NJ Sharing Network

Organ donation in New Jersey reached a new record high in 2021, with 233 organ donors, up from 222 in 2020.

At just 6 months old, Chris Piccininni received a heart transplant in order to survive a condition that was making his own heart unable to pump enough blood.

And her father is undergoing testing to hopefully donate one of his kidneys in November.

Research shows that 95% of U.S. adults support organ donation. But in New Jersey, only about a third are signed up as donors.

The New Jersey Sharing Network reports a record number of successful organ transplants in the state during 2018. And there was an unprecedented number of eye donors who gave the gift of life.

Come out to Ocean Avenue in Long Branch on Sunday morning and run for a great cause that could also help save a life.

NJ Sharing Network, a non profit organization for the recovery of organs and issue in the state announced that for the third consecutive year there has been an increase in organ donors in the state of New Jersey.