The rush to get the REAL ID has prompted longer-than-usual lines at Sacramento region DMV locations for the past several weeks.
For many at the DMV, their experience has been defined by sitting around and waiting.
One West Sacramento nonprofit is using this time with so many headed out to get a new license to encourage them to make a big decision.
"There are currently, across the country, over 100,000 people waiting for those lifesaving organs. Twenty thousand are here in California, and about 80% of those people are waiting for a kidney," said Michael Coleman, director of external affairs at Sierra Donor Services.
"I go to bed knowing nationwide, 17 people will run out of time. Seventeen people on that 100,000 wait list will run out of time today. They woke up this morning and their families will say goodbye today because there wasn't a match available," Coleman said.
"One way to think, for everybody waiting in line at the DMV, you might be a little tired, you might be a little frustrated, but you can do some really good work. You can make a profound impact, make a plan to one day save up to eight people's lives," Coleman said.
Leimomi Mabanta of Sacramento is one of the thousands of patients wishing more people would add their names to the organ donation list.
"I was told in 2022 I would need a kidney transplant in order to survive," Mabanta said. "I'm just waiting. I found out last week it's going to be a five-year wait for me."
"It's an endless thought. I go to sleep thinking about it. I wake up thinking about it," Mabanta said. "Mentally, it takes a toll. I told myself and promised myself I am here for a purpose."
"When you donate and you're a donor, there's a possibility more than one person can be saved. They can have a far better life than sitting in a chair waiting for something to happen, waiting for destiny and for something to come to you," Mabanta said.
"Within the past few years, we started changing the way we do things, reaching outside the box, reaching out to new communities. We saw a 2% increase in the organ donor roster," Coleman said.
You do not have to sign up at the DMV -- visit the Donate Life website or the Sierra Donor Services website for more information.
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