HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem No. 01 - 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# 21-089
Agenda Date: 3/23/2021 Status: Approval FinalVersion: 1
File Type: PresentationIn Control: City Council / Successor Agency
Agenda Number: 1)
DMV/Donate Life Month
Proclaim the Month of April 2021 as DMV/Donate Life Month in the City of Lake Elsinore.
Page 1 City of Lake Elsinore Printed on 3/19/2021
DMV/Donate Life Month
WHEREAS, organ, eye, tissue, marrow and blood donation are life-giving acts
recognized worldwide as expressions of compassion to those in need;
WHEREAS, more than 108,000 individuals nationwide and more than 21,000 in
California are currently on the national organ transplant waiting list, and on average,
17 people die each day while waiting;
WHEREAS, the need for donated organs is especially urgent in Hispanic, Latino,
and African American communities;
WHEREAS, a single individual’s donation of the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys,
pancreas and small intestine can save up to eight lives; donation of tissue can save and
heal the lives of more than 75 others; and deceased organ donors saved more than
33,000 lives last year, the most ever;
WHEREAS any person can register to be an organ, eye and tissue donor
regardless of age or medical conditions;
WHEREAS, over seventeen million Californians have signed up with the state-
authorized Donate Life California Donor Registry to ensure their wishes to be organ,
eye and tissue donors are honored;
WHEREAS, California residents can sign up to be an organ, eye and tissue donor
when applying for or renewing their driver’s licenses or ID cards at the California
Department of Motor Vehicles or by visiting www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org or, for
Spanish-speakers, www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org; and
WHEREAS, California residents interested in saving a life through living kidney
donation may visit www.LivingDonationCalifornia.org.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City
of Lake Elsinore, California does hereby proclaim
that the month of April 2021 to be “DMV/Donate
Life Month” in the City of Lake Elsinore and, in doing so, encourages all Californians to check
“YES!” when applying for or renewing their
driver’s license or I.D. card.
Bob Magee, Mayor