Discussing Donation

https://youtu.be/IRazA_slEC0 Sometimes starting a conversation about serious issues, like your decision to sign up as an organ, eye and tissue donor can be difficult. While we can’t plan for everything, one thing we can do is set some time to talk about what’s important—in our life and in our death—with those who matter most in our lives. This National Donor…

Many transplant recipients do not know who their donor was and they never meet their donor’s family. When deceased donation occurs, one family is getting the call they have waited for that will change their life forever. Another family also received a call and they are faced with making a selfless and heroic decision that could save a stranger’s life.…

You may have been hearing the term “presumed consent” or “opt-out” when it comes to organ and tissue donation around the world. Presumed consent is a donation system by which adults over the age of 18 are automatically considered willing donors of organs and tissues after death unless they have taken the necessary legal steps to “opt out.” The UK…

When you check Yes at Driver Services to organ, eye and tissue donation and join the Donate Life Wyoming Organ & Tissue Donor Registry, you have made the decision to donate your organs, eyes and tissues after death. Do you know what organs can be donated and transplanted? Organ donation is giving the gift of life by providing one organ,…

For the last several years, Wyoming has earned some of the nation’s highest Donor Designation Rates (DDR), the rate at which individuals join the state organ and tissue donor registry as a percentage of licensed drivers and ID card holders. Wyoming Reaches an Impressive 63% DDR in 2019 For the last several years, Wyoming has earned some of the nation’s…

Hundreds Join the 2nd Annual Donate Life Wyoming Scavenger Hunt On the weekend of August 14 – 17, participants prepared to solve missions and learn more about the gift of life made possible through organ, eye and tissue donation at the 2nd Annual Donate Life Wyoming Scavenger Hunt! Throughout the weekend of fun they honored the lives of organ, eye…