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BC Transplant Privacy policy: http://www.phsa.ca/privacy BC Transplant (BCT), established in 1986, directs, delivers or contracts for all organ transplant services across BC.

Register as an organ donor: https://registeryourdecision.ca
**Please note, BC Transplant reserves the right to remove any information posted that jeopardizes donor and/or recipient confidentiality. As an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority, BCT is funded through the BC Ministry of Health. BC Transplant oversees all aspects of organ donation and transplant as well as the B.C. Organ Donor Registry.

12/10/2025

This green balloon delivers an important message. Even if you registered ‘yes’ for organ donation, the final decision lies with your family. This is why it is so important for you to share your wishes with your family.

✅15,000 (and counting!) of you made it official by registering your decision after you received your email from BCT from our CRA initiative. Thank you for taking the time to read the email and register your decision. If you didn’t receive an email, it is never too late! Take the next step and officially register your decision on organ donation at registeryourdecision.ca.

Our final delivery in the Interior Health region was at Kelowna General Hospital, East Kootenay Regional Hospital, Koote...
12/09/2025

Our final delivery in the Interior Health region was at Kelowna General Hospital, East Kootenay Regional Hospital, Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital and Vernon Jubilee Hospital. This is the 34th year for Operation Popcorn, 34 years of saying thanks to healthcare staff across hospitals and clinics for their commitment, care and support for organ donation and transplant.

Every transplant journey begins with the donor and their family in the ICU and continues in the clinic with follow-ups and care. Our volunteers Stacy (living kidney donor), Letecia (living liver donor), Judy (double lung recipient), Heather (kidney recipient), Karen (kidney and pancreas recipient), Debra (liver recipient), Jenna (heart recipient), and Emmy (donor daughter of Neil) loved expressing their gratitude to the staff.

Thank you to everyone involved in making these deliveries a success. Operation Popcorn has many moving pieces and wouldn’t be possible without the support of BCT staff, volunteers and healthcare teams across the province.

12/08/2025

Operation Popcorn wrapped up on Friday, leaving behind many happy faces and hearts filled with gratitude!

This year, we delivered 152 boxes of popcorn across the province to express our appreciation for the incredible healthcare staff who support organ donation and transplant.

Every year, healthcare staff look forward to these special red boxes filled with sweet treats, a tradition we've cherished for 34 years as part of Operation Popcorn.

A special thank you to Chocxo Chocolatier for their generous contributions of delicious and healthy treats that enhance our popcorn boxes. Your support adds extra sweetness to this wonderful tradition!

Last week was Operation Popcorn, and we completed our final deliveries in the Fraser Health Region at Peace Arch Hospita...
12/08/2025

Last week was Operation Popcorn, and we completed our final deliveries in the Fraser Health Region at Peace Arch Hospital, Burnaby Hospital and Surrey Memorial Hospital on Thursday and Friday.

Many volunteers attended the three VCH deliveries. At Peace Arch Hospital, Vicki (kidney recipient), and Earl (liver recipient) helped to deliver the treats. At Burnaby Hospital and Surrey Memorial Hospital we were joined by Elizabeth (heart), Mark (liver), Paul (liver recipient), and his wife Jane.

Our volunteers love expressing their gratitude to the healthcare staff in the ICU, OR, transplant clinics, and emergency departments. The stories and smiles are so precious as we bring this week to a close.

To the new and old members of our transplant community! THANK YOU!A million of you said yes to learn more, and now 15,00...
12/05/2025

To the new and old members of our transplant community! THANK YOU!

A million of you said yes to learn more, and now 15,000 (and counting!) of you registered your decision on organ donation in BC! Thank you for taking the time to read the email and register your decision. These are 15,000 reasons for the 589 people on the waitlist and their families to feel hopeful this holiday season.

Even if you didn’t receive this email, now is still the perfect time to registeryourdecision.ca online today and luckily it only takes two minutes!

12/04/2025

Ever wonder where the name Operation Popcorn came from?
It all starts with the special treats inside the box! Each one includes delicious caramel popcorn and other goodies lovingly provided by Chocxo Chocolatier.

The “operation” part reflects our hope to bring joy to healthcare professionals and to express our deepest gratitude for their dedication and support. It also honours the medical teams who are directly involved in operations and care to make organ donation and transplant possible every single day.

We absolutely love these festive boxes, aren’t they brilliant? 🍿💚

Operation Popcorn is making a mark across BC this week!Our incredible volunteers visited hospitals and transplant clinic...
12/03/2025

Operation Popcorn is making a mark across BC this week!

