Thank you for your interest in reporting on organ, eye and tissue donation. Below you will find media resources including our media kit, links and other resources to help you inform your readers and viewers about how organ, eye and tissue donation saves and heals lives!
Please include a link to our website, www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org, in your stories to encourage your audience to get more information and to register to be organ, eye and tissue donors.
If you’re in need of additional media resources please find our media contact information below as well.
Media Resources on Donate Life California
2019 Donate Life California Media Kit – Includes an overview of Donate Life California, up-to-date donation and transplant statistics, and more.
Organ & Tissue Donation Terms for Media – Includes technical terms and definitions associated with organ, eye and tissue donation and transplantation, and what terms are appropriate and inappropriate to use when reporting on the recovery of organs.
Fast Facts – Includes statistics and dispels commonly believed myths and misconceptions regarding organ, eye and tissue donation and transplantation.
Donate Life California News Page – Includes the latest news and events involving Donate Life California and Donate Life organizations.
Donate Life California YouTube Channel – Includes videos produced by Donate Life California and news videos featuring Donate Life California.
Explore our Stories of Hope – Includes stories where you can learn how donation has impacted lives throughout the state and beyond. Find stories from living donors, transplant recipients, and stories of donors by their loved ones.
Media Resouces – Donate Life California Logos
Facts On the Need For Transplants
Donate Life California works to help close the gap of those waiting for an organ and those able to receive them. Currently, there are over 100,000 in the United States waiting for lifesaving organs and over 20,000 of those are based here in California.
On top of that, there is a countless amount of individuals who will need tissue donations to be healed. These patients include breast cancer survivors, burn victims, those who’ve lost their sight, and many more.
Statistics based on data from UNOS provide don August 15, 2018. Find current statistics here.
The Organ Transplant Waiting List – Explains what the National Organ Transplant Waiting List is, how it was established, and how people get on it to wait for a life-saving organ transplant.
Additional Resources on Donation
How Donation Works – Explains the process of organ, eye and tissue donation and why less than one percent of deaths meet the criteria for organ donation.
What is Brain Death? – Explains what brain death is and shows how brain function is affected.
What Organs Can Be Donated – Lists the organs that can be donated, their functions, why they are needed for transplant, and how long they have to be transplanted from the time of recovery.
What Tissues Can Be Donated – Lists the tissues that can be donated, their functions, and why they are needed.
Frequently Asked Questions – Includes answers to questions like, “Who can be a registered organ, eye and tissue donor?” and “How do I become a registered organ, eye and tissue donor?”
Local Donation Resources – Contact information along with areas served for California’s four federally designated Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs).
National Donation Resources – Includes links to national Donate Life organizations and federally-authorized organ donation and transplant nonprofits.
Donate Life California Media Contact:
Lacey Wood
lacey@donateLIFEcalifornia.org
Direct: 916-678-6006
