# Organ Donation **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 1, 2000, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-donation/35243 "2000-10-01T15:02:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2000, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-donation/35243/21 "2000-10-02T01:52:25Z")
There is more info here: [http://www.lifelinkfound.org/tdonation.html](http://www.lifelinkfound.org/tdonation.html) ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2000, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-donation/35243/22 "2000-10-02T03:01:11Z")
Give Blood Save Lives. Donate while you live. Free cookies and juice too!! When I die parts me out like a car in a scrapyard. Organ donation is the ultimate in recycling. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2000, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-donation/35243/23 "2000-10-02T03:23:32Z")
Public service announcement: Make sure you tell your family- checking the box doesn’t have any legal weight, as it is the family’s choice in the end. I’m an organ doner, save my kidneys. (History of renal failure in the family.) My family is all for it, as my grandfather had his life saved by a kidney transplant. I personally wish that we had an opt-out system instead of an opt-in one- that is, organs would be donated automatically unless the person specifically said that they didn’t want them donated, or only wanted certain ones donated. That would really solve a lot of waiting list problems… ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2000, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-donation/35243/24 "2000-10-02T06:42:44Z")
I wish I could donate. But as you all know that is impossible. The LIONsob is a doner, and so is son. I do thank all of you who have made the decision to donate, there are so many who need help and so few who take the step to give it as you have… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organ-donation/35243.md?page=1)