GiftOfLife

By Stew Kernan

The Trillium Gift of Life Network has been overwhelmed with the response from the people of Sudbury.

When KiSS 105.3 Morning Show Co-host Rich Griffin passed away May 25th, eight of his organs were donated and his family encouraged others to become organ donors as well.

President of the Trillium Gift of Life Network, Ronnie Gavsie, says while the final registration numbers aren’t in yet, traffic to the website www.beadonor.ca quadrupled since Rich’s story broke.

She adds that increase in traffic all came from the Sudbury region.

Gavsie says Sudbury has a reason to be proud, not just because of the recent response, but because Sudbury has one of the highest organ donor registration rates in Ontario.

The provincial registration rate is 26%, while in Sudbury that number is 47%.

The number is even higher in Lively at 55%.

Gavsie says another important part of the process is telling your family your wishes.