Decision: Donation—A School Program That Gives the Gift of Life was created in response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' former Secretary, Tommy G. Thompson's, vision of a model instructional package for high schools that will educate the nation's youth about the importance of organ and tissue donation and the need to make an informed decision about whether to be a donor and share their donation wishes with their families.

This multifaceted set of materials—print, video, CD-ROM, and web-based—can be used by both public and private educators to integrate the topic of organ and tissue donation into existing curriculum and training programs.

For more information about these materials and the national initiative to increase organ, tissue, and stem cell donation, visit www.organdonor.gov or contact the Division of Transplantation at 301-443-7577.