CHICAGO (WLS) -- More than 100,000 Americans are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant and more than 5,000 of those on the waiting list are our friends and neighbors across Illinois and Indiana.

Harry Wilkins, the president and CEO of Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network joined ABC7 to talk about why it is important to register to be an organ and tissue donor, what Gift of Hope's role is in the organ and tissue donation process.

For more information, visit giftofhope.org.

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