LifeShare Celebrates Annual Donate Life Month Organization Continues to Raise Awareness for Donation
Each April, LifeShare Oklahoma celebrates Donate Life Month, a month-long observance to focus attention on the need for organ, eye and tissue donation. The celebration is about the importance of registering your decision to be a donor and celebrating the hope that can be given through this decision.
This year’s Donate Life Month theme is “Inspiring Hope and Healing” with an image of a paper crane – which is a symbol of hope, healing, and transformation -- much like the journey of organ donation. In Japanese culture, folding 1,000 origami cranes is believed to grant a wish or bring good fortune. Similarly, organ donation represents the gift of life, granting hope and a second chance to those in need.
Each fold in a paper crane symbolizes the care, consideration, and precision that goes into the process of organ donation. Just as each fold shapes the crane, every step in the donation process, from registration to the transplant itself, molds a new opportunity for someone to live a fuller life. READ FULL STORY
UPDATE: Jhett received his second heart transplant on July 7, 2018, and is doing great thanks to a selfless donor.
The waiting list continues to grow, every 9 minutes another name is added to the list. Every day 17 Americans die waiting for an organ transplant. With the critical need for transplants, it is crucial that the Foundation be able to continuously support LifeShare’s efforts.
With funds received from our development programs, the LifeShare Foundation supports the activities and initiatives of LifeShare to help save more lives through donation. The focus of the Foundation’s programs center around; awareness of organ, eye and tissue donation, support of transplant recipients, including those waiting, and donor families, and research in donation.