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Donate Life Illinois is a coalition of agencies responsible for organ, tissue, eye, blood and marrow donation, as well as donor education and registration in Illinois. It is one of 45 regional coalitions and 50 national businesses or associations making up Donate Life America, a not-for-profit alliance that serves as a national voice and inspires all people to save and enhance lives through organ, eye and tissue donation.
Donate Life Illinois member organizations include:
The coalition provides numerous programs and “Donate Life” outreach through its member organizations. To contact us, call 888/307-DON8 (3668) or click here.
About Our Campaign
“I Am. Are You?” is a campaign to increase the number of Illinois residents who joined the state’s organ/tissue donor registry to 5 million by April 30, 2009. The campaign is part of a national effort through Donate Life America to increase to 100 million the number of Americans who have taken action to become donors in their states.
In Illinois, a statewide poll revealed that 87% of Illinois residents know that registering to be a donor is the “right thing to do.” Yet, 40% of Illinoisans have not registered.
It’s important that everyone who supports becoming a donor takes a few minutes to register this important decision. In January 2006, Illinois law changed and a new donor registry was launched. By joining the first-person consent registry, you will ensure that your decision to donate will be honored.
Commit your decision to help save lives by joining the first-person consent registry here. Remember, you must be at least age 18. If you signed up to be an organ/tissue donor before January 1, 2006, you need to re-register in the new registry.
To contact us about the campaign, call us at 888/307-DON8.
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