The call that could change David’s life
Gippsland Times
During DonateLife Week, from Sunday, July 29, to this Sunday, August 5, David wanted to tell his story to increase awareness of the need for people to sign up to the Australian Organ Donor Register. “I think a lot of people don’t like to think about it …
Alabama Organ Center registers donors to save lives. How you can helpBirmingham Times
Bendigo high in organ donation registration statisticsBendigo Advertiser
The life saving gift donated to othersCoffs Coast Advocate
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Wife receives kidney from husband
The Advocate
Executive officer at DonateLife Tasmania Davin Hibberd said DonateLife Week was the national awareness week to promote organ and tissue donation in Australia. “There are around 1,400 Australians currently waitlisted for a transplant at any one time …

‘It just makes so much sense’ – Woman whose father died a week before being placed on liver waiting list backs opt …
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
But knowing time is of the essence when a vital organ is required, the 22-year-old, from Norwich, has backed a move which would see organ donation become an opt out system, in a bid to save as many lives as possible. Miss Frank-Keyes’ father John died …

NASCAR’s Joey Gase helps tornado victims
KCRG
NEWTON, Iowa (KCRG-TV9) – Throughout his NASCAR career, Joey Gase has used his platform to help others, mainly raising awareness about organ donation. This week, he turned his attention to helping the tornado victims in Bondurant, Marshalltown and …

‘Thank you for my life’: the organ donation gift that just kept giving
WAtoday
It was just last week that I finally decided to delve into two boxes that had been stashed in the corner of my spare room for the better part of a year. In them, an assortment of paperwork, … “I want you to know that I recognise the unselfish act you …

Biennial Transplant Games celebrate the gift of life
Burlington Times News
To honor living and deceased organ donors, the Donate Life Transplant Games begin this week in Salt Lake City. Every two years … “The event aims to raise awareness for the growing need for organ donation, and to educate people about the benefits.”.

Keith Fagg: Donated organs have saved and prolonged the lives of so, so many
Geelong Advertiser
The scene’s bizarre premise was extremely funny in a very black way but most possibly single-handedly set the cause of organ donation back a few decades! So, in this Organ Donor Awareness week, a few things may need to be cleared up. Firstly, the nice …
DonateLife Week: Opt-out organ donation system gains supportCourier Mail
Organ donation gave my mum the gift of life – WAtodayWAtoday

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Family’s sadness as Ipswich grandfather Clive Wyard denied dying …
East Anglian Daily Times
His dying wish was that he would be able to donate his organs to help save the lives of others.

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Ballarat leads the way for organ donors, but far more needs to be done
Ballarat Courier
This week, The Local will put stickers on coffee cups for DonateLife awareness. Her friends and fellow cafes Kittlety’s, Campana’s, Webster’s, The Blackwood Merchant and Trentham General will do the same in support. Tracey said her children continue to …

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