Donate Life America is a coalition of national organizations and state teams that work to increase organ, eye and tissue donation by educating people and motivating them to register as donors. It has had a float in the Rose Parade since 2004 as a visible part of its awareness campaign. Each year a list of recipients and donors are selected to participate in the parade. Meet a few of those people for whom this year’s theme, “Dreams Come True,” is a reality.
Anna Maria Villalobos
Whittier resident Anna Maria Villalobos knows pain. She has suffered with rheumatoid arthritis since she was in her 20s and it eventually destroyed the cartilage in her hips, causing bone to rub on bone. Her knees were deteriorated as well, so walking became a chore.
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"You have the power to SAVE lives."
To register as a donor TODAY
In California:
www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org | www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org
Outside California:
www.organdonor.gov | www.donatelife.net
MORE INFO
More than 120,000 men, women and children are awaiting organ transplants in the United States, as of October of this year. (For specific numbers go to www.unos.org.)
Just under 68,000 are comprised of various minority populations.
Just under 2,000 are children and youths 18 and younger.
A total of 28,052 organ transplants were performed in 2012.
There were 14,013 organ donors in 2012.
More than 46,000 corneas were transplanted in 2012.
More than 1 million tissue transplants are done each year; the surgical need for tissue has been steadily rising.
— Source: Donate Life
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