Take a look at your driver\u2019s license. Is there a little heart in the corner indicating that you are willing to give your organs to a person in need should anything happen to you? <\/p>\n

About 119,000 people in the United States are waiting for a life-saving transplant; almost twice the amount of fans in Veterans Memorial Stadium at full capacity. Unfortunately, thousands of those waiting won\u2019t even get that call saying that a compatible donor organ has been found and they finally have a second chance at life.
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If you are interested in being an organ donor, you can sign up right here at Jackson State University. The Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency (MORA) is holding a competition to see how many students can be signed up to donate organs. This donor challenge promotes organ and tissue donation on college campuses while encouraging on-site and online donor registration. <\/p>\n

\u201cYouth are leaving before their time, but their organs are good for others\u2019 use and saving lives,\u201d said Ollie L. Harper, Director of Nurses at the JSU Health Center.<\/p>\n

In the state of Mississippi, there are more than 1,200 people who are included in the 119,000+ Americans in need of a life-saving organ transplant.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s important to donate your organs because after you die, you are giving someone a chance to live. Although I am not an organ donor, I will definitely sign up,\u201d said Sherita Gayden, a freshman psychology major from Kilmichael, Miss.
\n According to MORA, there is an average of 19 Americans who die each day waiting on a life-saving organ transplant. One organ donor can save eight lives; subsequently, one tissue donor can enhance the lives of more than 50 people.
\n\u201cMany people don\u2019t know that you can donate your heart, eyes, skin, tendons, bones, liver and even your pancreas,\u201d said Harper.
\nBrittany Williams, a freshman mass communication major from Philadelphia, Pa. said, \u201cIt\u2019s not just a matter of if more young people should sign up and donate; it\u2019s a difficult decision. I\u2019m not a donor yet, but I probably will be one day.\u201d
\nIf you are interested in being a donor, you can visit the Student Health Center located next to the McAllister-Whiteside Residence Hall for more information. You can also sign up online at www.MSORA.org\/donorchallenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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