Illinois Organ Donor Registry reaches 7.5 million registrants

  SPRINGFIELD – Secretary of State Jesse White announced that the state’s organ/tissue donor registry has signed up 7.5 million residents. Of the more than 12.8 million people living in Illinois, 74% have registered as organ/tissue donors.

5 reasons to go dry in January

Are you doing a dry January challenge?  Maybe you are giving up alcohol for 2023 altogether.  Here are five reasons that it is a great decision. You might decrease your risk of cardiovascular disease. It might reduce