DIDSBURY -- Staff from the Didsbury Veterinary Services clinic are challenging any businesses in the Mountain View County area, and particularly veterinary clinics, to go green on Green Shirt Day on April 7.
That is the one-year anniversary of the organ donation by the late Humboldt Broncos defenceman Logan Boulet, which saved six lives and inspired many Canadians to register as donors.
Gord Krebs of the vet clinic said he hopes other businesses will follow suit for such a great cause.
"It's a pretty awesome thing what Logan and his family have done," said Krebs. "Logan's dad is a local guy who grew up in Olds. We knew him. We just want to show our support of what they're doing. It's a pretty amazing cause."
On April 6, 2018, 16 passengers on the Humboldt Broncos bus died in the crash and 13 others were injured. The following day, Boulet's parents Bernadine and Toby Boulet offered to donate their son's organs so that six other lives could go on.
As news spread of the organ donation by this young hockey player, over 100,000 people registered to become organ donors in the weeks that followed. To date this is the largest number of Canadians registering to become organ donors in Canadian history due to one event.
Green Shirt Day is meant to honour the "Logan Boulet Effect" and remember and recognize all the victims and families of that fatal crash and to continue Boulet's legacy by inspiring Canadians to talk to their families and register as organ donors.
"The challenge is for other businesses in Olds and Didsbury and the surrounding area to show the same support for the Logan Boulet Effect and Logan's family," said Krebs. "It's about getting people to sign their donor card to donate their organs if you think that's the right thing to do.
"We feel strongly that it is the right thing to do. It's all about supporting Logan's family."
