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An average of 18 peo
ple die every day waiting
for an organ transplant.
Every 10 minutes another
person is added to the wait
ing list. Currently, there are
more than 123,000 people
in the United States waiting
for an organ transplant, and
of those, nearly one-thud
are African-American.
Approximately half of
the waiting list is made up
of up of persons of non
white ethnic backgrounds;
yet, only 29JOOO transplants
were done in 2014 (most
recent statistics available).
On average, 22 people die
every day waiting for an
organ transplant.
Unfortunately, African
Americans are much less
likely to be organ and tis
sue donors, even though
they have higher rates of
those diseases that often
result in a need for organ
transplant, such as dia
betes, and diseases of the
heart, kidneys, lung and
liver. According to Donate
Life NC, over 50 percent of
North Carolinians awaiting
transplants are minorities,
but only 20 percent of the
registry is made up of
minorities. Many people
dioose not to become
donors because they do not
know all the facts about
organ and tissue donation.
One organ donor can
save up to eight lives! Read
on to leam the facts about
how you can save a life:
?Almost everyone is a
potential donor, regardless
of race, age, or medical his
tory -
what is most important
is the condition of your
organs and tissues.
?It is not always neces
sary for a person to be
deceased to be an organ/tis
sue donor.
?There is no cost to a
donor/donor's family to be
an organ/tissue donor.
?Most major religions
in the United States support
organ/tissue donation. For
religion/ denomination spe
cific information, check
http://www.organdonor.go
v/about/religiousviews .htm
1.
?It is more likely for a
recipient to be matched
with a potential donor who
is of the same ethnic back
ground.
?Every state provides
access to a donor registry
where its residents can
indicate their donation
decision.
At this time, the follow
ing organs can be donated:
kidneys, heart, lungs, liver,
pancreas and intestines.
Sometimes, combined
transplants of more than
one organ are also per
formed. Tissues that can be
donated include: Corneas,
the middle ear, skin, heart
valves, bone, veins, carti
lage, tendons, and liga
ments. Although most
organs are from deceased
individuals, parts of the
kidney, liver, lung and pan
creas and intestine can also
be donated. Stem cells,
bone marrow, blood and
platelets can also be donat
ed from living donors.
The decision to become
an organ and tissue donor is
a very personal one, but
one that can save lives. The
steps you can take to
ensure your wishes to be a
donor are carried out are:
?Register with your
state donor registry. In
North Carolina you can go
the registry website,
https://www.donatelifenc .o
rg/register or register at
your local Department of
Motor Vehicles office. You
DO NOT have to have a
driver's license to be a
donor; you can have an
identification card issued to
you that specifies you are
an organ/tissue donor.
?For bone marrow and
stem cell donation (live
donors), register with the
National Marrow Donor
Program, www.bethe
match.org or 1 (800) 507
5427.
?For blood and platelet
donation, contact your
local American Red Cross.
?Make sure your loved
ones or whomever you
have entrusted to make
healthcare decisions in the
event you are incapable or
deceased are aware of your
wishes to be an organ
donor. The best way to do
this is with a Living Will
and Health Care Power of
Attorney, legal documents
that state your health care
wishes. Having these docu
ments also assures your
loved ones do not have to
make these decisions for
you in such a difficult time.
ror donations atter
death, when a potential
donor has been determined
by medical professionals to
be deceased (or in a state of
brain death), the hospital
notifies its local organ
donation and transplanta
tion network. Individuals
from the organization
obtain documentation that
the deceased individual is
an organ donor, or obtains
consent from their family.
Based on the organs/tissues
that can be donated from
the deceased individual, the
donor organs are matched
to recipients and arrange
ments made to transport the
donated organs/tissues.
In live donations, if
someone is donating a kid
ney, or part of their lung, or
bone marrow for example,
the donor is matched to the
recipient through many of
the same medical tests as in
the case of a deceased
donor. The
procedure/surgery is then
usually done either at the
same time or very close to
the same time so that the
organ/tissue can be trans
planted directly into the
recipient.
Here's what else you
can do to help:
?Share your decision
with your loved ones so
that they are aware of your
preferences.
?Encourage your fami
ly and friends to become
donors, share information
with them and help answer
their questions.
?Educate others via
social media, through your
workplace or school.
?Host donor registry
events in your community,
to help educate your com
munity about the impor
tance of being an organ and
tissue donor and to help
folks sign up for the reg
istry
?Volunteer with Donate
Life NC, the North
Carolina donor registry
program -
www.donatelifenc .org.
