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In honour of National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week, Vernon City Council is challenging 1,000 locals to sign up on the BC’s Organ Donor Registry this week.

One organ donor can save up to eight lives.

“Becoming an organ and tissue donor is a selfless act and you could be offering the gift of life to someone,” said Vernon Mayor Akbal Mund. “I registered in under five minutes."
 
"It’s easy and it makes you feel like you have already made a difference in someone’s life by signing up.”

With the recent Humboldt Broncos bus crash that tragically killed 16 people, organ donation is more prevalent now than ever before. 

Logan Boulet, who recently signed up to be an organ donor, was one of the hockey players who died in the crash.

His organs were donated to six different people.National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week takes place from April 22 to 29 across Canada.

Once you've decided to save a life by registering as an organ donor, it's important to talk with family about the decision you've made.

Boulet's godfather, Neil Langevin, said Boulet had signed his donor card shortly after turning 21 in March.

“Logan had made it known, and very clear to his family, that he had signed his organ donor card when he turned 21,” Langevin said in a Facebook post.

To register your wishes, have your B.C. Personal Health Number ready and go online.

If you think you have already registered as an organ donor double check by clicking here.

You can also register over the phone at 1-800-663-6189.