Yo-yos, spinning tops and chocolate goodies will always find a well-deserved place in the stuffed stockings that drape the living room mantle every holiday season, but this year, you might add something new: An organ donor and next-of-kin card. It might well save a life.
Every year, hundreds of men, women and children on transplant waiting lists in Canada die because a suitable organ cannot be found in time.
A single organ donor leaves a precious legacy that could save not one, but many lives. The organs that served us so well during our own lifetime might bring new hope to someone waiting for a transplant of a heart, lung, kidney, liver or other vital organ or tissue.
Becoming an organ donor is as easy as ABC: Sign an organ donor card and keep it in your wallet, discuss your decision with your loved ones, and give them a next-of-kin notification card to ensure that your wish to donate will be carried out.
What better gift could there be than this miracle of life!
You can download as many organ donor and next-of-kin notification cards as you like from the Organ Donation & Transplant Association of Canada’s website.