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Organ Donation
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Become and Organ, Eye and Tissue Donor
There are currently more than 116,000 nationwide who are in need of a life-saving transplant.
In Kansas and Missouri alone, there are nearly 3,000 people awaiting a lifesaving transplant. You can help end the wait by registering today to become an organ, eye and tissue donor.
Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation Statistics
A new person is added
to the waiting list
every 10 minutes.
Twenty-two people die
each day while awaiting a
life-saving transplant.
One organ, eye and tissue
donor can potentially save or
enhance more than 75 lives.
- A new name is added to the national waiting list every 10 minutes.
- Twenty-two people die per day due to a lack of available organs.
- One donor can potentially save or enhance the lives of more than 75 people.
- One out of three deceased donors is over the age of 50.
- Nearly 82 percent of patients waiting are in need of a kidney.
You can help end the wait by registering today to become an organ, eye and tissue donor.
Share your decision with your family.
Becoming an organ and tissue donor is an important personal decision.
Be sure to talk to your family about your decision and make sure you know the desires of your family members regarding organ, eye and tissue donation. Knowing your loved ones wishes helps to alleviate the emotional strain of their passing and helps you to honor their decision in the difficult time of loss.
Donate Life. Register Today!
Sign up today and make a lasting impact on the lives of up to 75 people with your decision to become an organ, eye and tissue donor.
You can utilize your state donor registry by registering at your local DMV, or by registering online.
Source: Visit donatelife.net, mwtn.org, or unos.org, to learn more.
Our Mission
To raise awareness of the life-saving importance of organ, corneal and tissue donation through the lives of our donor families, living donors, and organ, eye and tissue recipients and those awaiting transplantation in the states of Kansas and Missouri. To increase the number of individuals registering to be organ, eye and tissue donors in Kansas and Missouri by participating in local and regional awareness events promoting organ, eye and tissue donation.
Contact Us
Team MO-KAN
626 NE Clubhouse Drive
Lee’s Summit, MO 64086
Phone: (816) 304-4914
info@teammokan.org