HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem No. 01 DMV Donate Life Month 2022City Council Agenda Report
City of Lake Elsinore 130 South Main Street
Lake Elsinore, CA 92530
www.lake-elsinore.org
File Number: ID# 22-148
Agenda Date: 4/26/2022 Status: Approval FinalVersion: 1
File Type: PresentationIn Control: City Council / Successor Agency
Agenda Number: 1)
DMV Donate Life Month
Proclaim the month of April 2022 as “DMV Donate Life Month” in the City of Lake Elsinore.
Page 1 City of Lake Elsinore Printed on 4/21/2022
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 106,000 individuals nationwide and more than 20,000 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 organ donors saved more than 40,000 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, being a registered donor does not impact the quality of life-saving
medical care a person receives in an emergency;
WHEREAS, California residents can sign up with the Donate Life California
Donor Registry online at any time by visiting www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org or, for
Spanish-speakers, www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org;
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; 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 the
month of April 2022 as “DMV/Donate Life Month”
in the City of Lake Elsinore encourage all
Californians to check “YES!” online, or when
applying for or renewing their driver’s license or
I.D. card at the DMV.
Timothy J. Sheridan, Mayor