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National Donor Day

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Over 120,000 people in the United States are on the waiting list to receive a new organ. National Donor Day works to get more people to register as donors. Started by the Saturn Corporation in 1998, the auto company chose February 14 as the day official National Donor Day.

From significant donations to small donations, the more donors there are, the more lives are saved. National Donor Day focuses on the five most urgent needs: tissues, marrow, blood, platelets, and organs. Donating organs can save eight lives or more and giving tissue can save 75 lives!