HomeMy WebLinkAbout4/18/2012 - STAFF REPORTS - 00 WHEREAS, organ, tissue, marrow and blood donation are life-giving acts
recognized worldwide as expressions of compassion to those in need; and
WHEREAS, more than 100,000 individuals nationwide and more than
20,000 in California are currently on the national organ transplant waiting list,
and every 90 minutes one person dies while waiting due to the shortage of
donated organs; and
WHEREAS, the need for donated organs is especially urgent in Hispanic
and African American communities; and
WHEREAS, more than 600,000 units of blood per year are needed to meet
the need in California and at any given time, 6,000 patients are in need of marrow
donors; and
WHEREAS, a single individual's donation of the heart, lungs, liver,
kidneys, pancreas and small intestine can save up to eight lives; donation of tissue
can save and heal the lives of up to 50 others; and a single blood donation can
help three people in need; and
WHEREAS the spirit of giving and the decision to donate are not
restricted by age or medical condition; and
WHEREAS, nearly nine million Californians have signed up with the
state-authorized Donate Life California Registry to ensure their wishes to be
organ and tissue donors are honored; and
WHEREAS, California residents can sign up with the Donate Life
California Registry when applying for or renewing their driver's licenses or ID
cards at the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Stephen P. Pougnet, Mayor of the City of Palm
Springs, do hereby proclaim the month of April to be Donate Life Month in the
City of Palm Springs, and in doing so encourage all Californians to check "YES!"
when applying for or renewing their driver's license or I.D. cards.
Presented this 18th day of April, 2012