“Motion for our club to donate $30,000 to KidsAbility designated to their Spark Program. Motion by John Thompson and seconded by Brandon Flewwelling - approved unanimous by the club.
Check us out on YouTube - reminder that if you watch the meeting on our YouTube channel either on the day or even after to please email Karin Voisin and she will mark down for your attendance.
Free Food!-Notice that we have increased the meal amount for when you bring guests. The Club will now pay for up to 2 meals for prospective members - if the prospective member comes the second time for a meal, please email the membership committee so that they can follow up with them.
Pay your dues with plastic! Reminder that paying dues can be done via Credit Card - Visa or MasterCard only.
50/50: Ray Danbrook, Neil Aitchison, and John Vickery all were picked but none successful :-(... Jackpot is $3,435! Really!
Guest Speaker:
Maggie McMurray - Trillium Gift of Life Group
Worked there since 2003- Organ and Tissue Donor Coordinator
Low survival rate and very sick people that she usually works with.
Myths and Misconceptions of Organ Donations: Wallet Cards - hospitals will usually not look for them. Make sure you are registered on their site!
She works on the donor side and not the recipient side - they keep it separate. Hospital doesn’t want family speaking to organ donor as it changes their decision.
In 2015 - 269 Organs were donated in Ontario
In 2016- 351 Organs were donated in Ontario (to put in perspective there were over 300,000 deaths)
This makes organ donation a rare occurrence.
There is only a 32% sign up rate in Canada for Organ Donation (In Ontario we are slightly over 40%)
-1527 people are currently on a list for organ donations (mostly kidneys, which you could wait up to 7 years for one)
Cancer is an automatic exclusion if you’ve had it within the last 5 years
Hospital can keep a body “alive” even if already brain dead for a long period of time in order to preserve the organs.
Become a Donor!
Go NOW to www.beadonor.ca to verify if you are or are not on the organ donor list! There will be a checklist to follow as you go on the site!"
