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NATIONAL DONOR DAY
Observed each year on February 14th,
National Donor Day (also known as National Organ Donor Day) is a day to
increase awareness about organ donation and the lives that can be
saved. In the United States, there are more than 120,000 people
waiting for a life-saving organ donation.
Give the gift of Life.
National Donor Day focuses on five different types of donations: Organs – Tissues – Marrow – Platelets – Blood. Many nonprofit health organizations sponsor blood and marrow drives and organ/tissue sign-ups across the nation. Approximately every two seconds, there is someone in the U.S. who needs blood, which translates to the need for over 41,000 daily donations.
HISTORY
National Donor Day was started in 1998
by the Saturn Corporation and its United Auto Workers partners, with the
support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and many
nonprofit health organizations.
