Why Donation Is Important

The Need for Donation

• Over 100,000 people need a lifesaving organ transplant in the United States
• Over 500 patients are waiting for an organ transplant at Strong Memorial Hospital
• One person is added to the nation’s organ transplant waiting list every 8 minutes
• Approximately 18,000 people are diagnosed with blood cancers each year in the United States.

How Organ and Tissue Donation Impacts Other Lives

• One organ donor can save up to eight lives
• One eye and tissue donor can improve 75 lives