On the recordAugust 1, 2001
Today is National Minority Donor Awareness Day. Observed every year on August 1, National Minority Donor Awareness Day is an intensive awareness campaign reaching out to minorities of all ethnic groups. The awareness campaign seeks to address organ and tissue donation fears and obstacles of specific concerns to minorities. The campaign also promotes healthy living and disease prevention, and seeks to increase the number of people who sign donor cards and actually become donors. Also, this day increases awareness of behaviors that may lead to the need for transplantation, such as smoking, alcohol and substance abuse, and poor nutrition. Several communities will be holding activities in observance of National Minority Donor Day, and I support these efforts wholeheartedly. Over 77,500 patients are currently waiting for an organ transplant. The more donors we can recruit, the more lives we can save.
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