People may be familiar withย Donate Life California’s pink dot sticker on driverโs licenses, which indicatesย thatย someone is an organ donor. But now for theย wholeย month of April, donor registration canย alsoย occurย at Goodwill of Orange Countyโs 24 donation sites.
In recognition ofย Aprilย asย National Organ Donation Month,ย Nicole Suydam spoke withย Jim Martinย on this podcast episode of Sharing Goodwill. Asย CEO ofย Donate Life California, Jim is a passionate advocateย of organ, eye, and tissue donor registration.ย Together,ย Goodwill and Donate Life are partnering to encourage life-saving organ donationsโone registration at a time.
After working in community mental health, foster care, and special education for 30 years, Jimย has always lovedย servingย others.ย He has been able to continue this passion through Donate Life, striving to save lives through organ registrations.
On Sharing Goodwill,ย Jimย talks aboutย Californiaโsย desperateย need for organ donors, especially now.ย Out of the United Statesโ 108,000 people waiting for a transplant, California makes up 22,000 of that population.
Jim and Nicoleย alsoย discuss theย possible hesitations andย barriers that may prevent someone from registering to be an organ donor. Jim encourages people to researchย theย myths that may be circulating about donor registrationย and become educated about the facts of organ donation.
Most importantly, this podcast episode focuses on organ donationโsย incredibleย ability toย saveย lives.ย Jimย says that itโs hard to keep a dry eye when hearingย aboutย donor recipients gettingย a second chance at lifeโtypically feelingย so grateful that they donโt want to wasteย it.
To learn more about how you can makeย thisย powerfulย impact,ย tune in to Sharing Goodwill atย Episode 12: Jim Martin of Donate Life California | Spreaker, orย visitย Donate Life Store at Orange County Goodwill Storesย for more details.