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Letter: Thanks for your support of organ donation walk

On behalf of the Organ & Tissue Donation Awareness Committee of the Irish Heritage Club of Sudbury, I wish to thank Northern Life for their ongoing support of this subject in the City of Greater Sudbury.
On behalf of the Organ & Tissue Donation Awareness Committee of the Irish Heritage Club of Sudbury, I wish to thank Northern Life for their ongoing support of this subject in the City of Greater Sudbury.

I would especially like to mention Jonathan Migneault’s previous articles on organ donation, and the front page photograph in the July 29 edition of your newspaper taken at our 15th Annual Michael O’Reilly Walk for a Second Chance held July 27.

Our walk was a great success, with approximately 600 people participating. Of this total, 227 went online and registered to be new organ donors.

The City of Greater Sudbury has one of the highest percentage rates of registered donors in the Province of Ontario, at 49 per cent. The community of Lively is No. 1, with 53 per cent, followed by Garson and Hanmer at 52 per cent, and Val Caron at 51 per cent.

I would also like to express our many thanks to Gerry Lougheed Jr. for his generosity and financial support, without which the walk would not have taken place.

Again, our committee’s many thanks to Northern Life. We urge people to register as organ donors at BeAdonor.ca.

Mel O’Reilly
Sudbury