coltsfan715
New member
Hey everybody.
I have been talking to and working with some other CFers and transplant patients at my transplant center in Jacksonville about what we can do to help make the situation faced by those on the transplant list better. With all of the news attention that organ donation has been receiving lately we thought that now would be the best time to try to get support from our state representative and other politicians to possibly makes steps towards the implementation of an opt out policy for organ donation in the state of Florida. Not that we don't want this to happen nationwide, but the first logical step is to make it happen at the state level.
In the spirit of this desire we created an online petition and are going to be writing to our state representatives on the issue. I would really appreciate it if any fellow Floridians could check the petition out and sign it. Also if you could forward it on to any family and friends in the state as well. I want to get as many signatures as humanly possible. We just created the petition and made it live last night. Right now we have 8 signatures and the goal we hae set is 10,000. I would honestly like to blow that goal out of the water in the next month or so.
PLEASE - this is a measure that could ultimately help all of us along with the many other seeking transplant that are not Cfers. Please take some time out of your day to check it out and to pass it on! Thanks so much!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/353/317/923/opt-out-policy-for-organ-donationtransplantation/
I (we) really appreciate the support!
I have been talking to and working with some other CFers and transplant patients at my transplant center in Jacksonville about what we can do to help make the situation faced by those on the transplant list better. With all of the news attention that organ donation has been receiving lately we thought that now would be the best time to try to get support from our state representative and other politicians to possibly makes steps towards the implementation of an opt out policy for organ donation in the state of Florida. Not that we don't want this to happen nationwide, but the first logical step is to make it happen at the state level.
In the spirit of this desire we created an online petition and are going to be writing to our state representatives on the issue. I would really appreciate it if any fellow Floridians could check the petition out and sign it. Also if you could forward it on to any family and friends in the state as well. I want to get as many signatures as humanly possible. We just created the petition and made it live last night. Right now we have 8 signatures and the goal we hae set is 10,000. I would honestly like to blow that goal out of the water in the next month or so.
PLEASE - this is a measure that could ultimately help all of us along with the many other seeking transplant that are not Cfers. Please take some time out of your day to check it out and to pass it on! Thanks so much!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/353/317/923/opt-out-policy-for-organ-donationtransplantation/
I (we) really appreciate the support!