City of Santa Maria
Santa Maria, California
Proclamation
WHEREAS, organ, eye, tissue, marrow and blood donation are life -giving acts recognized worldwide as expressions of compassion to those in need, and more than 1 03,000 individuals nationwide and more than 23,000 in California are currently on the national organ transplant waiting list, and on average, 17 people die each day while waiting; and
WHEREAS, the need for donated organs is especially urgent in Hispanic, Latino, and African American co mmunities; and a single individual’s donation of the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas and small intestine can save up to eight lives; and
WHEREAS, 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 and any person can register to be an organ, eye and tissue donor regardless of age or medical conditions; and
WHEREAS, being a registered donor does not impact the quality of life -saving medical care a person receives in an emergency; and
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. 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 sav ing a life through living kidney donation may visit www.LivingDonationCalifornia.org.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALICE M. PATINO, Mayor of the City of Santa Maria hereby proclaim April 2025 as
“DONATE LIFE MONTH”
in the City of Santa Maria . In doing s o 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
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and have caused the Seal of the City of Santa Maria to be affixed hereto this 1st day of April, 2025.
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Alice M. Patino, Mayor