From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
The Need Is Real: You can literally be a lifesaver by being an organ donor. Here are some important facts about donation:
• Someone is added to the waiting list every 10 minutes. Over 120,000 people are waiting for organ donations.
• Each day, an average of 79 people receive organ transplants. However, an average of 18 people die each day waiting for transplants that can't take place because of the shortage of donated organs.
• People of every age give and receive organ donations.
Hymn writer Carolyn Winfrey Gillette has been a chaplain for a hospital and several hospices. She is grateful for suggestions for this hymn from her husband Bruce Gillette (he has served on a hospital ethics committee), hospital Chaplains Tim Rodden and Sister Julian Wilson and ethicist Christian Iosso. This hymn is dedicated to the memory of Roy Timmer, a faithful Christian, a wonderful friend and an organ donor who helped many people.
God, Each Day You Give is Precious
A Hymn for Donor Sabbath
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