WATCH: The Gift of Life, presented by UPMC

Local families in desperate need of transplants.

Channel 11 has been granted special access to two children who needed livers.

Now, we take you inside the organ-donation system to meet some of the 8,000 local people waiting for lifesaving surgery.

The Gift of Life is presented by UPMC.

What follows is a list of the area's transplant centers.

• Allegheny Health Network
• Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
• UPMC Presbyterian Hospital
• VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Our area organ-procurement center is the Center for Organ Recovery & Education. Read CORE's web page "Dispelling the Myths" of donation.

Click here to register for organ donation.

Here is a link to the GNC Liberty Mile event, where you can Run 1 for Lucas.

For more information on the pediatric cases featured in this special program, go to the following Facebook pages:

• Save Lucas
• A Liver for Jamie
• Princesses Don't Wear Pants
• Angelo's Transplant Page