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Live
in Illinois and want to help fund donor awareness?
Here's how you can help, plus proudly display that
you remember Walter Payton for his courage on and
off the field.
In August of 2000, Illinois Secretary of State Jesse
White, joined by Connie Payton, the wife of the late
Walter Payton, unveiled the new organ donor awareness
license plate.
The new plate is a joint effort between White's office
and the Chicago Bears organization in which the sale
of the plates raises funds to promote organ donor
awareness programs. The plate (shown above) has a
blue background with orange letters and white print,
which reads "Be An Organ Donor." The far left side
of the plate reads "Life Goes On," the organ donation
logo, has a football with Hall-of-Famer Payton's number
34 and then the words "Walter Payton Chicago Bears."
Chicago City Clerk Jim Laski helped out by including
inserts in the city vehicle registration mailing produced
13,000 city residents who signed up as organ donors.
"Walter Payton's incredible display of courage brought
much-needed attention to the subject of organ donation
and this license plate will serve as an everlasting
reminder to everyone that we have an opportunity to
provide others with a second chance at life," White
said.
"I am very pleased that Walter's legacy is an important
part of the organ donor program and the effort to
save lives," Mrs. Payton said.
White also commended the Payton Family and the Chicago
Bears for their efforts and State Senator Walter Dudycz
(R-Chicago), sponsor of the legislation that called
for the plate creation. He notes that two of Payton's
teammates, Dennis McKinnon and Otis Wilson, traveled
to Springfield to successfully gather support for
the license plate legislation.
Illinois motorists are able to obtain the plate for
their automobiles by paying the $78 registration fee
and an additional $25. Of each $25, a total of $23
goes to help fund organ donation awareness.
Click the link below to fill out your license plate
request on line:
Organ
Donor License Plate Application Request Form
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