Give Someone a Future

Currently in Ontario there are more than fifteen hundred people on the waiting list for a life saving organ transplant. 

 

One donor has the potential to save eight lives through organ donations and enhance the life of seventy others through the donation of tissue. 

 

Our goal is to inspire members to check their status, and either confirm registration or register for the first time. We hope they will encourage family and friends to join the clubs’ initiative.  ALL YOU NEED IS YOUR HEALTH CARD AND TWO MINUTES OF YOUR TIME.  This is the ultimate opportunity for “Service Above Self” with no financial impact on the donor or their family.  You can make a difference by following this link!

 

Because the opportunities for organ donation are relatively rare and the impact is life-saving, it’s important that Ontarians give serious thought to organ and tissue donation and register their consent to donate.  By registering, you are essentially making a decision to help save lives, if you are able, after death through organ and tissue donation.  By making this decision, you give hope to patients waiting for a life saving or life enhancing transplant and their families. 

 

Your decision to register is confidential.  It can be changed or withdrawn at any time.  As part of your donation decision, you can choose to donate organs and tissue for transplantation and/or research, as well as specify organs and/or tissue for donation.  Your registration decision is stored in the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care database and is only disclosed at end of life to Trillium Gift of Life Network.  Ontario’s organ and tissue donation and transplantation agency, when all life savings efforts have failed, for the purpose of sharing your decision with your family.  Even your physician, who is responsible for your care, will not know about your decision to donate.  Your decision to save lives through organ and tissue donation, does not impact the treatment that you receive in a medical emergency or in the hospital.  Families are approached to obtain consent for organ and tissue donation at the hospital during end-of-life discussions.  If their loved one has registered their consent to donate organs and/or tissue (meaning their organ and tissue donation decision is recorded in the Ministry of Health and Long –Term Care database), this information is shared with the family.  By registering your consent to donate, you relieve your family of the burden of making this decision on your behalf. 

 

Testing is done to confirm the medical suitability of the organs and tissue, and to determine which patients waiting for organ transplantation are the best march for the donated organs.  A Trillium Gift of Life Network coordinator speaks with the donor’s family to get a medical and social history, of their loved one, similar to the questionnaire completed when donating blood.  Organs and tissues will not be recovered if they are not suitable for transplantation. 
 

Recovery of organs occurs in the operating room, usually within 24 hours by physicians and trained health care professionals with skill and respect.  Donation typically does not impact funeral or burial plans, and it often occurs while families are making these arrangements and contacting others.  In fact, an open casket funeral is possible.  Trillium Gift of Life Network stays in contact with families to inform them when organ and tissue recovery is complete. 

 

Trillium Gift of Life Network staff work closely with healthcare professionals to support the grieving families through the decision to donate and to ensure as many people as possible benefit from the generous gift of organs and/or tissue.  Trillium Gift of Life Network will later send a letter to the family thanking them for their gift and to inform them of the outcome. 

 

MAKE SURE YOUR DECISION TO SAVE LIVES IS KNOWN. PLEASE TAKE TWO MINUTES TO REGISTER YOUR CONSENT.  Click here to visit our campaign website and to register.        

“GIVE SOMEONE A FUTURE: BE AN ORGAN/TISSUE DONOR”  

 

 

Currently in Ontario there are more than fifteen hundred people on the waiting list for a life saving organ transplant. 

 

One donor has the potential to save eight lives through organ donations and enhance the life of seventy others through the donation of tissue. 

 

Our goal is to inspire members to check their status, and either confirm registration or register for the first time. We hope they will encourage family and friends to join the clubs’ initiative.  ALL YOU NEED IS YOUR HEALTH CARD AND TWO MINUTES OF YOUR TIME.  This is the ultimate opportunity for “Service Above Self” with no financial impact on the donor or their family.  You can make a difference by following this link!

 

Because the opportunities for organ donation are relatively rare and the impact is life-saving, it’s important that Ontarians give serious thought to organ and tissue donation and register their consent to donate.  By registering, you are essentially making a decision to help save lives, if you are able, after death through organ and tissue donation.  By making this decision, you give hope to patients waiting for a life saving or life enhancing transplant and their families. 

 

Your decision to register is confidential.  It can be changed or withdrawn at any time.  As part of your donation decision, you can choose to donate organs and tissue for transplantation and/or research, as well as specify organs and/or tissue for donation.  Your registration decision is stored in the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care database and is only disclosed at end of life to Trillium Gift of Life Network.  Ontario’s organ and tissue donation and transplantation agency, when all life savings efforts have failed, for the purpose of sharing your decision with your family.  Even your physician, who is responsible for your care, will not know about your decision to donate.  Your decision to save lives through organ and tissue donation, does not impact the treatment that you receive in a medical emergency or in the hospital.  Families are approached to obtain consent for organ and tissue donation at the hospital during end-of-life discussions.  If their loved one has registered their consent to donate organs and/or tissue (meaning their organ and tissue donation decision is recorded in the Ministry of Health and Long –Term Care database), this information is shared with the family.  By registering your consent to donate, you relieve your family of the burden of making this decision on your behalf. 

