Mission Statement

The mission of Organ-ize The Planet is to raise the level of awareness on the need for organ donation and to ultimately increase the amount of available donors through the potential donor's state run registration process. Primarily this will be achieved through sporting events and video documentaries and this web site. Always displaying caring leadership and integrity we will financially assist donor related families in need whenever possible.

Online donation system by ClickandPledge

Delaney - February 14, 2007

Delaney & family would like to thank a few of the doctors that helped save her life and keep her smiling over the years. We have been through a lot with them and their caring ways and excellent medical attention is greatly appreciated.

Early years at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in LA
Dr Stan Jordan
Dr Elaine Kamil
Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford Transplant Team
Dr Oscar Salvatierra Jr
Dr Steven Alexander
Dr Minnie Sarwal
And our always dependable pediatrician Dr Eric Wells
Delaney's Story

Delaney Corbitt was born on October 26th , 1994 in San Pedro, CA. She was delivered in an emergency C-section at Cedar Sinai hospital in Los Angeles after the doctors had determined in uterus that she had bi-lateral renal vein thrombosis which is basically blood clots that ruined her kidneys'. Delaney went on the waiting list for a kidney and her parents moved the family up to Northern California where they could be closer to Stanford Hospital's transplant program. On August 27, 1997 the call had come in that a kidney was found; a 7 year old little girl named Alexandria Cotti had been hit by a car while riding her bike in Hollister, CA and her parents donated her organs. The following video tells the story of these two little girls and how two families came together to form a bond that will last a life time and hopefully inspire others to register to donate as well.

Our Goal

Currently, there are 94,108 people waiting to receive a transplant in the United States, every 18 minutes another person dies while desperately waiting for a life saving organ.

You can make a difference by deciding right now to donate. Different states have different registration requirements. Please click here to find out what your state requires then register to donate if you have not already. One of the most important parts of your decision to donate is to share your wishes with your family and loved ones and let them know your decision.

Email: Youdonate@aol.com

 
The Golden Gate Bridge Aaron Tanner
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE WALK

We will be holding our second annual Golden Gate Bridge Walk August 28, 2010 from 11am to 1pm. Register for the Golden Gate Bridge Walk here. Once again we will be coordinating this walk in conjunction with the California Transplant Donor Network. We look forward to attracting a big crowd to this 3.4 mile round trip( back and forth ) walk across the bridge with spectacular views of this world renowned landmark.

This years walk will be dedicated to 4 year old Aaron Tanner who is waiting for a rare double heart-kidney transplant. I told Aaron's mom Elizabeth that we look forward to having Aaron and the rest of the family join us for the walk and she was excited about it.

Get information on Directions, Parking & Public Transit here.

Aaron Tanner receives his long awaited double Heart- Kidney transplant!

Five year old Aaron Tanner from Brentwood ,CA ( Northern, CA ) received his life saving double Heart- Kidney transplant on Friday August 13th, 2010 at UCLA . Aaron is recovering at a quick rate and his family and doctors are very pleased with his progress. Please join us August 28th from 11am to 1pm on the Golden Gate Bridge to celebrate Aaron and others who have received the “gift of life “. We also be honoring all the Donor families who given so much to let others live and pray that those still waiting will receive their gift soon .

Aaron Tanner ( www.saveabrokenheart.com ) is a courageous little 4 year old boy from Brentwood, California who was in desperate need of a rare double heart-kidney transplant. Aaron was born with a congenital heart condition and subsequently renal failure which lead to the need for double organ transplant. Aaron has a beautiful loving family and a far reaching support group that are sending prayers and positive thoughts his way. Everybody please keep Aaron and his family in your thoughts and prayers as well.

Allie gets her heart!

Allie get's her heart

After an almost 23 month wait and thanks to our generous donor, our 10 year old daughter Allie has finally gotten her new heart! We are so very grateful to our donor family! Allie is our second daughter to require a new heart in less than four years. Our daughters had a condition called restrictive cardiomyopathy which has no cure. The only way to save them was through heart transplantation. Our family has decided that through this journey, it has become our responsibility to educate people about organ transplantation and donation. Our challenge to people is for them to decide how they feel about organ donation while things are going well for their family, not to wait until a tragedy happens to think about it. Our hope is that if they have already decided as a family how they feel about donation then if they are faced with a situation where they are asked to donate, they will already know what to do. If not for our donor families and their knowledge and generosity, we would have lost both of our daughters. Please help us and other families by challenging everyone you know to think about organ donation today and decide now what they would do if tragedy strikes. We hope to meet all of you at the walk across the bridge in May!

Love,
Aimee and Kirk Von Zup