Parking lot party highlights serious need

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They’ve created the Karen Pilon Organ Donor Awareness Foundation with the main goal of creating awareness.

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Statistics from the Canadian Institute for Health Information from 2012 (the most recent available) highlight how common transplants are. That year 1,878 people received organ transplants. By stark contrast, 3,404 people were left waiting for organ transplants.

Specifically for double-lung transplants, which Karen needed, 129 people received them but there were 68 people total left waiting for transplants that year.

The parking lot party on Saturday certainly did get people’s attention, thanks in part to colourful bouncy castles set up near Co-Op gas bar.

The barbecue and raffle raised money for the foundation while some vendors sold items.

Organizers said they’ve donated some of their proceeds to causes like Ears for Arabella, saying groups like that were a huge help when Karen was ill and they now want to give back.

The location of the parking lot party is also significant. Karen worked at Co-Op before her illness pulled her away from work, and the business has been supportive of all related fundraisers.

– with files from paNOW’s Sarah Stone and Nigel Maxwell

claskowski@jpbg.ca

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