Student Senate Presentation on Organ Donation
The Eastern Illinois University Student Senate heard a presentation on organ and tissue donations from Shadaye Hunnicutt, community outreach specialist at Gift of Hope.
Gift of Hope is an organ and tissue donor network that assists in registering people for after-death donation in Illinois and northwestern Indiana.
- Organ donation includes the heart, lungs, liver, pancreas, kidneys, and intestines.
According to Hunnicutt, the organization has helped save over 30,000 lives with organ donations.
The United Network for Organ Sharing has 105,000 people on the waiting list, with 4,500 in Illinois, and a person is added every nine minutes.
Author's summary: Student senate learns about organ donation.
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