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WELCOME TO NEFETERIUS AKELI McPHERSON FOUNDATION WEBSITE
Fight Cancer
www.cancer.org/healthy.html
Stay Away From Tobacco
Be Safe in the Sun
Eat Healthy & Get Active
Cancer Screening Guidleines
Exams and Tests
Why be a donor?
https://www.unos.org/donation/register-to-be-an organ.donor/
Why be a donor?
Currently more than 122,000 men, women, and children are awaiting organ transplants in the United States.
1 organ donor can save up to 8 lives.
Every 10 minutes another name is added to the national organ transplant waiting list.
Sadly, an average of 22 people die each day because the organs they need are not donated in time.
Sign up to be an Organ Donor
Questions and Answers
www.unos.org
Who can be a donor?
People of all ages and medical histories should consider themselves potential donors. Your medical condition at the time determine what organs and tissue can be donated.
Why is it important for people of every community to donate?
Although donation and transplantation can take place successfully between individuals from different racial or ethnic groups, success is often better when organs are matched between people of the same racial or ethnic background.
Register to be a Donor
Facts About Organ Donation
www.unos.org
A national computer system and strict standards are in place to ensure ethical and fair distribution of organs. Organs are matched by blood and tissue typing, organ size, medical urgency, waiting time, and geographic location.
People of all ages and medical histories should consider themselves potential donors. Your medical condition at the time of death will determine what organs and tissue can be donated.
Organs and tissues that can be donated include: heart, kidneys, lungs, pancreas, liver, intestines,corneas, skin, tendons, bone, and heart valves.
Even if you have indicated your wishes on your drivers' license, state donor registry or a donor card, share you decision with your family so they know your wishes.
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Be An Organ Donor/Fight Cancer/Helping Others
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Websites
www.cancer.org/healthy/stay-away-from-tobacco.html
www.cancer.org/healthy/be-safe-in-sun.html
www.cancer.org/healthy/eat-healthy-get-active.html
www.cancer.org/healthy/find-cancer-early.html
www.cancer.org/healthy/find-cancer-early/tests-to-find-and-diagnose-cancer.html
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Helping Others
Donated to a young woman from Lubbock, Texas who is dealing with blood issues.
Donated to a young woman from Killeen who has cancer. She is doing better, but needs help with medical expenses.
Donated to a young man from Killeen whose cancer has returned.
Donated a scholarship to Xavier Hamilton who will be attending Barber College in Austin, TX.
Donated to a young woman from
DeSoto, TX who has cancer and needs assistance with buying medicines.
Donated to a former teacher co-worker who had cancerous tumors removed from her spine. She has been dismissed from the hospital and is home recovering.
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