The Federal News Radio/United Way Community Spotlight for March is the Washington Regional Transplant Community. Organ donation is needed more now than ever bef...
The Federal News Radio/United Way Community Spotlight for March is the Washington Regional Transplant Community.
Organ donation is needed more now than ever before. There are more than 110,000 individuals awaiting a transplant to save their lives and each of us has the power to help. Register to become an organ, eye and tissue donor whenever obtaining or renewing your driver’s license or do it online today by clicking here.
Federal News Radio is proud to support the Washington Regional Transplant Community in their efforts to increase the number of people who are registered as donors. For more information visit www.beadonor.org.
Federally designated as the organ procurement organization (OPO) for Washington, DC, Northern Virginia and suburban Maryland since 1988
Non-profit organization provides full-service organ, tissue and eye recovery
Responds to potential donors at more than 44 area healthcare institutions
Serves approximately 5.13 million Washington-area residents
Coordinates with all five area transplant centers and the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
Provides support to more than 4,000 donor family members
Acts as the community and professional education resource for organ and tissue donation in the Washington, DC, region
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