Central Carolina Liver Associaton  

One donor can save or improve the lives of as many as 50 people by donating eyes, organs and tissues. The diagram below shows what can be donated. For more information, visit the Mid-America Transplant Services web site which features detailed descriptions on organ function and their transplant use.

A glossary of transplant terms is available on the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) web site for students who may need more information.

Various Gifts of Donation 1. Eyes/Corneas 2. Lungs 3. Heart 4. Liver 5. Kidneys 6. Pancreas 7. Fascia 8. Skin 9. Cartilage/Tendons 10. Bone 11. Bone Marrow 12. Small Intestine

Organ Recovery and Preservation
Vital organs can be recovered and transported hundreds of miles to a patient waiting in a transplant center. The maximum time frame from the time the organ is recovered to when it must be transplanted is listed here. Note that many transplant surgeons prefer a shorter period or eschemic time.

(information courtesy of Lifeshare of the Carolinas)

SIGN-UP NOW FOR VOLUNTEER TRAINING!

LifeShare is pleased to announce that registration is open for our next volunteer workshop.

Carolina Donor Services Volunteer Training              Saturday, October 16, 2010 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.            Location:Hilton Garden Inn, 508 E. Martin Luther King Dr. Charlotte, NC 28202.

Carolina Donor Services Volunteer Training
November 19, 2010 9:30am-11:30am
Location: Carolina Donor Services Durham Office
Durham, NC

Carolina Donor Services Volunteer Training
November 19, 2010 9:30am-11:30am
Location: Carolina Donor Services Winston-Salem Office
Winston-Salem, NC

Carolina Donor Services Volunteer Training
November 19, 2010 9:30am-11:30am
Location: Carolina Donor Services Greenville Office
Greenville, NC

The workshop is geared to anyone who has an interest in increasing the number of people who say "yes" to donation, particularly donor family members, transplant recipients and healthcare professionals. Registration is free but in order to insure that we have materials and lunch for you, it's important that you RSVP. Call Jennifer McCarn at (704) 512-3303 or e-mail her at jmccarn@lifesharecarolinas.org.

THE NATIONAL DONOR SABBATH IS COMING TO A CHURCH NEAR YOU

Order your materials now for the National Donor Sabbath. This year most congregations throughout the United States will observe the celebration on Sunday, Nov. 14th. Every major religion in the United States supports organ, eye and tissue donation as one of the highest expression of compassion and generosity.

We hope that all houses of worship throughout our service area will observe the Donor Sabbath during the weekend of November 12-14, 2010. We have a limited number of bulletin inserts and Bible markers for congregations that are interested. We can also provide speakers upon request. Contact Debbie Gibbs at (704) 512-3303 or dgibbs@carolinas.org.

Para recibir informacion sobre la donacion de organos y tejidos, llame al 800-485-VIDA.

To Remember Me

by: Robert Test

At a certain moment at doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function and that, for all intents and purposes, my life has stopped.

When that happens, do not attempt to instill artificial life into my body by the use of a machine.  And don't call this my "deathbed." Call it my "bed of life," and let my body be taken from it to help others lead fuller lives.

Give my sight to a man who has never seen a sunrise, a baby's face or love in the eyes of a woman.

Give my heart to a person whose own heart has caused nothing but endless days of pain.

Give my blood to the teenager who has been pulled from the wreckage of his car, so that he might live to see his grandchildren play.

Give my kidneys to one who depends on a machine to exist from week to week.

Take my bones, every muscle, every fiber and nerve in my body, and find a way to make a crippled child walk.

Explore every corner of my brain.  Take my cells, if necessary, and let them grow so that someday a speechless boy will shout at the crack of a bat and a deaf girl will hear the sound of rain against her windows.

Burn what is left of me and scatter the ashes to the winds to help the flowers grow.

If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses, and all my prejudice against my fellow man.

Give my sins to the devil.

Give my soul to God.

If, by chance, you wish to remember me, do it with a kind deed or word to someone who needs you.

If you do all I have asked, I will live

FOREVER.