Organ Donation Saves Lives

There are currently 1,500 Wisconsin residents on a national transplant waiting list. Hundreds more wait for their sight to be restored through eye donation and thousands wait for the chance to live without pain through a bone or soft tissue transplant. Eighteen people will die today because they didn't get a transplant in time. Nationally, over 106,000 people are in need of a life-saving transplant -- enough people to fill two baseball stadiums.


Without a national registry program in place, the lives of these individuals depend on the 40 state-specific registries currently in place. These registries are highly active and well supported -- for example, over half of Wisconsin drivers licenses currently display the "donor dot." However, donors' wishes are sometimes unknown, undocumented, or unable to be verified in the precious moments before a transplant is no longer viable. If a driver's license can't be located, or family members don't know the wishes of their departed loved one, the opportunity to donate tissue, organs or eyes is lost.

And to a patient awaiting transplant, this is more than a lost opportunity -- it could mean a loss of life.

For over 20 years, Wisconsin residents have been able to register their intention to donate organs when receiving or renewing drivers' licenses. On Monday, March 29, the State of Wisconsin launched a new online registry that will save and enhance thousands of lives over the next decade. At the click of a button, you can now legally authorize your consent to donate your organs, eyes, and tissue



 My sister-in-law Tracy had a liver transplant over 10 years ago and that is only 1 reason that I am registered as an organ donor.

What are you gonna do with your organs when you're dead!?!?  Help make someone else's life better! 

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