National Donor Day -- a day to give the gift of life

Why be a Donor? The need is great and growing. Almost 95,000 people are in need of an organ for transplant. Approximately 35,000 children and adults in our country have life-threatening blood diseases that could be treated by a marrow/blood stem cell or cord blood transplant. Every two seconds someone in America needs blood, more than 39,000 units each day, according to the American Red Cross.