[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 3, 2018)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 14345-14346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06923]


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                Proclamation 9715 of March 29, 2018

                
National Donate Life Month, 2018

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Americans celebrate the blessing of life in many ways, 
                but perhaps none is more transformative than their 
                choice to donate organs or tissue to family members, 
                friends, or to people they may not ever meet. During 
                National Donate Life Month, we honor our Nation's organ 
                and tissue donors for their decision to give the 
                precious gift of life to someone in need. We also give 
                thanks to the many remarkable medical professionals, 
                scientists, and researchers who have dedicated 
                themselves to improving the health of others.

                My Administration supports efforts to raise awareness 
                about the life-saving power of organ donation. The 
                Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network reports 
                that, in 2017, there were nearly 35,000 transplants 
                performed, a 3.4 percent increase from 2016, and the 
                fifth consecutive record-setting year for transplants 
                in the United States. Last year, more than 16,000 
                living and deceased individuals donated the gift of 
                life to someone in need through an organ or tissue 
                donation.

                Every person, regardless of gender, age, race, 
                ethnicity, or economic status, has the power and the 
                potential to transform a life through organ and tissue 
                donation. Despite record setting years, we are still 
                working to overcome a gap between the availability of 
                organs and people in need of an organ donation. Today, 
                nearly 115,000 Americans are awaiting a lifesaving 
                transplant, and a new name appears on the national 
                transplant waiting list every 10 minutes. Amazingly, 1 
                donor can save up to 8 lives through organ donation and 
                enhance the lives of up to 50 people through tissue 
                donation. This month, I encourage all Americans to 
                consider participating in the gift of life by becoming 
                organ and tissue donors.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim April 2018 as 
                National Donate Life Month. I call upon health 
                professionals, volunteers, educators, government 
                agencies, faith-based and community groups, and private 
                organizations to help raise awareness of the urgent 
                need for organ and tissue donors throughout our Nation.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                second.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2018-06923
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