HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem No. 01 DMV Donate Life Month1)DMV Donate Life Month
Present a Proclamation proclaiming the month of April 2024 as “DMV Donate Life Month” in
the City of Lake Elsinore.
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REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
To:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From:Jason Simpson, City Manager
Prepared by:Candice Alvarez, MMC, City Clerk
Date:April 9, 2024
Subject:DMV Donate Life Month
Recommendation
Present a Proclamation proclaiming the month of April 2024 as “DMV Donate Life Month” in the
City of Lake Elsinore.
Attachments
Attachment 1- Proclamation
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 110,000 individuals nationwide and more than 23,000 in
California are currently on the national organ transplant waiting list, and on average, 22
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 46,000 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 2024 as “DMV/Donate Life
Month” in the City of Lake Elsinore, and encourages all Californians to check
“YES!” when applying for or renewing their
driver’s license or I.D. card at the DMV.
Steve Manos, Mayor
Current Waitlist 3/24
103,233
vs.
106,000 - 4/2023
106,000- 4/2022
2023
Another Record Year of Lives
Saved by Organ Donors!
46,630 Transplants
Vs.
42,800 – 2022
42.394 - 2021
California
5,290 Transplants
Vs
4866- 2022
4693- 2021
* 239 (Children)
California
21,010 Waiting
vs.
24,441 - 2023
*472 (Children)