Events
Australian Organ Donor Awareness Week
Australian Organ Donor Awareness Week will be 17 - 23 February 2008. Australians are encouraged to 'Sign on to save lives' as part of a national registration drive to encourage more people to sign on to the Australian Organ Donor Register as a donor.
As the number of people on Australian transplant waiting lists is increasing, organ and tissue donation is becoming more important. Just one organ donor can save up to 10 lives and public awareness is vital for increasing the number of people willing to donate organs and tissues after death.
It is also important that people talk with their family, friends and partners about their wishes as next of kin will have to confirm their wishes about organ and tissue donation.
Annual Service of Thanksgiving
Services of thanksgiving are held midyear throughout Australia in memory of those who have donated. The service is in recognition of those who have given the gift of life and love and the families of donors who have made caring decisions at times of great personal loss.
The dates and times of the 2008 services will be as as follows.
Brisbane
Sunday, 1st June 2008 at 2.00pm
Brisbane City Hall, Brisbane City
Cairns
Wednesday 4th June 2008 at 6.30pm
The Good Shepherd Anglican Church
Cnr Mayers Street & Collins Avenue, Edge Hill
Townsville
Friday 30th May 2008 at 5.30pm
St James Cathedral
36 Cleveland Terrace, Townsville
Mackay
Sunday 15th June 2008 at 11.00 am
St Francis Catholic Church
Bridge Road, Mackay
Rockhampton
Sunday 25th May 2008 at 2.00pm
St Luke’s Anglican Church
Rundle Street, Wandal
Bundaberg
Sunday 25th May 2008 at 10.30am
Police Citizens Youth Club (P.C.Y.C)
37D Maryborough Street, Bundaberg
Toowoomba
Wednesday 4th June 2008 at 6.30pm
St Vincent’s Hospital Chapel
Scott Street, Toowoomba
Gold Coast
Sunday 25th May at 2.00pm
Ashmore Uniting Church
144 Cotlew Street, Ashmore
For more information regarding the services contact Queenslanders Donate on telephone 07 3240 2350.
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