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DCI Donor Services (DCIDS) is an affiliation of organ and tissue recovery organizations across the United States that are dedicated to providing organs and tissues for transplantation. You may visit your local program by clicking on the links below or to your right. Mountain Region Donor Services Sierra Eye and Tissue Donor Services Tennessee Donor Services Chattanooga Tennessee Donor Services Jackson Tennessee Donor Services Knoxville Tennessee Donor Services Nashville We are committed to
supporting families in our communities who have suffered the loss of a
loved one by providing the opportunity for the donation of anatomical
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for your interest in DCI Donor Services! HEADLINERS AND FEATURES
Local Strategies Tennessee
Donor Services (TDS), Mountain Region Donor Services, and Mid-South
Transplant Foundation, the federally designated organ recovery agencies
for the state of Tennessee, are pleased to announce that a new specialty
plate to promote organ donation awareness has been approved for
Tennessee. The recent passage of Senate Bill 2951 amended Tennessee
Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 4, and authorized the issuance of the
new license plate. Before the license plate can go into production,
the agencies must obtain signatures and $35 each from 1,000 Tennessee
residents expressing a desire to purchase a donor awareness plate. A
portion of the proceeds from each plate will support local organ donor
awareness efforts in Tennessee. “Over the
years, many people have expressed an interest in an organ donation license
plate,” says Jennifer Kilby, Public Education Manager for TDS. “The
state of Tennessee’s support of this project will enhance our agencies’
efforts to educate the public about the critical need for organ and tissue
donors. We are very grateful to the State for their efforts to help
save the lives of the more than 85,000 Americans currently on the national
organ transplant waiting list,” Kilby adds. According to
the United Network for Organ Sharing, the agency that coordinates the
national organ transplant system, transplantation has saved and enhanced
the lives of more than 300,000 people in the United States. It is
the need for donated organs, which is currently not being met. About
17 people die every day because a donated organ does not become available
in time. To obtain an
application form for the new organ donation license plate, either click
here or contact your local Tennessee Donor Services office (phone
numbers can be found on the application
form.)
"The National Kidney Foundation
organizes the This July, the National Kidney Foundation is conducting its eighth biennial Olympic-style U.S. Transplant Games in Minneapolis-St Paul and the U of MN. The NKF's 51 Affiliates across the US organize teams of athletes who train for any of the 12 sports showcased. The athletes and team organizers raise funds and seek team sponsors to enable them to travel and compete at the Games. Teams increase local community awareness of the need for all organ donations and attract positive media attention on the successes of organ and tissue transplantation. Athletic participation in the Games is open to anyone who has received a transplant of a heart, liver, kidney, lung, pancreas or a bone marrow transplant. The U.S. Transplant Games provide the transplant community the opportunity to honor the extraordinary generosity of donors and donor families. It is these individuals who make transplantation possible by providing the "Gift of Life" to some of the more than 85,000 people who are in need of a life-saving organ transplant. The National Donor Recognition Ceremony, held in conjunction with the Transplant Games, is a special tribute to our loved ones who donated organs or tissues at the time of death. The Ceremony will feature a video tribute to donors, music and readings to honor donors and their families, and reflections from transplant recipients whose lives were changed dramatically from the precious gift of donation. Four families from Tennessee Donor Services will be attending the Games and the Donor Recognition Ceremony. For more information about the U.S. Transplant Games and the National Donor Recognition Ceremony, log on to: http://www.kidney.org/recips/athletics/tgames/infoMain.cfm
Workplace Partnership for Life, a campaign initiated by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, is an initiative to recruit potential organ, tissue, marrow and blood donors by partnering with the business community to provide donation education. Please go to the website http://www.organdonor.gov/ for more information, Workplace Partnership for Life inserts and to become a partnering company for life.
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Regional Offices Golden State Donor Services 1.916.567.1600 Referrals 1.800.762.8819 Fax 1.916.567.8300 Mountain Region Donor Services 1.423.915.0808 Referrals 1.888.562.3774 Fax 1.423.915.1170 New Mexico Donor Services 1.505.843.7672 Referrals 1.800.843.7672 Fax 1.505.343.1828 Sierra Eye and Tissue Donor Services 1.916.569.0200 Referrals 1.800.762.8819 Distribution 1.800.435.5780 Fax 1.916.569.0300 Tennessee Donor Services Nashville 1.615.234.5251 1.888.234.4440 Referrals 1.800.969.4438 Fax 1.615.320.1655 Tennessee Donor Services Chattanooga 1.423.756.5736 Fax 1.423.756.5904 Tennessee Donor Services Knoxville 1.865.588.1031 Fax 1.865.588.5903 Tennessee Donor Services Jackson 1.731.425.6393 Our Corporate Office DCIDS Organ Services 1.888.234.4440 DCIDS Tissue Services 1.888.234.4399 DCIDS Tissue Orders 1.888.216.0319
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US Transplant Games to demonstrate to the public
that transplantation works and to illustrate the tremendous need for more
organ donors. Transplant athletes compete as if they've never been sick a
day in their lives. In fact, many have been very sick and would have died
without an organ donor," says John Davis, CEO of the National Kidney
Foundation.
