• There are more than 100,000 people waiting for lifesaving transplants nationwide.
  
  
• More than 4,700 men, women, and children from Illinois are on the organ transplant waiting list.

• 87% of adults in Illinois feel that registering as an organ donor is the right thing to do.
  
  
• 60% of adults in Illinois are registered organ and tissue donors.

• Donating your organs provides lifesaving cures and can save and help more than 25 lives.
  
  
• Illinois' organ/tissue donor registry will ensure that individuals' life-giving donation wishes are fulfilled and will help save hundreds of more lives each year.

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Lisa Kosty is  a 39 year old wife who has long been a supporter of organ donation.  She comes from a family of frequent blood donors and was taught from a young age that this kind of gift saves lives.  Her late father was unable to donate his organs, but had they been viable, she knows he would have done so.  She encourages everyone to consider organ donation today.  If there is any good that can come of someone’s passing, hopefully it can come from knowing that their donation saved the life of another.
 




Ray is a dedicated and proud father of three and a loving husband whose love of the outdoors keeps him fit and constantly active.  He lives life for every moment, Ray knows the importance of living life to the fullest.  Ray feels that becoming an organ donor is a very powerful & meaningful decision and knows the number of people whose lives can be saved and forever changed by a single donor is well worth the commitment.





Drew Walker is a 33-year-old husband with an 18-month-old son. He and his wife, also an organ donor, believe that if even one life can be saved by donation, it is more than worth it. It’s such a small choice to make, for a world of difference. Please consider becoming an organ donor today.





Pam Hamil, the Marketing Director at US99.5, is a 39-year-old wife and mother of a 3-year-old. She strongly believes in the “gift of life,” having seen the power of donation while working at a community blood bank years ago. A regular blood donor, Pam has also signed up to be an organ donor.