Now, one month later, the Springville High student athlete is getting nearly every hat in town tipped in his direction in what could become the largest organ donor registration drive.

Saturday became known as “Brandon Curtis #30 Make a Difference Day” after the Mapleton and Springville city councils proclaimed it as such at a joint meeting last week. Community organizations and a group of Curtis’s 10 friends, who have organized themselves under the banner of “Closer Than Brothers,” will set up shop to register as many organ donors as possible at Springville’s Arts Park, 620 S. 1350 East, from 2 to 8 p.m.

“Brandon was my best friend,” said CTB organizer Kaleb Cook, who was in the accident with Curtis. “He was able to give seven organs to people; he helped another 50 with skin and tissues. He always loved that he was an organ donor and would always donate blood. I’ll try to be more like him.”

CTB joined forces with the Quest for the Gift of Life Foundation and the Utah Organ Donor Coalition to help Springville High — along with anybody else over the age of 18 — break the Guinness World Record for most registrations at a single venue in one day.

They’re shooting for 600, the previous one sitting at 570, Cook said, but are hoping to blow it out of the water. In fact, their companion goal is to have 80 percent of the entire 1,500-member Springville student body signed up.

“Brandon is our example,” Quest founder David Nemelka said. “We will all become better people because of him.”

To say the community likes the idea might be an understatement — Cook said local businesses, such as SnoShack and Kranky Frank’s, have pitched in; the entire football team and hordes of family and friends are volunteering.

There are even rumors going around that some girls at Springville are saying they won’t date guys that don’t register, and might even push to cancel the prom if the school falls far short of its goal.

“I think we’ll have an amazing turnout,” Cook said.

Some groups are working behind the scenes to bolster the day. The Springville 1985 graduating class has been rounding up donations to help its classmate Dianne, Curtis’s mother. They hope to sponsor an inflatable toy for Saturday.

“I think Springville is a very close-knit community,” said 1985 member Chris Sisk. “I think this has really just brought people together.”

Nemelka said it’s been hectic trying to ensure that things run smoothly on Saturday — “It’s critical that we don’t frustrate them,” he said — but greeters and volunteers will ensure that anybody walking through those park gates on Saturday will get through the registration in no time. Cook was confident the group, which will offer computer kiosk and hard copy registrations, could handle anything. Even as of Thursday night, he and others planned to pound the pavement with fliers and posters all over Springville and Mapleton to get the word out.

“We’re willing and ready,” he said.

• Matt Reichman can be reached at (801) 344-2907 or mreichman@heraldextra.com.

• What: Organ donor registration, food andentertainment

• Who: Springville and Mapleton residents ofall ages

• Where: Arts Park, 620 S. 1350 East,Springville

• When: Saturday from 2 to 8 p.m.