Article: Organ donation unites Baylor U. students

Lori Cotton
University Wire
01-25-2008
(The Lariat) (UWIRE) WACO, Texas -- Today there are 97,984 people in the United States awaiting organ transplants.

After experiencing a personal tragedy, San Antonio, Texas, junior Laura Oei said she searched for "something that could prevent other families from knowing that pain."

Oei said she noticed there was not an organization at Baylor University that was dedicated to organ donation awareness, so with support from her friends, Oei started Students for Organ Donation.

She said she began SOD to increase the number of donors in the Baylor community.

In October 2007, Oei began commissioning a charter to bring SOD to Baylor.

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