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Public Charity Distressed Mission for Minority Organ Donor Awareness

“Nonprofit public charity 501 c 3 says they desperately need financial support to continue their mission and cause to help save lives through minority organ donations.”
 

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PRLog (Press Release)Apr 23, 2008 – (Atlanta, Georgia) --- Automatic Life, Inc is approved by the IRS as a nonprofit public charity with tax exempt status. The public charity focuses on minority organ donor awareness and specifically targets African American and Hispanic communities. Stressing that African American and Hispanic communities are seriously at risk and dying from the lack of minority organ donations.

According to Kyle Ransom, who serves as Chairman and also a Cofounder of the public charity. Reveals there are many opportunities and several ways that individuals as well as businesses can offer support to help save lives. Ransom stresses that the public charity actively participates in health fairs and community events to educate on the importance of the need for minority organ donations. Urging the public to offer financial support and for volunteers to help them continue to spread the message to increase minority organ donations.

On April 25, 2008 Automatic Life, Inc will participate in the “Airport-wide Health Fair” for Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The event will be hosted in the Airport’s Atrium from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. The focus for this event is to promote health and wellness to reach the 60,000 employees for the Department of Aviation Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

To support Automatic Life, Inc please go to:
http://www.donateautomaticlife.org/donate.html

According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services more than 13,500 Hispanics are on waiting lists for organ transplants accounting for 15 percent of all organ transplant wait listed patients. The waiting period for most transplants is 17-53% percent longer for Hispanics than for non-Hispanic Whites. Nearly 24,000 African Americans are on waiting lists for organ transplants accounting for 27 percent of all organ transplant wait listed patients. African Americans comprised 35 percent of the waiting lists for kidney transplants. African Americans are almost four times more likely to have end-stage renal disease  than Whites, but they are less likely to be evaluated and placed on waiting lists for kidney transplants in a timely manner. Once on the list, they also tend to wait longer for a transplant.

Automatic Life Inc encourages minority organ donations through education and disease fighting preventive measurements that lead to needing organ transplants.
Healthy diet and disease fighting preventative measurements:

1. Eat low fat foods and reduced salty foods.
2. Exercise regularly, limit alcohol intake, and don't smoke.
3. Make sure to get regular checkups and screenings for diabetes, high blood pressure, and kidney diseases.

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Automatic Life, Inc. is organized as a non-profit public charity 501 (c) 3 to encourage minorities to become organ donors and to increase survival rates for minorities needing transplants. In addition, the organization is aimed at educating African American and Hispanic communities on the importance of organ donations, healthy diet, and exercise to prevent diseases that lead to needing organ transplants.

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Issued By:Mosnar Communications, Inc
Website:http://www.donateautomaticlife.org/donate.html
Email:Click to contact author
Phone:404 696 4833
Address:925B Peachtree Street NE
:Atlanta, GA
City/Town:Atlanta
State/Province:Georgia
Zip:30309
Country:United States
Categories:Non Profit, Health, Services

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