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Cariboo organ donor saves 5, inspires mom to volunteer

A mother raises awareness around organ donation, and hopes to one day meet those whose lives were saved by her son's gift

“Live life and pass it on,” that’s the message sisters Deanna Desjarlais and Debbie Lynn carry with them as the mother and aunt of an organ donor who saved five lives. 

Deanna and Debbie thanked a team of health-care workers Monday, Dec. 2 at the Cariboo Memorial Hospital (CMH) with a box of festive popcorn. 

The sisters are the only two Cariboo-based volunteers with BC Transplant, which for 33 years has been delivering popcorn to health-care teams across the province in thanks for their part in making organ donations and transplants possible.

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Andie Mollins, Local Journalism Initiative

About the Author: Andie Mollins, Local Journalism Initiative

Born and raised in Southeast N.B., I spent my childhood building snow forts at my cousins' and sandcastles at the beach.
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