Organ Donation Information & Facts

"Be an Everyday HERO!"

You can register to be an organ, eye, and tissue donor at DonateLifeWisconsin.org or at your local Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). If you register your decision at the DMV, your driver's license will be reflected with an orange donor dot. 

Organ donation can be procured through living donors and deceased donors. Living donation is determined based on extensive medical matching.  Deceased donation occurs once the donor has passed. The surgical team removes the organs and tissues from the donor's body in an operating room. Organs are recovered, and then additional authorized tissues such as bone, cornea, and skin.

 (Information: organdonor.gov) 

• 8 LIVES can be saved when you register!
• 22 people die every day while waiting for a transplant. 
• 120k+ people are on the waiting list.
• Every 10 minutes another patient is added to the waiting list. 
• Organ donation doesn't cost the donor's family any money. (More information at organdonor.gov)

Fact: Organ donation is consistent with the beliefs of most major religions.

Fact: Living donation increases the existing organ supply. 

Fact: An open-casket funeral is possible for organ and tissue donors. 

Organs and tissue that can be donated include: heart, kidneys, lungs, pancreas, liver, intestines, corneas, skin, tendons, bone, nerve and heart valves. 

Share your decision to be an organ, eye and tissue donor with family and friends. Make sure they know your wishes and what you want to donate for transplant. You have the power to save up to 8 people's lives!