Lorraine Skomo of Center Township has been searching for a liver for about 18 months. She needs a liver from a donor with specific traits: The person must be healthy, between the ages of 18 and 54 and have O-positive blood. Skomo can be contacted at 724-713-6967 or livingdonor@zoom.email.

Joseph Henricks of Butler needs O-positive or O- negative blood transfusions to manage his colon cancer. A blood donation can be made in Henricks’ name by contacting Vitalant blood bank at 412-209-7020 and providing the ID number 2000528582.

Resources

To learn more about blood donations and donor forms, contact Vitalant at www.vitalant.org.

How to become an organ donor can be found through UPMC Transplant Services at www.upmc.com/services/transplant.

Register as an organ donor by visiting a local PennDOT driver’s license location or www.core.org/register.

Information about heart transplants through Allegheny General Hospital is available at www.ahn.org/cardiovascular/procedures/heart-transplant.

Learn about or become involved with the Center for Organ Recovery and Education in Pittsburgh at www.core.org.

More about the transplant process can be found on www.organdonor.gov