Retailers 4Life: Donors
Organ donation and transplantation saves lives. One organ donor can save 7 lives, restore sight to two people and help many others. Four Virginians die each week waiting for a life-saving organ transplant that doesn’t come in time.
The Retail Merchants Association has partnered with the Donate Life Partnership—which comprises United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS based in Richmond, VA), Donate Life America, LifeNet Health, Old Dominion Eye Foundation, Minority Organ Tissue Transplantation Education Program (MOTTEP) of Richmond, and National Kidney Foundation—to increase awareness and encourage Organ Donation.
RMA members may offer their business locations as places where customers can further their education about the importance of Organ Donation as well as sign up to become Organ Donors.
The month of April is designated as Donate Life Month. Local and national campaigns elevate the importance of organ donation. Thousands of additional donors sign up each year.
Those interested in donating are encouraged to do so, and retailers and other places of business are likewise encouraged to offer donor information onsite.
Please contact Preston Perrin at 804-662-5500 or pperrin@retailmerchants.com regarding your business location offering sign-up information to employees and customers.
