April is National Donate Life Month, a time when Donate Life organizations across the country strive to make LIFE possible by educating and motivating individuals to register their decision to be organ, eye and tissue donors. The 2017 symbol of National Donate Life Month is the pinwheel. The pinwheel is symbolic of an instrument that turns obstacles into opportunities. The pinwheel’s ability to capture and pass on energy parallels one’s potential to make LIFE possible.
Each Donate Life pinwheel has four sails supported by one stem, symbolizing the power one person has to be an organ, eye, tissue or living donor. The pinwheel reminds us that we all have the potential to capture and pass on life, comfort and hope to others by registering as a donor. This April, we encourage you to stop to feel the breeze, watch the pinwheels and think of the lives of those touched by donation and transplantation.
We wish you a Happy National Donate Life Month. We hope you’ll join us by registering to be a donor and inspiring others to register as donors as well! In California, that means checking “YES!” every time at the DMV or signing up at www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org.
