For Second Consecutive Year, CORE Breaks Organ Donation Record Undeterred by Pandemic Year, CORE Saves Nearly 800 Lives, Credits Organ Donors and Hospital Partners News provided by Share this article Share this article PITTSBURGH, Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) announced today that 2020 was the second record-breaking year in a row for Saving and For second consecutive year, the Center for Organ Recovery & Education breaks organ donation record. CORE, the nonprofit organization that facilitates organ, tissue and cornea donation in western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Chemung County, New York, made possible 792 life-saving organ transplants in 2020 – an increase of nearly 20% over 2019. The increase is credited to the generosity of 324 donors – 28% more than the previous year. The number of tissue and cornea donors increased by 9%, equating to healing and restored sight to more than 90,000 people.