Green Shirt Day: Canada calls for organ donation

 

 

Canada is once again observing ‘Green Shirt Day’ in memory of young hockey player Logan Boulet, who died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash eight years ago. Logan’s wish to donate his organs saved six lives. Campaign organizers are asking people across Canada to follow suit and register to donate organs.

Logan Boulet passed away on April 7, 2018. More than 150,000 people in Canada have registered to donate organs since the news of Logan Boulet’s donation broke. This is known in the health field as the ‘Logan Boulet Effect’. In 2018, 16 members of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team died and 13 were injured in a car accident in Saskatchewan. Green Shirt Day, which began in the wake of this tragedy, has now become a major movement to raise awareness about organ donation.