Oct 2012 Speaker Ms T Sandeman-Charles - save5.org.uk
Mon, Oct 1st 2012 at 6:15 pm - 8:15 pm
What is Save5 all about? Would you donate or take an organ if you needed one? More than 10,000 people in the UK current need a transplant,of these, 1,000 die each year that is 3 a day.
Speaker host A Shipp,
This talk given by T. Sandeman-Charles, Saffron Walden, was a celebration of determination conquering adversity. It related the journey through life of a psychologically strong personality having impressive success in her various careers until in 2010 she was diagnosed with 2 terminal lung conditions, only a lung transplant will save her life! In keeping with the strength of character that had typified her life up to that point began a campaign to get 10,000 people to sign up to donate their organs in the event of their death in an accident. The club members were told that only 0.02% of organs get used for transplants and 3 people die every day whilst waiting for one. Needless to say many of those Rotarians present signed up at once to the Donor Scheme as a result of our dynamic speaker.
Speaker host A Shipp.
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