What to Expect• A call will be placed to your loved one’s

immediate family.• Once eligibility is determined, a brief consent

form will be completed.• Questions will be asked regarding your

loved one’s medical and social history.• Your wishes will then be coordinated

with your funeral home.• The tissue donation process is always

completed with great care, respect and dignity.

Why Donate?

Many people donate because they know that numerous others may be helped and that something positive can come from their loss.

Because others are helped in profound ways: • Hearts are repaired and beat strongly• Vision is restored • Burn victims can fight infection and pain• Disabled persons can walk again• Disfigured persons can regain their

self-esteem Skin donation: used for example as a life-saving covering for severely burned patients as well as abdominal wall repair or other reconstructive applications.

“My son was all about life and giving in life.

That’s what all our lives were meant to be–

sharing our lives with others, giving the gift of life.”

—Steve Oelrich

Tissue donation is life-enhancing and life-saving. One person’s gift is a miracle for many, enabling those who would not live a normal life to have a second chance. As many as 100 people can be helped by one donor.

Call 866-432-1164 for more information on becoming a donor. The decision to donate will give others the chance to live and enjoy an improved quality of life.

6241 NW 23rd Street, Suite 200Gainesville, FL 32653

866-432-1164 • www.donorcare.org

At age 15, Zachary A.’s doctor told him he had bone cancer in his left knee. He had 3/5’s of his tibia replaced with donated bone and has made a full recovery.

Bone donation: used to help reconstruction related to trauma or cancer and also to restore mobility and reduce pain.

Christina L. was born with Shone’s syndrome, a hereditary defect which caused an obstruction in her left heart valve.

Cardiovascular donation: used in life-saving heart valve transplants for children and patients with heart defects.

Nationally, over 900,000 people were helped last year through tissue donation, and over 20,000 people donated tissues.

One person’s gift is a miracle for many, enabling those who would not live a normal life to have a second chance.

Tissue Donation Is About

Helping Give the Gift of Life.

“My son was all about life and giving in life. That’s what all our lives were meant to be–sharing our lives with others, giving the gift of life.”

In 1995, Alachua County Sheriff Stephen Oelrich’s 18-year-old son, Nick, died as a result of a tragic fall. It is known today that he has saved and enhanced the lives of 108 people through his organ and tissue donations. Sheriff Oelrich’s personal experience led him to take action on a national level. He developed the National Sheriffs’ Association Gift of Life Foundation to increase awareness of the need to give the gift of life through organ and tissue donation.

Donor families find great comfort in knowing that their gift is able to help others.866-432-1164 • www.donorcare.org