The Hays County Commissioners Court officially proclaimed April as the month to promote the health and wellbeing of county residents, especially those who may be in line for life-saving transplants and for those who are on the autism spectrum.
During its regular meeting held Tuesday, the court set April 2023 as National Donate Life Month. Speaking before the commissioners on behalf of some of the associations that support organ, eye and tissue donations in the county, Sherman Lemuel Bradshaw said, “14.3 million Texans have registered as organ, eye and tissue donors in the state, and 80 percent of this very county are registered.”
According to Bradshaw, whether a donor’s organs go immediately to someone in need or not, there is a way for the donation to be of use to the community. He said if donated organs are too damaged for life-saving use, the organ is sent along the health pipeline for research “to forward the science of donation.” Donate Life Texas is the name of the registry where the public can sign up to donate and find additional information.
