Life Connection of Ohio debuted its Donate Life Education Vehicle July 28 atWestfield Franklin Park Mall.

The non-profit organ-procurement organization based in Maumee, teamed up with Community Tissue Services and Lions Eye Bank of West Central Ohio to design a 25-foot mobile education experience. Visitors will have the opportunity to learn about the history of transplantation; get informed about common myths through an interactive question-and-answer game; visualize what can be donated on a computerized interactive human body and listen to stories of Ohioans, including some from northwest Ohio, whose lives have been touched by organ and tissue donation.

Visitors to the Donate Life Education Vehicle will learn about the history of organ transplantation and hear the story of Ohioans whose lives have been touched by transplantation.

In addition to the hands-on activities, the vehicle provides an opportunity for people to join the Ohio Donor Registry via the Internet. 

Currently, there are more than 108,000 people on the National Transplant Waiting List. Of the more than 3,100 Ohioans waiting for a transplant, 220 people await a kidney at the University of Toledo Medical Center.

For more information about organ and tissue donation, contact Life Connection of Ohio at 419-893-4891. To register as an organ and tissue donor, visit www.DonateLifeOhio.org.

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