A block party at the Wilston Multicultural Center in Seven Corners on May 9 featured free food, clothing, and backpacks, plus entertainment, kids’ activities, and health screenings. It also focused on something a lot of people don’t want to think about.
The event was sponsored by Infinite Legacy, an organization that encourages people to consider donating their organs after they die.
It’s important to educate the public about organ donations, because 100,000 people are waiting for organs, including some 4,000 in the DMV, said Jecolian Daniels, Infinite Legacy’s director of communications and marketing Thirteen people in the U.S. die every day waiting for an organ, Daniels said…