Friday September 1 is Jersey Day. Jersey Day is a campaign which seeks to promote awareness of organ donation. On this day, people are encouraged to wear the jersey of their favourite sporting team to work or school in order to support the cause and promote conversations about organ donation.
Back in the day, people were given the option of nominating themselves as organ donors on their driver's licences. Now, if you want to be an organ donor, you have to visit the website and register. This change resulted in a drop in the number of registered donors. Hence, the advent of Jersey Day which was inspired by the story of Nathan Gremmo who tragically died in an accident in 2015. Nathan's family chose to give the gift of life to others to honour the legacy of Nathan's generous personality.
My favourite team is the Bulldogs, who as you may know if you follow Square Pegs have had a terrible year. However, it was with great pride that I wore my jersey to work on Friday and had a number of conversations with people about organ donation as a result.
Today, I am celebrating and giving thanks for the gift of life. God may breath life into our lungs, but through the miracle of organ donation we too can give the gift of life.
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I'm a firm believer in being an organ donor. Here in the states, things have changed several times. Now it's in my medical POA and I have told all my family members that donation is what I want.
ReplyDeleteGood on you Donna. Actually, I don't know why someone wouldn't want to donate their organs (other than for religious reasons). You won't need them in the afterlife imo.
DeleteThis is a good thing to celebrate and your post has made me reconsider. I have never been an organ donor before but I'm up for driver's license renewal and it's time to make a change.
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