Michigan starts new organ donation license plate
Published: January 23, 2013
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DETROIT (AP) — Michigan's secretary of state is launching a new license plate designed to encourage people to donate organs and tissues.
Ruth Johnson announced the Donate Life license plates Wednesday at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
This photo released by the Michigan Department of State shows Robert Gholston Jr. of Troy, Mich., a General Motors Co. employee and United Auto Workers union chaplain, left, with Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson at a news conference at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, to promote organ donation and the state’s new Donate Life license plate. Gholston told his personal story as a liver transplant recipient and spoke of the “new life” he was given as a result of someone else’s gift. (AP Photo/Michigan Department of State)
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The cost of the plates includes a $25 donation to promote organ donation.
Life of Michigan President Richard Pietroski says Michigan alone has more than 3,000 waiting for organ transplants. About 3 million people now are on the state's organ donation registry.
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Online:
Michigan Department of State: http://www.Michigan.gov/sos
Organ donation registry: http://1.usa.gov/UWMjz2
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