HCA Florida, Tax Collector Urge Organ Donor Registration As Fewer Than 1% Become Donors

Port St. Lucie Campaign Urges Organ Donor Registration Ahead Of Mets Tribute

USA: City officials, transplant clinicians and donor advocates gathered at the Port St. Lucie Tax Collector’s Office to launch the Make the Save, Save a Life campaign, urging residents to register their organ donor decisions. The initiative ties donor registration into routine local services and builds toward a community tribute recognizing families who have given the gift of donation.

HCA Florida Port St. Lucie Hospital representatives emphasized that saving patients remains clinicians’ top priority and that transplant candidacy follows strict medical evaluation. They described transplantation and organ procurement as separate, highly regulated processes that occur only after careful clinical review; not every critically ill patient becomes a candidate for donation.

The Port St. Lucie Mets and Legacy Donor Services Foundation will honor 41 donor heroes at an upcoming game, showcasing how individual choices ripple across families and care teams. A mother who registered her son Tyler as a donor at the tax office described the family’s pride in his decision; organizers note a single donor can help as many as eight people through transplantation and tissue donation.

Speakers urged residents to record their decision at the tax collector’s office and to have conversations with loved ones about donation wishes, because fewer than one percent of deaths lead to organ donation. The campaign emphasizes public registration, family communication, and the clinical safeguards that govern procurement and transplantation to maximize lives saved.

Video originally published on 2026-04-01 08:44:57