Green Shirt Day takes place each year on April 7.

It is a day to raise awareness of organ donation and register organ donors across Canada. Championed by the parents of Logan Boulet, a young hockey player on the Humboldt Broncos who became an organ donor after the terrible bus crash that took his and 15 other lives.

Logan Boulet, a 21-year old hockey player, did not survive the tragic Humboldt Broncos bus crash that killed 16 people in 2018. Logan registered as an organ donor just weeks before the accident and had spoken to his father about his wishes a year before. Logan was able to save or help improve six people’s lives through his organ donation. As news spread of Logan’s selfless act, thousands across the country and world were inspired to register as organ donors. This became known as the “Logan Boulet Effect”. To mark the day Logan Boulet became an organ donor, the Boulet family launched Green Shirt Day on April 7 of every year.

On April 7, the anniversary of the day Logan Boulet became na organ donor, Canadians come to together to recognize Green Shirt Day by wearing green and talking about the powerful impact of organ donation. The purpose of Green Shirt Day is to honour and remember all victims and families involved in the Humboldt tragedy, and contine Logan’s legacy of inspiring Canadians to register as organ donors.

For more information and access to resources, please visit the BC Transplant Green Shirt Day page.

April is Organ Donation Awareness Month. Every year in April, BC Transplant focuses its efforts on raising awareness for organ donation. We dedicate this time to sharing stories and raising awareness about the benefits of organ donation and the life-saving effects of transplantation. We invite all British Columbians to have conversations about organ donation, register as an organ donor, and participate in our annual organ donation awareness campaign.