WHEREAS National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week (NOTDAW) is a week to honor organ and tissue donors and their families who have so graciously given the precious gift of life and improved health to many individuals who require a transplant, and;

WHEREAS 90% of Canadians say they are willing to be organ and tissue donors, but registration numbers do not reflect this; and

WHEREAS more than 600 Albertans and 4,500 Canadians are waiting for hearts, livers, kidneys and other vital organs, and;

WHEREAS each donor has the potential to save up to eight lives and, through tissue donation, to enhance the lives of up to 80 others, and;

WHEREAS we encourage residents to have the important discussion on organ donation with their family so that they know your wishes;

NOW THEREFORE I, Mayor Roxanne Carr, do hereby proclaim the week of April 24 to 30, 2017, as National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week in Strathcona County.

DATED this 25th day of April, 2017

Roxanne Carr, MAYOR

STRATHCONA COUNTY