Trip To The DMV Planned? Save Time For Organ Donation

SOUTHEAST, NY — If you're planning a trip to the Department of Motor Vehicles in Putnam County Thursday, give yourself some extra time. And sign up as an organ donor, county officials urge.

In fact, all Putnam County employees will receive an extra 15 minutes at lunch Oct. 10 to register as organ donors.

County employees can visit the registration table in the Putnam County Department of Motor Vehicles in Brewster, which features registration cards as well as information about the power and beauty of organ donation.

Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell and County Clerk Michael Bartolotti are working with LiveOnNY to promote Organ Donor Enrollment Day. They'll be at that registration table at 11 a.m.

Organ donation is an issue that affects people in Putnam County and beyond, Odell said.

Every 18 hours a New Yorker dies waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant. A contributing factor to this statistic is that there are not enough people registered as organ donors. While 92 percent of New Yorkers support organ donation, and despite having the fourth fastest growing registry in the country, just 30 percent are registered.

Now in its third year, Organ Donor Enrollment Day has one goal: to enroll as many New Yorkers as possible to be organ donors.

The Putnam County Department of Motor Vehicles is located at 1 Geneva Road, Brewster, NY 10509.

Who: Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell, County Clerk Michael Bartolotti, LiveOnNY volunteers and enrollees
What: Fifth annual Organ Donor Enrollment Day
Where: Putnam County Department of Motor Vehicles, 1 Geneva Road, Brewster, NY 10509.
When: Thursday October 10th @ 11 a.m.