 

Testing is done to confirm the medical suitability of the organs and tissue, and to determine which patients waiting for organ transplantation are the best march for the donated organs.  A Trillium Gift of Life Network coordinator speaks with the donor’s family to get a medical and social history, of their loved one, similar to the questionnaire completed when donating blood.  Organs and tissues will not be recovered if they are not suitable for transplantation. 
 

Recovery of organs occurs in the operating room, usually within 24 hours by physicians and trained health care professionals with skill and respect.  Donation typically does not impact funeral or burial plans, and it often occurs while families are making these arrangements and contacting others.  In fact, an open casket funeral is possible.  Trillium Gift of Life Network stays in contact with families to inform them when organ and tissue recovery is complete. 

 

Trillium Gift of Life Network staff work closely with healthcare professionals to support the grieving families through the decision to donate and to ensure as many people as possible benefit from the generous gift of organs and/or tissue.  Trillium Gift of Life Network will later send a letter to the family thanking them for their gift and to inform them of the outcome. 

 

MAKE SURE YOUR DECISION TO SAVE LIVES IS KNOWN. PLEASE TAKE TWO MINUTES TO REGISTER YOUR CONSENT.  Click here to visit our campaign website and to register.        

“GIVE SOMEONE A FUTURE: BE AN ORGAN/TISSUE DONOR”  

 

 

Currently in Ontario there are more than fifteen hundred people on the waiting list for a life saving organ transplant. 

 

One donor has the potential to save eight lives through organ donations and enhance the life of seventy others through the donation of tissue. 

 

Our goal is to inspire members to check their status, and either confirm registration or register for the first time. We hope they will encourage family and friends to join the clubs’ initiative.  ALL YOU NEED IS YOUR HEALTH CARD AND TWO MINUTES OF YOUR TIME.  This is the ultimate opportunity for “Service Above Self” with no financial impact on the donor or their family.  You can make a difference by following this link!

 

Because the opportunities for organ donation are relatively rare and the impact is life-saving, it’s important that Ontarians give serious thought to organ and tissue donation and register their consent to donate.  By registering, you are essentially making a decision to help save lives, if you are able, after death through organ and tissue donation.  By making this decision, you give hope to patients waiting for a life saving or life enhancing transplant and their families. 

 

Your decision to register is confidential.  It can be changed or withdrawn at any time.  As part of your donation decision, you can choose to donate organs and tissue for transplantation and/or research, as well as specify organs and/or tissue for donation.  Your registration decision is stored in the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care database and is only disclosed at end of life to Trillium Gift of Life Network.  Ontario’s organ and tissue donation and transplantation agency, when all life savings efforts have failed, for the purpose of sharing your decision with your family.  Even your physician, who is responsible for your care, will not know about your decision to donate.  Your decision to save lives through organ and tissue donation, does not impact the treatment that you receive in a medical emergency or in the hospital.  Families are approached to obtain consent for organ and tissue donation at the hospital during end-of-life discussions.  If their loved one has registered their consent to donate organs and/or tissue (meaning their organ and tissue donation decision is recorded in the Ministry of Health and Long –Term Care database), this information is shared with the family.  By registering your consent to donate, you relieve your family of the burden of making this decision on your behalf. 

 

Testing is done to confirm the medical suitability of the organs and tissue, and to determine which patients waiting for organ transplantation are the best march for the donated organs.  A Trillium Gift of Life Network coordinator speaks with the donor’s family to get a medical and social history, of their loved one, similar to the questionnaire completed when donating blood.  Organs and tissues will not be recovered if they are not suitable for transplantation. 
 

Recovery of organs occurs in the operating room, usually within 24 hours by physicians and trained health care professionals with skill and respect.  Donation typically does not impact funeral or burial plans, and it often occurs while families are making these arrangements and contacting others.  In fact, an open casket funeral is possible.  Trillium Gift of Life Network stays in contact with families to inform them when organ and tissue recovery is complete. 

 

Trillium Gift of Life Network staff work closely with healthcare professionals to support the grieving families through the decision to donate and to ensure as many people as possible benefit from the generous gift of organs and/or tissue.  Trillium Gift of Life Network will later send a letter to the family thanking them for their gift and to inform them of the outcome. 

 

MAKE SURE YOUR DECISION TO SAVE LIVES IS KNOWN. PLEASE TAKE TWO MINUTES TO REGISTER YOUR CONSENT.  Click here to visit our campaign website and to register.