National Donor Month [Bulletin date: April 6, 2025]
Organ, tissue,
and blood product donations are always in demand. Blood and blood products such as platelets
are needed every day to address life-threatening emergencies and to help cancer
patients. Every eight minutes a person in need of an organ transplant is added
to the national transplant waiting list but sadly, an average of 17 people die
each day while waiting for a donor.
There are over 100,000 people currently on the national organ transplant
waiting list.
There is no cost to donate and anyone, regardless of
age or medical history, can sign up to be a donor. You can choose to be a
“living donor” (while you are still living) of organ, tissue, or blood, or you
can designate such donations at the time of death. Either way, you will save the life of someone
who otherwise may not have had hope. 
At the time of
death, one donor can save the lives of eight people through organ donations and
improve the life of over 75 others with bodily tissue donations. Go to www.organdonor.gov to learn more about donating this
way. If you do become a donor, be sure
you note this on your driver’s license, tell your family, friends and
physician, and include your decision in your advance directives.
Pastoral Care Director,
Blood or blood product donations may be done at our next Knights of Columbus blood drive on 5/4/25. Or you may contact Atlanta Blood Services or the American Red Cross. There is no better way to share God’s love than to donate the gift of life to another person!
Pastoral Care Director,
St. Ann Parish Nurse
Linda M. Walsh, RN, BSN770-552-6400 x6019
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