Since 2019, Green Shirt Day has come to be known nationally as a day to support organ donor registration.
A Calgary family is calling on Alberta Health Services to help their ailing father in desperate need of an organ transplant. His community has stepped up, with a number of people offering to donate their kidneys. But they say the province's living donor program isn't keeping up with requests. And as Sarah Offin reports, time may be running out.
Supporters are encouraged to wear green in the lead-up to Sunday, when landmarks will be lit green in many communities that hold skating and hockey events as well as other gatherings. The southern Alberta chapter of the Kidney Foundation of Canada has planned a parade in Calgary. “Children are incredibly pragmatic,” she said of the youngsters’ reaction to the book about Papa Aunt, who needs a new heart because he can no longer climb up a hill. “They just were very interested in the process.”
Boulet has introduced students to the Mighty Orgamites, animated characters in the shape of eight main organs and tissues that can be donated. They were first used as a resource by teachers in Britain and have been increasingly incorporated into teaching materials in Canada, complete with Canadian accents, she said.These Tide and Gain detergent pods have just been recalled in Canada
On the night of the bus crash, Boulet said doctors at a Saskatoon hospital told her and her husband Toby Boulet that their son would not survive a brain stem injury. The couple have received letters through the Saskatchewan Transplant Association from two anonymous people who received their son’s heart and kidney.
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