New Volunteer Orientation 101
Sharon Ross
Director of Public Relations & Community Outreach
Donate Life San Diego Executive Director
I Have the Best Job Ever – Story teller
Meet Some of Our Recent Volunteers
Tisa
Kourtney
Adyhan
Meet Some of Our Recent Volunteers
Tisa
Kourtney
Adyhan
With Your Help, When We Save a Life,
We Save Lifetimes … and Future Generations
Suzanne
nearly 26
• Living Donation California will be announced April 23
• Current wait for a kidney here is now 10 years.
• You can also help by asking us to speak elsewhere,
sharing what you’ve learned & posting our link.
Myth-busting Inspiration
Myth-busting Inspiration
Waiting – Hoping - Giving
Lifesharing & Donate Life San Diego
 Federally-designated organ procurement
organization & FDA-approved Tissue Bank
 Serving San Diego & Imperial
counties
 Official link between deceased
donors and people waiting for
transplants
 The ‘pink dot’ on your license
Lifesharing Priorities
 Honor the donor’s wishes
 Inform and support
families
 Represent people
on the waiting list
 Inspire people to
sign up to be donors
Making Tremendous Progress
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• Last year local donors saved 263 lives & will help
25,000 people with the precious gift of tissue
• Our 30th anniversary next year
• Largest Registry in nation & Largest Waiting List
Our Mission: To Save Lives
Stats as of 2/20/13
117,053 people are on the national organ waiting list
1,761 younger than 18
(78 are under 1)
A new name is added every
11 minutes.
Locally 1,851 are on the list
Last year
76 San Diegans died waiting
Today 75 people will receive a second chance at life
But tragically
18
people in the US will die waiting
Why do people have to wait?
‘Waiting’ puts Many Lives in Limbo
• FACT: you’re 10 times
more likely to need a
transplant than be a
donor
• FACT: Only 1 in 3
people sign up to be a
donor at the DMV
because they ‘rule
themselves out as
donors’
Hope Born from a Bittersweet Day
What Can Be Transplanted
The Facts
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The quality of hospital care is not lessened if the staff
knows the patient is willing to be a donor.
 Transplant teams do not become involved until other
physicians concerned with the patient’s care have
determined all possible efforts to save the patient’s
life have failed.
P Organs are allocated according to medical criteria
like blood type, height, weight, and the urgency of
medical need - not according to a patient’s financial,
political, social or celebrity status.
Important to Correct Misconceptions!
 Donor families incur no expense for donation.
 Donation is consistent with the life-preserving
traditions of ALL major U.S. religions.
 Recovery occurs in a hospital surgical suite and
will not delay funeral plans. An open casket
service is still possible.
 Donor families tell Lifesharing donation makes
sense out of tragedy and helps their grieving.
Too May People Think …
 I’m too old. I’m too sick.
 Nope! You are NEVER too old or too sick to
register.
 Registering also allows your family to honor your
wishes. Not guess at what you’d want.
 Registering to be a Donor is SIMPLE. If you want to
help save lives after you’re gone, sign up.
It takes only a minute and can mean a lifetime to
someone else!
VIPs – Very Important Partners
 Our Volunteers!
 First Responders
 Our Hospitals
 Funeral Professionals
 Medical Examiner
 The San Diego Eye Bank
Interesting Eye Facts
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A person becomes blind every 5 seconds; a child
every minute
•
10 million people worldwide could have their sight
restored by corneal transplantation
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Most people can donate corneas after death
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Sight: WHAT AN AMAZING GIFT
•
One of our blind donors locally gave sight to
two people
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An 85-year-old’s gift here enabled a 5-year-old to
see!
Did You Know?
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Less than 1% of all people who die can be organ
donors; 85% can be tissue donors
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Avoid saying ‘harvest,’ ‘life-support’ & ‘cadaver’
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Children can register at the DMV to be donors, but
must be at least 13 online. Valid when 18
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Pink dots printed on license only when you check
‘Yes’ at the DMV. So check yes every time
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By zip code we know how many are waiting,
became donors and were transplanted
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Always easy to update registration or change mind
 AND you can help us save lives so many ways …
with an email, note cards, stuffing stuff
Remember
You are NEVER
too old or too
sick to sign up to
be a donor
Age of the oldest donor?
110 years old (eyes for research)
25% of donors are > 50
One in 12 donors is > 65
Longest surviving recipient?
50 years + and going strong
How Long Before Recovered Organs/Tissue Must be Transplanted?
Kidneys
Heart & Lungs
Corneas
24-72 hours
4-5 hours
up to 14 days
Liver
Pancreas
Joints, Cartilage
12-18 hours
4 hours
< 25 days
Skin, Bones, Veins, Valves, Tendons, Ligaments (cryo-preserved) < 5 years
There is Encouraging News
• We have reduced deaths waiting here
• Living donors now provide >25% of all
transplants (Next month we launch Living
Donation CA, which will be a US first)
• One person can save up to 8 lives
through organ donation and help 50
people as a tissue donor
How the Public Can Help
• Take a minute to register
• Discuss your wishes with your family before the
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ICU or ER
Share your own story
Hold an eCampaign
Tell others what you’ve
learned about donation
Don’t rule yourself out!
Be an active Volunteer
because we need you!
Key Volunteer Priorities
• High Schools
• Hospitals
• DMV
• Or?
• Meant to make the most effective use of your time,
help us inspire people to sign up as donors and
SAVE LIVES in our communities.
AND SOON …
You can help
by reserving
a Donate Life CA
License Plate
What’s Happening?
New Website Soon
Check ‘Yes’ at the DMV or sign up online at
www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org or www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org
The DMV adds 5,000 donors/day to the Registry!!!
Total Registrants:
9,915,110
(as of Tues., 3/5/13 at 4:55 pm)
Your Mission: Learn, Have Fun & SAVE LIVES
For more information:
Sharon Ross
619-521-1983
sharon@lifesharing.org
Introduction Worksheet & Other Tools
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Christopher
Tommy
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