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Become a LifeLink volunteer!

LifeLink volunteers help save and improve lives through public education about the importance of

saying YES to becoming an organ and tissue donor. Donor family members, transplant recipients

and their care givers, people touched by donation and other interested individuals are

encouraged to join with LifeLink to share facts, personal experiences and other important

information with others throughout west Florida, Georgia, two counties in South Carolina, the Island

of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

LifeLink of Florida9661 Delaney Creek Blvd., Tampa, Florida 33619

(800) 262-5775

LifeLink of Georgia2875 Northwoods Parkway, Norcross, Georgia 30071

(800) 544-6667

LifeLink of Puerto RicoMetro Office Park, 1 Calle 1, Suite 100

Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968(800) 558-0977

www.lifelinkfoundation.org

Why I volunteer…I volunteer to give back. And more important, volunteering for our transplant community is an act of serving something bigger than myself. Perhaps I can save a life along the way.

-WILL OLER, HEART AND LIVER RECIPIENT

I volunteer because organ donation matters. Because I received the gift of life. To honor my organ donor and his/her family. Because we are the best example that organ donation works.

-LUIS CARBONELL, HEART RECIPIENT

When I tell someone “Hey you’re not a doctor, a nurse, or a scientist — and just think, you have the potential to save up to 8 lives and enhance the lives of over 50 people,” I can see a light in their eyes. It makes my heart skip a beat and I can’t take a smile off my face when someone says “yes” to organ donation. It’s my LEGACY. Paying It Forward is what I was born to do, and I will until my last breath.

-EVELYN COLON-LEGON, LIVER RECIPIENT

“I am the proud mother of an organ donor. My son saved lives and I am honored to volunteer in his memory. I hope to encourage people to register for volunteer work and to donate life. Volunteering can be both rewarding and life-changing.”

-CHRISTINE DANIELS, DONOR MOM

LifeLink of Florida, LifeLink of Georgia and LifeLink of Puerto Rico are

Donate Life Organizations

Wanda Negrón, Liver Recipient

How can you help? Department of Driver ServicesTogether with LifeLink Public Affairs staff, reinforce the importance of saying YES to organ and tissue donation when getting or renewing your driver license or state identification card, and help thank driver license staff for their commitment to facilitating donor registration.

Professional EducationShare your story and together with LifeLink Hospital Development staff through speaking opportunities or one-on-one visits. This education benefits nurses, physicians and administrators by showing them positive, real life outcomes of organ and tissue donation, as well as allowing them to meet donor family members after donation has occurred and understand how donation impacted their grieving process.

In-Office OpportunitiesLifeLink volunteers help with administrative tasks like assembling public and professional education materials for distribution, mailings, making copies, research to increase public education opportunities, phone calls and more.

Why help?Some people are comfortable in the spotlight, while others prefer to help behind the scenes. Volunteer opportunities are available for everyone, whether you want to share your time on stage, behind a table at a health fair or in the office.

Community Health Fairs and EventsHealth fairs and events allow volunteers to share their story one on one with attendees, usually while staffing a LifeLink booth. Volunteers are stocked with educational materials about organ and tissue donation to share with individuals who stop by.

Public SpeakingSpeak at civic group, church, school, workplace partner or professional education meetings or events, telling their story and explaining how individuals can designate their donation wishes by joining their state organ and tissue donor registry.

MediaParticipate with LifeLink staff in media interviews for television, print, web or radio to discuss your story and organ and tissue donation.

What can you make possible?

Sign me up! Visit www.LifeLinkFoundation.org and click the Volunteer tab and fill out the Volunteer Application to get started.

Florida (800)262-5775 Georgia (800) 544-6667

About LifeLinkLifeLink is a non-profit community service organization dedicated to the recovery of life-saving and life-enhancing organs and tissue for transplantation therapy. We are committed to inspiring the public to save lives through organ and tissue donation.

Every 10 minutes another person is added to the

waiting list

Collectively, more than 10,600 Floridians and Georgians are waiting for a life-saving transplant

There are more than 119,000 people waiting for a life-saving transplant in the United States.

United States 119,000

FL/GA 10,600

William “Reese” Smith, Kidney Recipient