Our incredible volunteers visited hospitals and transplant clinics throughout the province, delivering festive bags of popcorn and heartfelt thanks to the healthcare professionals who make organ donation and transplant possible.

This annual tradition is more than a delivery, it’s a chance for transplant recipients, living donors, and donor families to connect with the teams who make second chances possible. During a season of giving thanks, these deliveries remind us of the thoughtful impact of compassion, collaboration, and the gift of life.
From the volunteers involved to the all the staff at various health authorities who make this week possible, thank you! Your efforts are appreciated. 💚

Healthcare staff at West Coast General Hospital (Port Alberni) and Nanaimo General Hospital had a few special visitors y...
12/02/2025

Healthcare staff at West Coast General Hospital (Port Alberni) and Nanaimo General Hospital had a few special visitors yesterday and today for Operation Popcorn. Jenn (donor daughter) shared her gratitude to healthcare staff at West Coast General Hospital for the care her mother received 10 years ago. At Nanaimo General Hospital, we were joined by Simone (mother of Elliott, an organ donor), Andrea (double-lung recipient), and Cindy (kidney recipient), who each expressed their appreciation to the dedicated teams there.

Our visits to hospitals and units within the Island Health Authority continues throughout the week, we can’t wait to spread more gratitude!

12/02/2025

Today is Giving Tuesday - a day dedicated to generosity and making a difference.

The most powerful gift you can give is the gift of life. By taking two minutes to register as an organ donor, you can save up to eight lives and improve the lives of countless others through organ donation and transplant.

💚 Register today
💚 Share your decision with your family
💚 Inspire someone else to register

This Giving Tuesday let’s give hope to hundreds of people on the transplant waitlist.

Register now at registeryourdecision.ca

It’s our favourite time of year! Operation Popcorn is back, a heartfelt tradition where transplant recipients, living do...
12/01/2025

It’s our favourite time of year! Operation Popcorn is back, a heartfelt tradition where transplant recipients, living donors, and donor families visit hospitals across BC to thank the healthcare professionals who make organ donation and transplant possible.

We are celebrating another great milestone! Close to one million British Columbians said yes to learning more about organ donation and transplant while completing your taxes. From there, we reached another amazing height; 14,500 of you said yes to organ donation and transplant by registering your decision. We are so grateful to you for taking a few minutes to read the email and then registering your decision.

This week, we celebrate the compassion, dedication, and life-changing care behind more than 6,000 transplant journeys in our province. Your registration adds to the joy and happiness we are sharing and spreading. Stay tuned as we share photos and memories from the deliveries happening all week long across the province. 💚

Provincial Health Services Authority - PHSA, Vancouver Coastal Health, Island Health, Interior Health, Northern Health, Fraser Health, Providence Health Care

As we approach the end of the year, many workplaces are thinking about their team holiday plans. Why not make your celeb...
11/28/2025

As we approach the end of the year, many workplaces are thinking about their team holiday plans.

Why not make your celebration a little bit more meaningful? A guest speaker at your holiday party could be the perfect way to wrap up the year on a high note and do something good.

Invite a transplant recipient to speak to your staff about the gift of life and how they can register to be organ donors too, in just two minutes.

Reach out to us via DM if you’d like to invite a speaker to address your team. We’d be happy to support you in any way we can.

Yes. If you donate eye(s), whether cornea or sclera or both, the physicians recover the eye tissue respectfully and care...
11/27/2025

Yes. If you donate eye(s), whether cornea or sclera or both, the physicians recover the eye tissue respectfully and carefully. They also insert plastic eye caps—the same as funeral homes do for every person whether they donate their eye tissue or not—to preserve the normal, rounded contour of the eye and hold the eyelid closed. A person who has donated eye tissue looks the same in a casket as a person who has not donated—like they’re sleeping.

If you have donated tissue, the removal surgery is intentional and respectful as well. Surgeons close all incisions carefully and leave no visible signs of tissue recovery. You can donate tissue and still have an open-casket funeral if you desire.

Choose to leave well so others can live well.
Register to be an organ and tissue donor at registeryourdecision.ca.

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BC Transplant (BCT), established in 1986, directs, delivers or contracts for all organ transplant services across BC. As a program of the Provincial Health Services Authority, BCT is funded through the BC Ministry of Health. BC Transplant believes that the health-restoring benefits of organ transplant services should be available to those individuals who meet the suitability and eligibility criteria for transplantation in British Columbia.