As one of 58 federally designated not-for-profit organ procurement organizations (OPOs), CORE works closely with donor families and designated health care professionals to deliver the gift of hope by coordinating the surgical recovery of organs, tissues and corneas for transplantation.
As a Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP) site, CORE features programming for minorities to help bridge the gap between potential donors and the national transplant waiting list.
MOTTEP’s mission is to decrease the number and rate of ethnic minority Americans needing transplants. CORE supports MOTTEP in its goal to facilitate a national information and education campaign that emphasizes both prevention and intervention strategies.
According to Donate Life America, there are currently 77,633 patients from minority backgrounds waiting for transplants in the United States. In Pennsylvania, there are more than 4,000 minorities on the waiting list.
For more facts about donation, visit www.core.org or www.unos.org. To register as an organ, tissue and cornea donor, please visit www.core.org/register.
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