Rialto City Council
April 9, 2024

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saving lives through organ, eye & tissue donation
DMV/Donate Life Month Proclamation
City of Rialto
April 2024
WHEREAS, organ, eye, tissue, marrow and blood
donation are life-giving acts recognized worldwide
APRILIS DONATE as expressions of compassion to those in need; NATIONAL MONTH WHEREAS, more than 100,000 individuals
LiFE 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;
WHEREAS, donation of tissue can save and heal the lives of more than 75 others; WHEREAS, 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; WHEREAS, California residents interested in saving a life through living kidney donation may visit www.LivingDonationCalifornia.org;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that in recognition of National Donate Life Month, the month of April 2024 is hereby proclaimed "DMV/Donate Life Month" in the City of Rialto and in doing so we encourage all Californians to check "YES!" online, or when applying for or renewing their driver's license or I.D. card at the DMV.