Janice’s legacy: One family’s journey with organ donation
CTV News
When a loved-one passes away suddenly, families are sometimes faced with a potentially life-saving decision about organ and tissue donation. Janeil Woodiwiss’ mother Janice died of a heart attack in November of last year at the age of 63. “My mother …

Organ Donation Awareness Week to launch
Royal Gazette
This year’s Organ Donation Awareness Week will run from April 25 to 29, under the theme “Have the Conversation”. The campaign, put forward by the Bermuda Organ Donor Association and Bermuda Hospitals Board, will feature three public awareness …
National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week 2016Marketwired (press release)
Bermuda To Celebrate Organ Donation WeekBernews
Alberta organ donations get a boost from under the domeEdmonton Journal
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A Donor Steps Forward to Help Close the (Growing) International Reporting Gap
Inside Philanthropy
Check out the Knight Foundation’s related efforts in helping regional newsrooms thrive by testing new media tools, propping up local communities that run the risk of becoming “news deserts,” and hosting conversations with academic and industry leaders …

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Apple, Google Boost Bernie Sanders
ValueWalk
The Federal Elections Commission has published funding data, revealing that the largest donors to Bernie Sanders’ election campaign PACs (Political Action Committees) are tech company employees. Leading the pack (sorry for the pun), employees of the …

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Trillium Gift of Life Network celebrates National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week
Canada NewsWire (press release)
Image with caption: “President and CEO of Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN), Ronnie Gavsie, along with local organ and tissue donation advocates and TGLN staff come together to see the BeADonor flag raised at Toronto City Hall. This week (April 17 …

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Canadian Muslim Forum to host blood donation camp in Mississauga
Mississauga
Canadian Muslim Forum (CMF), a new Mississauga-based not-for-profit community organization, is organizing its first blood donation campaign to help meet the needs of Canadian Blood Services. The forum’s one-day camp will be held on Saturday, April 30, …

Stem cell drive for young Richmond boy fighting rare form of Leukemia
News1130
“Your match generally comes from your heritage and 25 per cent of patients will find a match in their family but 75 per cent rely on donors who are unrelated to them.” Both of Joshua’s parents are of mixed ethnicity, so for Joshua to find an …

New chair appointed to lead Organ Donation Committee at Colchester General Hospital
Gazette
A NEW chair has been appointed to lead the Organ Donation Committee at the NHS trust that runs Colchester General Hospital. Jan Smith took over this month from John Crookenden, who was appointed when the committee was set up at Colchester … “Being on …
Organ Donation: The Gift of LifeEl Dorado Springs Sun
Appeal for materials for Essex organ donor artworkEast Anglian Daily Times
Memorial wall honours ‘gifts of life’The Kingston Whig-Standard
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