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"DMV/Donate Life California Month"
April 2018
WHEREAS, organ, tissue, marrow and blood donation are life-giving acts
recognized worldwide as expressions of compassion to those in need;
WHEREAS, more than 114,000 individuals nationwide and more than 21,000
in California are currently on the national organ transplant waiting list, and on
average, 20 people die each day while waiting due to the shortage of donated
organs;
WHEREAS, the need for donated organs is especially urgent in Hispanic and
African American communities;
WHEREAS, more than 600,000 units of blood per year are needed to meet the
need in California;
WHEREAS, at any given time, 6,000 patients are in need of volunteer marrow
donors;
WHEREAS, a single individual's donation of the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys,
pancreas and small intestine can save up to eight lives; donation of tissue can
save and heal the lives of up to 75 others; and a single blood donation can help
three people in need;
WHEREAS, millions of lives each year are saved and healed by donors of
organs, tissues, marrow and blood;
WHEREAS the spirit of giving and decision to donate are not restricted by age
or medical condition;
WHEREAS, over fourteen million Californians have signed up with the state-
authorized Donate Life California Donor Registry to ensure their wishes to be
organ, eye and tissue donors are honored;
WHEREAS, California residents can sign up with the Donate Life California
Donor Registry when applying for or renewing their driver's licenses or ID cards
at the California Department of Motor Vehicles;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that in recognition of National Donate
Life Month, the month of April 2018 is hereby proclaimed "DMV/Donate Life
California Month" in the City of Seal Beach, and in doing so we encourage all
Californians to check "YES!" when applying for or renewing their driver's
license or I.D. card, or by signing up at www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org or
www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereby affix my signature and the seal of the City of
Seal Beach this 9th day of April, 2018.
-_ Mike Varipapa, Mayor
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Mayor Pro Tern: Ellery A. Deaton
\' fTh City Council Members:
Sandra Massa-Lavitt
4:4«K: Thomas Moore
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