Photo: Two local women honoring the lives of their deceased loved ones who donated their organs will be among a group escorting the second annual Donate Life Colorado’s Gift of Life float in the Parade of Lights in downtown Denver Friday, Dec. 6, and Saturday, Dec. 7. The balloon float, in the shape of a gift box, promotes the cause of organ, eye and tissue donation.
When Brianna was 9, she and her dad were in a car crash and at the hospital she saw the heart on his driver’s license and asked what it meant.
He explained about being an organ donor and she told him then that she if anything happened to her she wanted to help others, too.
“Of course we never thought we would be faced with this decision, what parent would think they would ever outlive their child, Brianna was only 12 when she died,” said Babette Canacari of Thornton. Brianna died after an accident. “When we had to make that decision in the hospital we knew that we would honor our daughter’s wish, we didn’t hesitate. She saved three lives with her organs and hundreds with her tissue.”
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To register as a donor in California:
www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org | www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org
Outside California:
www.organdonor.gov | www.donatelife.
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