Bone Marrow
Each year, approximately 30,000 patients in the U.S. will be diagnosed with life-threatening diseases such as leukemia, which are treatable by a marrow or stem cell transplant. Just one in three will find a donor match within their family. Join the National Marrow Donor Program Registry — all it takes is a simple blood test. Anyone between the ages of 18-60 and in good general health can join the Registry.

Blood
One blood donation saves as many as three lives. Only 4% of the population donates blood. By donating blood, you show how you can save lives. Healthy adults can donate blood every 56 days. Make saving lives a habit by donating regularly. Appointments to give blood can be coordinated through three different organizations that serve Utah. Most organ transplants would not occur without adequate blood supplies.

Kidney
Why become a living donor? Kidney donation, giving a gift of life to another person, is one of the most meaningful things a person can do. Receiving a kidney transplant may be the closest thing to a miracle that a patient with kidney failure will ever experience.

Every day, thousands of people suffering from terminal, end-stage organ failure await life-saving organ transplants. Not enough organs are donated, despite our efforts to educate everyone about the value of organ and tissue donation. Each day, ten more people are added to the organ transplant waiting list than are removed. Sixteen people die each day while waiting for the gift of life that does not come in time.