Pittsburgh, PA – On Wednesday, May 11, Mayor William Peduto, Donate Life Pennsylvania representatives, and transplant recipients will host a press conference at the North Side T Station to highlight a new organ donation registration initiative that will take over the city’s transit station for an entire month.
Sue Sciullo will talk about her son, Pittsburgh Police Officer Paul Sciullo II, who became a tissue donor after he was killed in the line of duty in 2009. She will be joined by Antonela Kasic, who is on the organ transplant waiting list while she pursues a degree in nursing from Duquesne University, as well as Moses Hart, who received a life-saving heart transplant in February.
On select dates during the month of May, Donate Life Pennsylvania representatives will canvass the North Side T Station and encourage riders to become registered organ and tissue donors. Canvassers will help people register using donatelifepa.org/registration.
The initiative asks “Which Side Are You On?” to highlight the fact that 90 percent of people say they support organ donation, but only 46 percent of Pennsylvania residents are registered organ and tissue donors on their drivers’ license or state ID card.
Donate Life Pennsylvania representatives will be available with tablet computers to register people on the spot. The whole process takes less than 30 seconds and all information is directly transmitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
In addition to canvassers, the effort includes a “takeover” of the North Side T Station with advertisements that range from playful to thought-provoking.
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