For more information,
see the Donate Life
America website at
www.donatelife.net or the
U.S. Government Organ
and Tissue Donation web
site ? at
www.organdonor.gov. For
more information about the
Maya Angelou Center for
Health Equity, please call
toll-free 1-877-530-1824 or
visit our website:
http://www.wakehealth ,ed
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
FORSYTH COUNTY
IN THE GENERAL COURT
OFJUSTICE
DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
5JT203
VOTICE OF SERVICE OF
PROCESS BY PUBLICATION
N THE MATTER OF:
vlARKAYLA WILSON
DOB: 06-03-15
(O: Darian Jackson - father of the
uvenile
TAKE NOTICE that a Juvenile Petition
seeking relief against you has been filed
n the above-entitled action. The nature of
he relief being sought is an adjudication
>f Termination of your Parental Rights
with respect to the above-referenced juve
lile pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1U1.
fou are required to make a written answer
0 the Petition alleging to Terminate
'arental Rights within thirty (30) days
tfter the dale of this notice; and upon your
"ailuie to make a defense to the Petitions
within the 30 day period specified herein
* to attend the hearing on the said Peti
ion, the Petitioner will apply to the Court
or terminating your parental rights to the
ibove-referenced juveniles.
Any counsel appointed previously to rep
esent you and not released by the Court
?hall continue to represent you.
1 you are indigent and not already repre
sented by appointed counsel, you are en
itled to appointed counsel and provisional
ounsel has been appointed upon your re
juest subject to the Courts review at the
irst hearing after this service.
[he hearing on the Petition alleging to
Terminate Parental Rights is scheduled for
10:00 dan. on Monday, August 29,2016
n Courtroom 4-J of the Hall of Justice
n Winston-Salem, North Carolina or as
soon thereafter as the Court can hear the
said case
[his the 28th day of June, 2016
Theresa A. Boucher
Attorney for the Forsyth County
Department of Social Services
141 Highland Avenue
Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101
336) 703-3900
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having qualified as Administrator of
the Estate of Dorothy Lee Watts (16
E 996) deceased May 17, 2013,
Forsyth County, North Carolina, this
is to Notify all persons, firms, and
corporation having claims against
the Estate of said deceased to present
them to the undersigned on or before
September 30, 2016 or this Notice
will be pleaded in bar of recovery.
All persons indebted to the said
. decedent or estate shall please
make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
This the 30th day of June 2016.
Jeanette Hatcher,
Administrator for
Dorothy Lee Watts, deceased
328 Barnes Road
Walkertown, NC 27107
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
TO THE ESTATE OF
GENIEVE SPEAKS CRAFT
Forsyth County
Estate File No. 15-E-1356
All persons, Firms and corporations hav
ing claims against Gcnieve Speaks Craft,
deceased of Forsyth County, North Car
olina, are notified to present their claims
to Lota Jill Craft, Executrix to the Estate
of Genieve Speaks Craft at 4003 Coun
try Club Rd. Suite B, Winston-Salem,
NC 27104, on or before the 14th day of
September. 2016 (which date is three
months after the day of the First publica
tion of this notice), or this notice will be
pleaded in bar for their recovery. Debtors
of the Decedent are requested to make
immediate payment to the Executrix
named above. This the 16th day of June,
2016.
Lora Jill Craft,
Executrix to the Estate of
Genieve Speaks Craft
at 4003 Country Club Rd., Suite B
Winston-Salem, NC 27104
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July 7,2016
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as Executor of the
Estate of Anna Bell Bonen, deceased,
late of Forsyth County, North Carolina,
this is to notify all person, firms and
corporations having claims against said
estate to present them, duly verified, to
the undersigned (at) (care of) Michael J.
Kemmy, 5821 Fairview Rd, Suite 405,
Charlotte, NC, 28209 on or before the
30th day of September, 2016 or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to said
estate will please make immediate
settlement with the undersigned.
This the 29th day of June, 2016.
Gary Bonreno
Executor
The Chronicle June 30, July 7,
14 and 21,2016
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
FORSYTH COUNTY
IN THE GENERAL COURT
OF JUSTICE
DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
IN THE MATTER OF:
15 JT 15
ABLE JACKSON SMOOT
- DOB: 01-17-15
NOTICE OF SERVICE OF
PROCESS BY PUBLICATION
TO: John Doe - putative father of the ju
venile
TAKE NOTICE that a Juvenile Petition
seeking relief against you has been Tiled
in the above-entitled action. The nature
of the relief being sought is an adjudica
tion of Termination of your Parental
Rights with respect to the above-refer
enced juvenile pursuant to N.C.GS. 7B
1111.
You are required to make a written an
swer to the Petition alleging to Terminate
Parental Rights within forty (40) days
after the date of this notice; and upon
your failure to make a defense to the Pe
titions within the 40 day period specified
herein or to attend the hearing on the
said Petition, the Petitioner will apply to
the Court for terminating your parental
rights to the above-referenced juveniles.
Any counsel appointed previously to
represent you and not released by the
Court shall continue to represent you.
If you are indigent and not already rep
resented by appointed counsel, you are
entitled to appointed counsel and provi
sional counsel has been appointed upon
your request subject to the Courts review
at the first hearing after this service.
The hearing on the Petition alleging to
Terminate Parental Rights is scheduled
for 12:00 noon on Wednesday, July 27,
2016 in Courtroom 4-J of the Hall of
Justice In Winston-Salem, North Car
olina or as soon thereafter as the Court
can hear the said case.
This die 10th day of June, 2016
Theresa A. Boucher
Attorney for the Forsyth County
Department of Social Services
741 Highland Avenue
Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101
(336) 703-3900
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