This Sunday, April 7, is Green Shirt Day for Organ Donor Awareness & Registration, presented by Canada’s Organ & Tissue Donation Community.
Logan Boulet was in his third season as a defenceman with the Humboldt Broncos when he died following a collision on April 6, 2018.
Sixteen players and staff were killed in the crash and 13 others were injured.
Just weeks prior to the crash, Logan told his parents of his desire to donate his organs.
Boulet’s gift helped save six lives and inspired an estimated 100,000 Canadians to register their intent to donate their organs.
Wear green this Sunday to keep the “Logan Boulet effect” alive and inspire more Canadians to become organ donors.
Ninety per cent of Canadians say they support organ donation, yet only 23 per cent are registered; meanwhile approximately 250 people die each year waiting for an organ.
This Sunday, April 7, is Green Shirt Day for Organ Donor Awareness & Registration, presented by Canada’s Organ & Tissue Donation Community.
Logan Boulet was in his third season as a defenceman with the Humboldt Broncos when he died following a collision on April 6, 2018.
Sixteen players and staff were killed in the crash and 13 others were injured.
Just weeks prior to the crash, Logan told his parents of his desire to donate his organs.
Boulet’s gift helped save six lives and inspired an estimated 100,000 Canadians to register their intent to donate their organs.
Wear green this Sunday to keep the “Logan Boulet effect” alive and inspire more Canadians to become organ donors.
Ninety per cent of Canadians say they support organ donation, yet only 23 per cent are registered; meanwhile approximately 250 people die each year waiting for an organ.
Why Green Shirt Day?
• The goal of Green Shirt Day is to inspire more Canadians to consider becoming an organ donor, to register their intent to donate via their provincial registry and to remind them of the importance of making sure their family knows their wishes.
• 90% of Canadians say they support organ donation, yet only 23% have registered. • More than 200 people die every year waiting for an organ.
• People love to rally around a human story, and the nation was inspired by Logan Boulet and the Humboldt Strong last year.
• Over 100,000 people registered last year after Logan donated his organs, in what later became known as the “Logan Boulet Effect”
Quick facts:
• One organ donor can save up to eight lives.
• A tissue donor can improve the lives of up to 75 patients.
• Age doesn’t matter. Canada’s oldest organ donor was over 90 years old.
• It takes 2 minutes to register your decision to become an organ donor.
• Talk with your family and loved ones about your decision to become a registered organ donor.
• Be inspired. Register your decision. Talk to your family.
