When Dottie is on the scene, she'll be accompanied by organ donation advocates with a thorough knowledge of our current, critical shortage of donor organs. Dottie's escorts will help make people aware of the importance of donation and how they can sign up to be donors themselves.
Dottie is sponsored by WPS Insurance and their ORGANize to Save Lives statewide initiative. Their goal is to get one million more Wisconsinites to become donors by adding an orange dot to their driver's license.
Want Dottie?
If you would like to request Dottie for an event, join the Dottie Duty volunteer team, or if you have any questions about the Dottie campaign: dottiedot@uwhealth.org
Appearances
Where Has Dottie Been?
Why We Need Dottie
- As of January 2010, the United Network for Organ Sharing reports 105,500 transplant candidates on the organ waiting list
- A new patient is added to the national list every 11 minutes
- 18 candidates die every day while awaiting suitable donor organs
- For every organ donated, up to eight lives can be saved
Organ Donation News
Resources
Dottie and the team at UW Health OPO take their message to the road with their new "Yes, I Will Wisconsin" wheels. These two fleet vehicles make more than 70,000 miles a year traveling to hospitals, events and educational speaking engagements each year. If you see Dottie and her team out on the road, give them a thumbs up. They are extraordinarily dedicated to their life-saving mission.