All donors can choose which organs and tissues they wish to donate. It is important to understand that almost any age can donate as there are people of all ages who need organs. Age is not the matching factor between donor and recipient, but it plays an important role in helping find a match for certain organs. Age also means why next of kin should be allowed to make a decision about organ donation of a loved one as there are many cases where patients do not have the mindset to make the decision beforehand or the patient is very young and organ donation is not something they understand the process of. According to organdonor.gov, “Last year alone, an organ donor made more than 28,000 transplants possible. Another million people have received cornea and other tissue transplants that have helped them recover from trauma, bone damage, spinal injuries, burns, hearing and vision problems