
Waiting – Hoping - Giving
Lifesharing & Donate Life San Diego
Federally-designated organ procurement
organization & FDA-approved Tissue Bank
Serving San Diego & Imperial
counties
Official link between deceased
donors and people waiting for
transplants
The ‘pink dot’ on your license
Lifesharing Priorities
Honor the donor’s wishes
Inform and support
families
Represent people
on the waiting list
Inspire people to
sign up to be donors
Making Tremendous Progress
• Last year local donors saved 263 lives & will help
25,000 people with the precious gift of tissue
• Our 30th anniversary next year
• Largest Registry in nation & Largest Waiting List
10/
Our Mission: To Save Lives Stats as of 2/20/13
117,053 people are on the national organ waiting list
1,761 younger than 18 (78 are under 1)
A new name is added every 11 minutes.
117,053 people are on the national organ waiting list
1,761 younger than 18 (78 are under 1)
A new name is added every 11 minutes.
Today 75 people will receive a second chance at life
But tragically 18 people in the US will die waiting
Locally 1,851 are on the list
Last year 76 San Diegans died waiting
Why do people have to wait?
‘Waiting’ puts Many Lives in Limbo
• FACT: you’re 10 times
more likely to need a
transplant than be a
donor
• FACT: Only 1 in 3 people sign up to be a donor at the DMV because they ‘rule themselves out as donors’
Hope Born from a Bittersweet Day
What Can Be Transplanted
The Facts
The quality of hospital care is not lessened if the staff knows the patient is willing to be a donor.
Transplant teams do not become involved until other physicians concerned with the patient’s care have determined all possible efforts to save the patient’s life have failed.
Organs are allocated according to medical criteria like blood type, height, weight, and the urgency of medical need - not according to a patient’s financial, political, social or celebrity status.
Important to Correct Misconceptions!
Donation is consistent with the life-preserving traditions of ALL major U.S. religions.
Donor families tell Lifesharing donation makes sense out of tragedy and helps their grieving.
Recovery occurs in a hospital surgical suite and will not delay funeral plans. An open casket service is still possible.
Donor families incur no expense for donation.
Too May People Think …
Registering to be a Donor is SIMPLE. If you want to help save lives after you’re gone, sign up.
It takes only a minute and can mean a lifetime to someone else!
Registering also allows your family to honor your wishes. Not guess at what you’d want.
Nope! You are NEVER too old or too sick to register.
I’m too old. I’m too sick.
VIPs – Very Important Partners
Our Volunteers!
Our Hospitals
Medical Examiner
First Responders
Funeral Professionals
The San Diego Eye Bank
Interesting Eye Facts
• A person becomes blind every 5 seconds; a child every minute
• 10 million people worldwide could have their sight restored by corneal transplantation
• Most people can donate corneas after death
• Sight: WHAT AN AMAZING GIFT
• One of our blind donors locally gave sight to two people
• An 85-year-old’s gift here enabled a 5-year-old to see!
Did You Know?
• Less than 1% of all people who die can be organ donors; 85% can be tissue donors
• Avoid saying ‘harvest,’ ‘life-support’ & ‘cadaver’
• Children can register at the DMV to be donors, but must be at least 13 online. Valid when 18
• Pink dots printed on license only when you check ‘Yes’ at the DMV. So check yes every time
• By zip code we know how many are waiting, became donors and were transplanted
• Always easy to update registration or change mind
AND you can help us save lives so many ways … with an email, note cards, stuffing stuff
Age of the oldest donor?
110 years old (eyes for research)
25% of donors are > 50
One in 12 donors is > 65
Longest surviving recipient?
50 years + and going strong
How Long Before Recovered Organs/Tissue Must be Transplanted?
Kidneys 24-72 hours Liver 12-18 hours
Heart & Lungs 4-5 hours Pancreas 4 hours
Corneas up to 14 days Joints, Cartilage < 25 days
Skin, Bones, Veins, Valves, Tendons, Ligaments (cryo-preserved) < 5 years
You are NEVER
too old or too
sick to sign up to
be a donor
Remember
There is Encouraging News
• We have reduced deaths waiting here
• Living donors now provide >25% of all
transplants (Next month we launch Living
Donation CA, which will be a US first)
• One person can save up to 8 lives
through organ donation and help 50
people as a tissue donor
How the Public Can Help
• Take a minute to register
• Discuss your wishes with your family before the ICU or ER
• Share your own story
• Hold an eCampaign
• Tell others what you’ve
learned about donation
• Don’t rule yourself out!
• Be an active Volunteer
because we need you!
Key Volunteer Priorities
• Meant to make the most effective use of your time, help us inspire
people to sign up as donors and SAVE LIVES in our communities.
• High Schools
• Hospitals
• DMV
• Or?
AND SOON …You can help
by reserving
a Donate Life CA
License Plate
What’s Happening?
New Website Soon
Check ‘Yes’ at the DMV or sign up online atwww.donateLIFEcalifornia.org or www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org
Total Registrants:
9,915,110(as of Tues., 3/5/13 at 4:55 pm)The DMV adds 5,000 donors/day to the Registry!!!The DMV adds 5,000 donors/day to the Registry!!!
Your Mission: Learn, Have Fun & SAVE LIVES
For more information: Sharon Ross
619-521-1983
Thank you!
We so appreciate your support to help us save lives right here in San Diego!
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