Besecker encouraging citizens to register as organ donor

April 12, 2021 | 12:07 am

Updated April 11, 2021 | 7:16 pm

Graphic by Owensboro Times

Daviess County Circuit Court Clerk Jennifer Besecker is emphasizing the importance of registering as an organ donor in recognition of National Donate Life Month.

Besecker celebrates National Donate Life Month every April in partnership with the Kentucky Circuit Court Clerks’ Trust For Life and Donate Life America. 

To help illustrate the message of donation, Donate Life America creates unique artwork for each National Donate Life Month. The 2021 National Donate Life Month art was inspired by the springtime scene of a garden.  

A garden and the insects within in it serve as symbols of hope, courage, and transformed life — themes repeatedly found within the donation and transplantation journey. 

Besecker said April is a time to focus Daviess County’s attention on every individual’s power to make life possible by registering his or her decision to be a potential organ and tissue donor.  

“Just as each of us takes care of our own garden, registering as an organ donor produces hope within our own community,” said Jennifer Besecker, Daviess County Circuit Court Clerk.

One of the many ways communities will celebrate locally is with inspiring billboards across Kentucky. With 52 in total, each billboard features a local donor family or a recipient. These faces represent hope and a second chance at life.

Currently, more than 60 percent of Kentucky’s adults have registered their decision to make life possible and register as organ donors. However, the number of people in need of transplants continues to outpace the number of organs donated.

Currently, 108,000 people are waiting for a transplant in America. On average, 22 people die each day because the organ they need is not donated in time.

Everyone can help by registering their decision to be an organ, eye, and tissue donor. 

Those wising to join the Kentucky Organ Donor Registry can do so:

  • Online 24/7 at RegisterMe.org  
  • On an Apple iPhone by going to the Health app and toggling to “organ donor” 
  • During a driver’s license renewal at the Circuit Clerks’ office or KYTC office

April 12, 2021 | 12:07 am

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