April is National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Month and the David Foster Foundation is working to encourage Canadians to sign up as organ donors.

Currently, over 4-thousand Canadians are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant, with 5 patients dying each week because there are not enough donors.

Mike Ravenhill, CEO of the David Foster Foundation explains here.

“You know, in Canada, we have one of the worst organ and tissue donor registration rates in all developing countries. We right now, it’s around 28% and we can do much better in our country. We need to step up, we need to save lives. We are one of those most generous countries in the world.”  

Ravenhill says the David Foster Foundation has existed for 39 years and helped over 1400 families with millions of dollars to help them offset the costs of non-medical expenses.

For information on how to become an organ donor go to David Foster Foundation DOT com.

You can also listen to Thompson Today this afternoon at 12:40 and 5:10.