Donor duel between UNR and UNLV underway, competition promotes donor registration
RENO — The month of April welcomes Nevada’s second annual Donor Duel, a friendly competition between students, alumni and supporters of the University of Nevada, Reno and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to see which group can register the most people as organ, eye and tissue donors.
Throughout April, recognized as National Donate Life Month, this joint effort will increase the number of registered donors in the state and give hope to those who wait for transplants. In 2018, UNLV won the inaugural competition by registering 777 donor heroes. The University of Nevada, Reno registered 676.
Donate Life Nevada will host registration drives throughout the month in both northern and southern Nevada, and will provide information about organ, eye and tissue donation, registration instructions and giveaways for those who register to be a donor hero.
Alumni and other supporters can also register as part of this campaign, which will run through April 30. To have your new or reaffirmed registration count toward your favorite school’s total, please visit www.donatelifenevada.org/unr to have your registration count for UNR or www.donatelifenevada.org/unlv to have your registration count for UNLV.
Two schools enter the competition, one school will win bragging rights—but in the end the real winners are those who receive transplants each day thanks to heroic donors, their families, and those who say YES to become registered donors. The need is great. Nearly 114,000 Americans are currently waiting for a life-saving organ transplant, including more than 600 Nevadans. In 2018, more than 36,500 life-saving organ transplants took place in the United States. Additionally, one million healing tissue transplants are performed annually in the U.S., and 48,000 people receive the gift of sight through cornea donation.
About Donate Life Nevada
Donate Life Nevada is a collaboration of agencies responsible for organ, eye and tissue donation in Nevada and is a proud affiliate of Donate Life America, a not-for-profit alliance committed to motivating the American public to register now as donors. Donate Life Nevada’s mission is to save lives by educating and inspiring people to become an organ, eye and tissue donor through the Nevada registry.
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