Organ Donation Awareness Stall

Today Team Glasgow and a few helpers ran an Organ Donation Awareness Stall in the St Enoch Centre Glasgow. We got 43 on the spot sign ups and many many more took leaflets away to fill in later.

We just want to say a big thank you to Gregg and Caitlin for being such amazing helpers and doing a totally amazing job, we wouldn't have had as many sign ups with out them. Thank you both, such stars!!

Here are some pictures from the day -

National Transplant Week

FIESTY TRANSPLANT TRIO WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU’RE WAITING FOR…

We all get tired of waiting – whether it’s waiting in a queue at the shops, waiting for a bus, or waiting for a phone call. But for gorgeous trio Kirsty Geddes, Victoria Glen and Jacqueline Didsbury, their biggest wait is over. All three ladies are only alive today thanks to double lung transplants, and on Friday 8^th July, they will be at St Enoch Shopping centre asking people to sign the organ donor register.

Kirsty (27), Victoria (28) and Jacqueline (32) were all born with Cystic Fibrosis – a life-threatening genetically inherited condition that causes progressive lung damage. All three were told that they would need a double lung transplant to survive, and luckily, received one in time. Knowing that the odds of receiving new lungs in time is just 50%, the girls teamed up to raise awareness to try to save the lives of others currently waiting. Naming themselves “Team Glasgow” they fight passionately to raise awareness about both cystic fibrosis and organ donation.

July 4^th –10^th is National Transplant Week, and so on Friday 8^th July, Team Glasgow will be at St Enoch Shopping Centre, reminding passersby about the importance of organ donation. The trio are grasping the opportunity to remind you think about it, talk about it, and to sign the organ donor register.

There are more than 10,000 people in need of an organ transplant right now. 1,000 of those will die this year. You can sign the organ donor register online at www.lltgl.org.uk/nhsbt or by phoning NHSBT on 0300 123 23 23. 

CF Charity Pub Crawl Fundraiser :)

On Saturday Team Glasgow took part in the lovely Kirsty's 6th annual Charity Fundraising Pub Crawl. We raised £354.36, which I think is brilliant considering how quiet the town was. Here are a few pictures :)

Geddes tries her darndest

Please support the Cystic Fibrosis Holiday Fund by sponsoring Kirsty doing the 10K again. The CF Holiday Fund sent Kirsty on amazing trip to Brighton right before her transplant , a holiday which she thought was going to be her last. Please support Kirsty and give anything you can!!


http://www.justgiving.com/rungeddesrun


Thank you xx

Nomination

We got these through the post today.

It was lovely of Live Life Then Give Life to think of us and we are very grateful to them. We didn't win but it's so nice to be nominated.

Thank you Live Life Then Give Life

Kirsty's Hero

The lovely Kirsty  has made a Charity single of the Foo Fighters song My Hero, all proceeds go to the CF Trust and Live Life Then Give Life.


Check it out at the following link - 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD9w8OpWWEg&feature=player_embedded


 Contact kirstys.hero@gmail.com for info on how to get yourself a CD :)

Butterfly Kisses

Bidding has now ended on the Butterfly Kisses painting with the winning bid at £110. The winner is donating the painting to the Butterfly Trust for displaying in their Edinburgh premises - in memory of Jac's sister Frances Ann. Rather fitting, especially as painting is based on the trust's ethos :-)