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How you can make a difference

How you can make a difference
Giving your time to help educate your community about organ and tissue donation can be a gratifying experience. Some of the ways to accomplish this include:

• Speak at a civic organization meeting or worship service about the need for donor organs.
• Hang Life Connection of Ohio posters in prominent places throughout the community.
• Deliver brochures and enrollment forms about the Ohio Donor Registry to clinics and doctor's offices.
• Submit information about donation in a community or civic group newsletter.
• Write an editorial for your local newspaper.
• Contact local media about stories on organ donation.
• Staff a display booth at a local health fair.
• Encourage your employer to participate in the Workplace Partnership Program.
• Recommend an educational program on organ donation for after school programs.
• Write your local governmental representatives about organ donation issues.
• Wear donation friendly promotional items every day, such as t-shirts, hats and pins.
• Display organ donation messages on cars and other means of transportation.
• Plan an awareness activity in your community.
• Encourage family doctors to talk with their patients about organ and tissue donation.
• Organize an awareness day at a local athletic contest.
• Distribute green ribbon awareness pins to schools, civic groups and places of worship.
• Hold an event to encourage people to join the Ohio Donor Registry.
• Talk with your family about your decision to be an organ and tissue donor.