Verify that you are an organ donor officially (on everything you can be listed) and discuss your wishes with your family
Give blood if you are able
Talk to others about being donors. Work to make donation the default...an opt out rather than opt in system.
Consider joining a network like
LifeSharers where members in need of organs are given first priority should other members die (If there is no membership match, then it goes to the standard UNOS protocol)
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By joining LifeSharers you will help reduce the deadly organ shortage. By offering your organs first to other organ donors you create an incentive for non-donors to become donors. As more people register as organ donors, fewer people will die waiting for transplants.
By joining LifeSharers you will also make the organ transplant system fairer by helping registered organ donors get their fair share of organs. About half of the organs transplanted in the United States go to people who have not agreed to donate their own organs when they die. That's not fair, and it's one of the reasons there is such a large organ shortage
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