Three years after Humboldt Broncos bus crash, Logan Boulet still inspiring organ donation

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Six people across Canada benefited from Logan Boulet’s organs and nearly 147,000 Canadians registered to be donors in the two months after learning the player had signed his donor card

Jim Lowes, a recent living kidney donor who was inspired by Humboldt Broncos bus crash victim Logan Boulet, at his home in Burlington, Ont., on Feb. 25, 2021.Jim Lowes had never thought about being an organ donor until he read a story about Logan Boulet nearly three years ago.

It also led to Green Shirt Day every April 7, the anniversary of Boulet’s death, to promote organ donor awareness and registration across Canada. “We did see through the year – 2020 – that we had between 10 and 15 per cent reduction in activity in transplant for all organs,” he said. “We have some catch-up to play there.”

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