For Organ Donor Awareness and Registration

Five years have already passed since April 6, 2018, when Canadians were heartbroken to learn about the tragic Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Of the 29 passengers, sixteen lost their lives, and thirteen will all bear physical and emotional scars for life.

On April 7, 2018, Humboldt Broncos defenceman Logan Boulet succumbed to his injuries. His parents, Bernadine and Toby Boulet, offered to donate his organs so that six lives could live on. They did so because Logan told his parents he was registering as an organ donor and that his coach and mentor Ric Suggitt inspired him. Ric passed on June 27, 2017 and was also an organ donor and saved six lives.

Logan’s gift of life and his family’s selflessness inspired nearly 150,000 Canadians to register their wishes to become organ donors and this movement has come to be recognized as the Logan Boulet Effect. Logan’s legacy reminds us how important it is to talk to your loved ones about your organ donation wishes. To increase awareness, it is suggested that every person who registers with the intent to one day donate speaks to four people about organ donation. This means that with every 100,000 newly registered donors, 400,000 conversations about organ donations will have occured.

Every year, on April 7th, Green Shirt Day is celebrated and honoured. Canadians across the country will be wearing their green shirts proudly to honour the Logan Boulet Effect and raise awareness for organ donation and registration.

HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED AND INSPIRE OTHERS:

• Proudly wear green

• Register to become an organ donor

• Talk to your family

LEARN MORE ABOUT GREEN SHIRT DAY

@ greenshirtday.ca