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New Volunteer Orientation 101

New Volunteer Orientation 101. Sharon Ross Director of Public Relations & Community Outreach Donate Life San Diego Executive Director. I Have the Best Job Ever – Story teller. Meet Some of Our Recent Volunteers.

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New Volunteer Orientation 101

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  1. New Volunteer Orientation 101 Sharon Ross Director of Public Relations & Community Outreach Donate Life San Diego Executive Director

  2. I Have the Best Job Ever – Story teller

  3. Meet Some of Our Recent Volunteers Tisa Kourtney Adyhan

  4. Meet Some of Our Recent Volunteers Tisa Kourtney Adyhan With Your Help, When We Save a Life, We Save Lifetimes … and Future Generations

  5. Suzanne nearly 26 / • Living Donation California will be announced April 23 • Current wait for a kidney here is now 10 years. • You can also help by asking us to speak elsewhere, sharing what you’ve learned & posting our link.

  6. Myth-busting Inspiration

  7. Myth-busting Inspiration

  8. Waiting – Hoping - Giving

  9. Lifesharing & Donate Life San Diego • Federally-designated organ procurement organization & FDA-approved Tissue Bank • Serving San Diego & Imperial counties • Official link between deceased donors and people waiting for transplants • The ‘pink dot’ on your license

  10. Lifesharing Priorities • Honor the donor’s wishes • Inform and support families • Represent people on the waiting list • Inspire people to • sign up to be donors

  11. Making Tremendous Progress 10 / • Last year local donors saved 263 lives & will help 25,000 people with the precious gift of tissue • Our 30th anniversary next year • Largest Registry in nation & Largest Waiting List

  12. Our Mission: To Save Lives Stats as of 2/20/13 117,053 people are on the national organ waiting list 1,761 younger than 18 (78 are under 1) A new name is added every 11 minutes. Locally 1,851 are on the list Last year 76 San Diegans died waiting Today 75 people will receive a second chance at life But tragically 18 people in the US will die waiting

  13. Why do people have to wait?

  14. ‘Waiting’ puts Many Lives in Limbo • FACT: you’re 10 times more likely to need a transplant than be a donor • FACT: Only 1 in 3 people sign up to be a donor at the DMV because they ‘rule themselves out as donors’

  15. Hope Born from a Bittersweet Day

  16. What Can Be Transplanted

  17. The Facts PThe quality of hospital care is not lessened if the staff knows the patient is willing to be a donor. • Transplant teams do not become involved until other physicians concerned with the patient’s care have determined all possible efforts to save the patient’s life have failed. POrgans are allocated according to medical criteria like blood type, height, weight, and the urgency of medical need - not according to a patient’s financial, political, social or celebrity status.

  18. Important to Correct Misconceptions! • Donor families incur no expense for donation. • Donation is consistent with the life-preserving traditions of ALL major U.S. religions. • Recovery occurs in a hospital surgical suite and will not delay funeral plans. An open casket service is still possible. • Donor families tell Lifesharing donation makes sense out of tragedy and helps their grieving.

  19. Too May People Think … • I’m too old. I’m too sick. • Nope! You are NEVER too old or too sick to register. • Registering also allows your family to honor your wishes. Not guess at what you’d want. • Registering to be a Donor is SIMPLE. If you want to help save lives after you’re gone, sign up. • It takes only a minute and can mean a lifetime to someone else!

  20. VIPs – Very Important Partners • Our Volunteers! • Our Hospitals • Medical Examiner • First Responders • Funeral Professionals • The San Diego Eye Bank

  21. Interesting Eye Facts • A person becomes blind every 5 seconds; a child every minute • 10 million people worldwide could have their sight restored by corneal transplantation • Most people can donate corneas after death • Sight: WHAT AN AMAZING GIFT • One of our blind donors locally gave sight to two people • An 85-year-old’s gift here enabled a 5-year-old to see!

  22. Did You Know? • Less than 1% of all people who die can be organ donors; 85% can be tissue donors • Avoid saying ‘harvest,’ ‘life-support’ & ‘cadaver’ • Children can register at the DMV to be donors, but must be at least 13 online. Valid when 18 • Pink dots printed on license only when you check ‘Yes’ at the DMV. So check yes every time • By zip code we know how many are waiting, became donors and were transplanted • Always easy to update registration or change mind • AND you can help us save lives so many ways … with an email, note cards, stuffing stuff

  23. Remember Age of the oldest donor? 110 years old (eyes for research) 25% of donors are > 50 One in 12 donors is > 65 Longest surviving recipient? 50 years + and going strong You are NEVER too old or too sick to sign up to be a donor How Long Before Recovered Organs/Tissue Must be Transplanted? Kidneys 24-72 hours Liver 12-18 hours Heart & Lungs 4-5 hoursPancreas 4 hours Corneas up to 14 days Joints, Cartilage < 25 days Skin, Bones, Veins, Valves, Tendons, Ligaments (cryo-preserved) < 5 years

  24. There is Encouraging News • We have reduced deaths waiting here • Living donors now provide >25% of all transplants (Next month we launch Living Donation CA, which will be a US first) • One person can save up to 8 lives through organ donation and help 50 people as a tissue donor

  25. How the Public Can Help • Take a minute to register • Discuss your wishes with your family before the ICU or ER • Share your own story • Hold an eCampaign • Tell others what you’ve learned about donation • Don’t rule yourself out! • Be an active Volunteer because we need you!

  26. Key Volunteer Priorities • High Schools • Hospitals • DMV • Or? • Meant to make the most effective use of your time, help us inspire people to sign up as donors and SAVE LIVES in our communities.

  27. AND SOON … You can help by reserving a Donate Life CA License Plate

  28. What’s Happening?

  29. New Website Soon

  30. Total Registrants: 9,915,110 (as of Tues., 3/5/13 at 4:55 pm) Check ‘Yes’ at the DMV or sign up online at www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org or www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org The DMV adds 5,000 donors/day to the Registry!!!

  31. Your Mission: Learn, Have Fun & SAVE LIVES

  32. Thank you! We so appreciate your support to help us save lives right here in San Diego! For more information: Sharon Ross 619-521-1983 sharon@lifesharing.org

  33. Introduction Worksheet & Other Tools

  34. Meet Michael & His Extended Family

  35. Brittany

  36. Christopher

  37. Tommy

  38. Tommy’s Mom & Christopher

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