November 16, 2017 will be a special day not only because I will turn eighteen, but also because I will register as a organ and tissue donor, ensuring my opportunity to extend someone else’s life on this earth after my own has passed. Until I saw this scholarship opportunity, I had not given organ and tissue donation much consideration. I recalled a poster at the highway patrol that caught my attention as I waited to take my driver’s license test. It read, “Tired of waiting? Imagine waiting on your life,” or something like that. Although it provoked my thoughts and sympathy for people lacking healthy organs, I did not understand organ donation or how I could play a part in it.
Until I started researching organ and tissue donation, I was only
Until I started researching organ and tissue donation, I was only