These are only a few of the faces behind the real struggles and triumphs of Northern Ontarians whose lives are being impacted by organ donation. Your tax-deductible donation to the Rich Griffin #1Saves8 Campaign will help people just like these brave Northerners who had to move in order to get their life-saving surgery…and taking two minutes to sign up as an organ donor could save up to eight lives. Do it now!
- Richard Giroux of Sudbury is still awaiting a liver.
- Ronna Dawson of the Sault is putting her home up for sale in order to move to Toronto get her double-lung transplant.
- Tina Proulx of Sudbury is recovering after her Dec. 2, 2015 transplant. Tina also had to pay for a move to Toronto to get this life-saving surgery.
- Lindsay Wonnacott of Sault Ste Marie, is currently waiting for a double-lung transplant and had to relocate to Toronto to be put on the waiting list.
- Sudburian Bob Johnston’s October 2015 kidney transplant gave his son the best gift he’s ever had.
- A Tribe for Taylum: This Facebook page chronicles the trials of little Taylum Lamoureux of Sudbury, who received a kidney from a generous living donor on May 13, 2015. See his mom and his living donor be interviewed on Canada AM.
- Valerie Young of North Bay is awaiting a heart transplant in Toronto and is struggling to make her mortgage payments.
Here are the stories of four more Ontarians who are still here because of organ and tissue donation.
Organ donation touches many lives in many different ways. Are you waiting for a transplant, have had a transplant or have a family member or loved one who has donated organs, received a transplant or died waiting for one? Join the Rich Griffin #1Saves8 Campaign and share your story. Your story can encourage and inspire others to join the ever-growing community of individuals devoted to saving and enhancing the lives of others through organ donation and through financial gifts that ease the burden of transplant patients and their families.