Organ Donation Awareness
The Need
The Facts
• Anyone can become an organ donor, no matter your medical history or how old you are.
• One organ donor can save up to eight lives.
• Organs and tissues that can be donated include: heart, kidneys, lungs, pancreas, liver, intestines, corneas, skin, tendons, bone, and heart valves.
• After you have indicated your wishes on your drivers’ license or in a national or state registry, tell your family so they understand and can communicate your decision when you cannot.
• 95% of U.S. adults support organ donation, but only 60% have registered as donors.
Watch and share ‘Gift of Life’ music videos!
RSN’s ‘Gift of Life’ music videos honor organ donation with kidney transplant recipients who share their amazing talent. Watch and share the videos to help raise awareness of the need for the gift of life!
Click on the video play button for each below to watch and listen to the video.
Celebrate the “Gift of Life” and the importance of organ donation by sharing these links with your friends, family, and colleagues on your social media channels.
Watch the ‘Gift of Life’ music video “The Rose” Featuring kidney transplant recipient Alli Himber
Watch the ‘Gift of Life’ music video “The Prayer” Featuring kidney transplant recipient Aaron Battle
Celebrities &
Kidney Donor Heroes Quiz
More than 1 in 7, that is 15% of US adults or 37 million people, are estimated to have CKD. So, the number of famous people who have kidney disease should come as no surprise. See if you can match the celebrity or athlete to their short bio and learn more about the amazing heroes who gave them the gift of life.
Myths & Facts About Organ Donation
We’ve gathered the top ten myths that may be keeping more people from registering to become organ donors and give the facts. Let’s dispel the myths together so people can make the most informed decision. Share these myths and facts with your friends and family!
Kidney Transplant Dashboard
RSN is proud to present our Kidney Transplant Dashboard. This tool will help you see at a glance national and state statistics. You can look up how many transplants have been done for any specific time frame. You can see how many people are “active” on the waiting list. And you can locate all of the transplant centers (hospitals) in your region.
Share Your Spare Kit
To help you spread the word about giving the gift of life, we’ll send you a “Share Your Spare” Kit, a gift to you from RSN with a donation of $50. In your kit you’ll find two plush kidneys, two information booklets, and an inspirational poem for you to display.
Organ donation saves lives. In this animated video, Neff and Nuff talk about how to “share your spare” and what it means to donate the “gift of life.” Register to become an organ donor and encourage your friends and family to do so as well.
Executive Producer: Renal Support Network, Producer, Director, Animator and Script Writer: Steve Moore, Music: Ian Rees, Voice Over Talent-Neff: Jill-Michele Meleán (English), Nuff: Joseph D. Reitman (English), Neff: Sandra Valls (Español), Nuff: Andres Mejia (Español). Concept of animation based on Renal Support Network’s “Share Your Spare” kidney transplant conversation tool kit.
Watch the video in English or Spanish on YouTube or Vimeo:
What Can You Do To Help?
Register to Be a Donor
You can sign up to be an organ donor, which is then indicated on your driver’s license. It’s important to express your wishes to your close family members so they can carry out those wishes if something unexpected happens to you.
Living Donation Options
You can become an altruistic donor. This means that right now, while you’re still alive, you can donate one of your kidneys. You can give a kidney to someone you know, or even sign up to donate a kidney to someone you don’t know.
Get a Share Your Spare Kit
To help you spread the word about giving the gift of life, we’ll send you a “Share Your Spare” Kit, a gift to you from RSN with a donation of $50. In your kit you’ll find two plush kidneys, two information booklets, one to keep and one to give away
Wear a Kidney to Raise Awareness
Sporting one of the EmbraceHope kidney-themed jewelry pieces can be a great conversation starter. Each hand-crafted piece arrives packaged in a keepsake Organza Bag with an RSN Embrace Hope Card as a token reminder that your purchase of this special gift helped benefit those with kidney disease. All sales benefit the Renal Support Network’s life-enriching programs.
LEARN MORE ABOUT ORGAN DONOR REGISTRATION
Organ Donor Stories
To Remember Me: An essay by Robert N. Test
To Remember Me is an essay written by Robert Noel Test in 1976. He told Abigail Van Buren that he had written it during his lunch break. He also told her he had only a high school education and wrote “for the fun of it.”
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