HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem No. 01 Proclamation DMV/Donate Life MonthCity Council Agenda Report
City of Lake Elsinore 130 South Main Street
Lake Elsinore, CA 92530
www.lake-elsinore.org
File Number: ID# 19-536
Agenda Date: 4/14/2020 Status: Approval FinalVersion: 1
File Type: PresentationIn Control: City Council / Successor Agency
Agenda Number: 1)
DMV/Donate Life Month
Proclaim the Month of April 2020 as DMV/Donate Life Month in the City of Lake Elsinore.
Page 1 City of Lake Elsinore Printed on 7/1/2020
CITY OF
LADE LSINORE
w DREAM EXTUME
DMY/Donate life Montli
'WHEREAS, organ, tissue, marrow and blood donation are Cife giving acts recognized
worCdwide as expressions of compassion to those in need
'WHERE2LS, more than 112,000 individuaCs nationwide andmore than 21,000,in California
are currentCy on the national organ transpCant waiting list, and on average, 1,7 peopCe die each
day whiCe waiting due to the shortage of donatedorgans,
'WHEREAS, more than 600,000 units of bCoodper year are required to meet the need in
California, andeach year, there are i8,000patients in needof voCunteer marrow donors;
'WHEREAS, a singCe individuaCs donation of the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas and
smaCC intestine can save up to eight lives, donation of tissue can save and heal the lives of more
than 75 others, and a singCe blood donation can heCp three peopCe in need;
'WHEREAS, miClions of lives each year are saved and heated by donors of organs, tissues,
marrow and blod, and the spirit of giving and decision to donate are not restricted by age or
medicaCcondition,
`WHEREAS, over sixteen miCCion Californians have signed up with the state -authorized
Donate Life CaCfornia Donor Registry to ensure their wishes to be organ, eye and tissue donors
are honored; and
'WHEREAS, California residents can sign up with the Donate Life Calfornia Donor
Registry when appCying for or renewing their drivers licenses or ID cards at the California
Department of Motor TehicCes, and those interested in saving a Cfe through Living kidney
donation are encouraged to visit www.LivingDonationCaCfornia.org for more information.
NO-W, 9'HEREFORE, the City CounciCof the City of Lake
Elinore, California does hereby procCaim that the month of
AyriC2020 to be "DMT/Donate Life Month" in the City of Lake
Elsinore and, in doing so, encourages all CaCifornians to check
"yES!" when appCying for or renewing their driver's Cicense or
I.D. card, or by signing up at www.donate.LTFEcaCifornia.org or
www. done'VTV Ac aCiifornia. org.
Brian Tisdale, .Mayor