(Radio Iowa) – Wednesday was National Organ Donor Flag Raising Day which is part of the Organ Donation Month activities. The donor flag was raised at Unity Point Health St. Lukes in Sioux City and the Iowa Donor Network’s John Jorgenson spoke. “Donors are superstars. When I think about the donation world and the number of people who are registered, they truly are superstars as they say ‘yes’ to saving a life,” Jorgenson says. “Through organ donation the legacy of their loved one lives on.” He says organ donation can help so many people.

“One organ donor can save up to eight lives, while a tissue donor can help up to 300, with the average being about 75,” he says. “No one is too old, or too young to be a donor, and actually shortly after birth newborns can be donors as long as they are a certain weight. And so there’s no age too young. and actually, our oldest tissue donor was over 105.”

Friday is national wear blue-green day to support organ donation.