Source: US State of Pennsylvania
August 01, 2025 – Mechanicsburg, PA
ADVISORY – MECHANICSBURG – Shapiro Administration Encourages Pennsylvanians to Become Organ Donors on PA Donor Day
Officials from the Departments of Health and Transportation will join area health care providers, organ donation and tissue donation groups, and those impacted by organ donation at UPMC West Shore in Mechanicsburg to encourage all Pennsylvanians to register as organ donors, as part of PA Donor Day.
PA Donor Day is celebrated on August 1, or 8/1, because one organ donor can save up to eight lives. At any given time, more than 6,000 Pennsylvanians are on the state’s transplant list awaiting an organ donation.
Regrettably, thousands of Americans die every year waiting for a donated organ. One organ and tissue donor can save up to eight lives through organ donation, and enhance the lives of 75 others through tissue donation. Tissue donation helps patients recover from spinal injuries, burns, vision loss, and more.
In Pennsylvania, nearly half of current driver’s license and identification card holders are registered as organ donors, or about five million residents. However, increasing the number of residents who are organ donors is key to saving and improving lives throughout the Commonwealth.
WHO:
Department of Health Secretary Dr. Debra Bogen
Department of Transportation Executive Deputy Secretary Larry Shifflet
UPMC Harrisburg, UPMC Community Osteopathic, and UPMC West Shore President Elizabeth Ritter
UPMC Kidney Transplant Program Surgical Director Dr. Manish Gupta
Rev. Brenda Alton, Governor’s Organ Donation Advisory Committee
CJ Adams, organ recipient
Marilyn Michelle Reynolds, organ donor
WHEN:
Friday, August 1, 1:00 PM
WHERE:
UPMC Outpatient Services
2015 Technology Parkway
Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
(Entrance #5)
MEDIA RSVP: Media interested in attending must RSVP with the name of the reporter and photojournalist to ra-dhpressoffice@pa.gov.