THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS
+6,400VOLUNTEER HOURS
completed in 2017 HOURS 1,060 participating in
community events, health fairs & donor drives
HOURS 180 speaking with
hospital partners SCHOOL 40,000 HIGHSTUDENTS
educated about donation
524 VOLUNTEERS at the
5K Celebration of Life
171 ORGAN DONORS 531 ORGAN TRANSPLANTS
949 TISSUE/EYE DONORS 50,000 HEALTH RESTORING GRAFTS
183 ORGAN DONORS 613 ORGAN TRANSPLANTS
2016
BY THE NUMBERS
2015
SAVING LIVES
1,089 TISSUE/EYE DONORS 55,000 HEALTH RESTORING GRAFTS
2017
190* ORGAN DONORS 554 ORGAN TRANSPLANTS
1,048 TISSUE/EYE DONORS 50,000 HEALTH RESTORING GRAFTS
286 KIDNEY
A tissue donor has the ability to offer more than one gift.
PLUS, our Transplant Laboratory facilitated living kidney donor transplants, saving 154 more lives.
BONE DONORS
458
134 LIVER
SKIN DONORS
727
55 LUNG
EYE DONORS
765
67 HEART
DONORS
HEART VALVE
74
12 PANCREAS
SAPHENOUS VEIN DONORS
43
*Last year, 190 New Jersey residents gave the gift of life through organ donation, the most in the organization’s 30-year history and the third consecutive year that NJ Sharing Network has set a record with its life-saving work. To learn more, get involved and register as an organ and tissue donor, visit www.NJSharingNetwork.org.
691 Central Avenue New Providence, NJ 07974 800-742-7365 • info@njsharingnework.org