{"id":213731,"date":"2026-03-31T22:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T22:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213731\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T22:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T22:57:08","slug":"baseball-game-set-to-honor-organ-donors-and-their-families-in-port-st-lucie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213731\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball game set to honor organ donors and their families in Port St. Lucie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">April is National Donate Life Month, and the Legacy Donor Services Foundation is teaming up with the St. Lucie Mets to turn America\u2019s pastime into a powerful platform for awareness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Before the first pitch, donor families will be recognized during a pregame ceremony, honoring loved ones who gave the ultimate gift. The night will also feature stories from recipients whose lives were saved or improved through donation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Fans can bid on game\u2011worn jerseys in a special auction following the event, with proceeds benefiting Donor Heroes, a nonprofit that awards scholarships to children whose loved ones made life\u2011saving donations.<\/p>\n<p>Myth Busting:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Organ donation myths often keep people from registering \u2014 yet the facts speak for themselves:<\/p>\n<p>One donor can save up to eight lives and improve dozens more.People of all ages can become donors \u2014 the most common donor age is 50\u201164.Donation does not affect the medical care you receive; your life always comes first.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">With more than 100,000 people nationwide waiting for a life\u2011saving transplant, advocates say every \u201cYES\u201d matters. In 2025, only about 0.55% of people who passed away became donors, making each registered donor crucial.<\/p>\n<p>How to Participate:Attend the event: April 11 at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie.Pre\u2011order tickets: gofevo.com\/event\/DonateLife26Learn more &amp; register: Legacydsfoundation.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">What do you want me to Shine A Light on? What are you most proud of where you live? Email me at tawalker@wptv.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April is National Donate Life Month, and the Legacy Donor Services Foundation is teaming up with the St.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-213731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}