April is Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Month!

April is Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Month. Thank you for helping us spread the word by liking and sharing our social media posts and by talking to your family and friends about the importance of organ and tissue donation. Together, we can all make a difference.

#PassItOn

Green Shirt Day - April 7th , 2022

April 7 is Green Shirt Day, a day not only dedicated to organ and tissue donation awareness, but also in memory of Logan Boulet, one of the hockey players who was tragically killed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash a few of years ago. Not only was he able to donate his organs and save 6 lives, but that act alone started an incredible event where thousands of Canadians signed up to become organ and tissue donors. This is now known as the Logan Boulet Effect.

Visit their website at https://greenshirtday.ca for more information.

You can support this very important cause by simply wearing the colour GREEN on April 7th.

In honour of this very special day, the City of Ottawa Heritage Building and the OTTAWA sign located in the Byward Market will both be illuminated in GREEN. Please be sure to check those out and don't forget to send us your photos.

A big THANK YOU to the City of Ottawa for supporting this important cause again this year!

This photo made possible because someone registered as an organ and tissue donor.

April is Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Month, an to celebrate that, we’re sharing photos that would have never been possible without a donor. Check them out below! #ThankYouDonor

Anne - Liver Recipient

“My wedding 2017, my son walked me down the aisle!! He was 18 months old when i had my transplant!!!” - Anne

Janet - Heart Recipient

“My donor made it possible for my daughter and I to take a trip to the Yukon when she graduated from college. These pictures were taken on Mount Logan, the highest mountain in Canada. I made a snow angel to share this incredible moment with my donor, without whom, it wouldn't have been possible.” - Janet

Joan - 2X Liver Recipient

“At the Golden Triangle of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand in Feb 2019 during a 5 month trip through Europe and Asia. Pre Covid Pandemic time there. 20 years post 1st liver tx and 16 years post 2nd liver tx.” - Joan

Tim - Double Lung Recipient

“Biking throughout Ottawa’s trails, with my amazing wife. I would never have imagined!” - Tim

Emily - 2X Kidney Recipient

"Emily received her first kidney from her dad, her hero, at the age of 19months. Because of this she was able to go to school, celebrate birthdays, ski, dance and to participate in the Canadian transplant games with her dad. Then after 14yrs after losing her first kidney to rejection, she received her second gift of life when a courageous, selfless family in their greatest time of grief decided to donate their loved ones organs. This amazing gift allowed Emily to get her G1 drivers license. She now has high school graduation, post secondary education and the rest of her life ahead of her all because of the 2 amazing gifts of life she has been given." - Ericka, Mom & Caregiver

Kinley - Liver Recipient

"Kinley was born with Biliary Atresia. Due to an enlarged liver & spleen, Kinley was not able to participate in many activities like her peers. Kinley had a liver transplant March 3, 2019, just before her 6th birthday. Thanks to an organ donor, she is now able to fulfill her biggest dream of being able to skate. Thank you to organ donors, for making dreams come true!" - Candis, Mom & Caregiver

Barbara - Kidney Recipient

"I hiked 19.2 kms up the side of a mountain. I would have never done that before my transplant. Truly a gift of life." - Barbara

Anne Marie - Heart Recipient

"Thanks to my donor I was able to go on my dream vacation. I kissed the Blarney stone!" - Anne Marie

Brian - Double Lung Recipient

"These are my two wonderful grandkids that I have been able to watch grow into amazing children because of my double lung transplant 11 years ago.." - Brian

Leslie - Liver Recipient

"5 years prior to this photo, complications from end stage liver disease robbed me of the ability to walk across the room. Here I am hiking at Mont Tremblant, thanks to the precious gift of life from my donor." - Leslie

Jaime - Kidney Recipient

"On December 10th, 2020 my husband gave me the gift of life by donating one of his kidneys to me.

Because of his selfless gift, at 43 years old I applied and got accepted to Queen's University into the Psychology department.
It may take 10 years, but the 20 year long dream of getting my Doctorate in Psychology is now my future!

After speaking to many transplant recipients at the Ottawa Hospital while waiting in the transplant lab for bloodwork, I learned how fortunate I was to have a pre-emptive transplant. I never did dialysis, which is what most patients say was the worst part of end-stage kidney failure, and if they could go back and have the opportunity to have a pre-emptive living donor transplant, they would jump at the chance.

I am truly aware how incredibly lucky I am to have my journey go so smoothly.
I am very interested in promoting the living donor program at the Ottawa Hospital; the transplant organizers, doctors, surgeons, nurses, and all other staff involved in this program are the best of the best and they truly care about each of their patients." - Jaime

Keith - Double Lung Recipient

"Shooting pool with his best friend. 8 years post double lung transplant and so grateful!" - Sarah, Wife & Caregiver

Natalie - Liver Recipient

"Larry the liver and I competed in road biking and swimming at the Canadian Transplant Games in 2018, just 14 months following transplant. We won 3 gold medals. I will always be both humbled and moved in honouring my forever companion (my donor) everyday. These medals are more his than they ever will be mine." - Natalie

David - Kidney Recipient

"In 2008 David was diagnosed with end stage renal failure. He was on the transplant wait list until April of 2013.
David is a strong advocate who encourages people to register as an organ donor. Here he is pictured speaking to people at the Brockville General Hospital." - Lyn, Wife & Caregiver

Laura - Heart Recipient

"Thanks to my donor I was able to grow up and go on my dream trip to Vancouver with my family." - Laura

Timothy - Liver Recipient

“~Living Proof Organ Donation Saves Lives~ The shirt says it all... 8.5 years living in gratitude for the liver donor who gave me the gift of life!" - Timothy

Lindsay - Double Lung Recipient

"Thanks to my Donor I was able to witness my Best Friend of 25 years marry the Love of her Life." - Lindsay

Stephen - Liver Recipient

"After a long battle with liver disease, a transplant made this proud dad see his youngest son achieve his lifelong dream!" - Melanie, Wife & Caregiver

Hannah - Kidney Recipient

"This is my beautiful daughter, healthy and alive thanks to organ donation. She is studying to become a mental health therapist. She wants to work with hospitalized children, a world she understands far too well." - Leanne, Mom & Caregiver

Graham - Double Lung Recipient

"This photo was taken exactly 6 months after my transplant on Jun 21 2018.
I want to thank my donor and the staff at Toronto General Hospital for making this possible! My family and I are extremely grateful!" - Graham

Sandra - Liver Recipient

"Thanks to my donor I’ve been able to attend all 9
Canadian Transplant Games, 6 American Transplant Games & Seven World Transplant Games.

I have so many memories of all the friends I’ve met, precious times together & my sightseeing days while visiting some amazing countries.

One of my favourites was Australia in 2009 where I got to hold a Koloa bear and feed kangaroos." - Sandra

Linda - Liver Recipient

"I got to walk both daughters down the isle on their wedding days."

Jim - Heart Recipient

"Jimmy was able to walk our daughter down the aisle and have his daddy daughter dance at her wedding." - Marah, Wife & Caregiver

Marie-Eve - Kidney Recipient

“Thanks to my amazing aunt/donor/hero, I was able to do an epic 12 day canoe trip through the wilderness of the Yukon from Whitehorse to Dawson City, down the Yukon River!”

Chantal - Double Lung Recipient

"Xmas 2020 was possible because of my donor which I'm so grateful."

April is Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Month!

April is Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Month. Thank you for helping us spread the word by liking and sharing our social media posts and by talking to your family and friends about the importance of organ and tissue donation. Together, we can all make a difference.

#PassItOn

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