On April 30th and May 1st, 12 friends will be running a relay, 200 miles from Calistoga to Davenport. We're raising money for Organs R Us, a non profit organization that is doing great work getting people signed up as organ donors. Please consider donating to my team, #141 - Silence of the Vans.
You can email me with any questions at reenie000@gmail.com
10. Click on the TV to view a public service announcement
11. Sign up to be an organ donor www.donatelifecalifornia.org Cheer runners and walkers during The Relay, April 30 th and May 1 st www.therelay.com Donate to “Organs ‘R Us” on behalf of my Relay team, http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/doreen-rambke-hartz /the-relay-2011-1
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This is my family – we grew up as the typical Northern California family
This is my family – we grew up as the typical Northern California family
This is what was different about my family – my dad was diabetic, so insulin and needles were a daily reminder that my dad was sick.
About this time, my dad’s kidney’s began to fail and he went onto the organ transplant waitlist and onto dialysis.
Here’s the sad numbers – there are over 108,000 people nationally that are on the organ transplant waitlist. 20% are from California Approximately 111 people are added daily to the waitlist 18 people die each day on the waitlist My dad is one of the statistics, he died on December 6, 1996 while on the organ transplant waitlist for a kidney.
This was my dad You have the power to donate life – sign up to be an organ, eye and tissue donor at www.donatelifecalifornia.org
National Waitlist California Waitlist Kidney 83,889 77.12% 16,583 79.19% Liver 15,879 14.60% 3,361 16.05% Heart 3,155 2.90% 220 1.05% Kidney / Pancreas 2,217 2.04% 438 2.09% Pancreas 1,481 1.36% 122 0.58% Lung 1,849 1.70% 177 0.85% Intestine 238 0.22% 29 0.14% Heart / Lung 71 0.07% 11 0.05% National Waitlist California Waitlist White 48,456 45.48% 6,453 31.44% Black 31,058 29.15% 2,690 13.11% Hispanic 18,369 17.24% 7,347 35.80% Asian 6,607 6.20% 3,469 16.90% American Indian 992 0.93% 131 0.64% Pacific Islander 551 0.52% 324 1.58% Multiracial 501 0.47% 109 0.53%
Public Service Announcement Video from Donate Life California, available on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNo9oBcC2-Y
Here’s what you can do to help Sign up to be an organ donor on the California registry Cheer on runners and walkers during “The Relay”, California’s longest party for organ donation awareness Participate in a 5K fun run / walk that raises funds for “Organs R Us”