{"id":1929,"date":"2019-04-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/organisme-de-bassin-versant-de-la-yamaska\/dr-marsolais-mission\/"},"modified":"2020-10-14T15:41:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T15:41:40","slug":"dr-marsolais-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/news\/dr-marsolais-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Marsolais&#8217; mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\tFor the well-being of the organs donors&rsquo; families<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/missiondrmarsolais.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The mission of Dr. Marsolais<\/a> is an organization that helps families of organ and tissue donors.<\/strong> The mission of Dr. Marsolais is the only organization that supports families morally and financially through this difficult experience, but so essential for recipients.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\tBeing very aware of the mission of this organization, <strong>the Savoie family is happy to offer families of donors from remote areas free lodging including 3 meals a day during the process of organ donation<\/strong>, within its residence located nearby: <a href=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/residences-soleil-list\/manoir-st-laurent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Les R&eacute;sidences Soleil Manoir St-Laurent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\tAs a family business, it is important for us to support families and give them a little help in getting through this experience. Because we know that every gesture can make a big difference in this kind of situation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\tIn addition to providing support to families, this organization&#39;s mission is to educate the general public about organ donation and to support research into improving the function of organs. Les R&eacute;sidences Soleil also offers Dr. Marsolais&#39; mission the opportunity to hold organ and tissue donation conferences in all <a href=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/residences-soleil-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">its residences<\/a>. Residents, their families and the general public will be able to attend these conferences.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\tTogether, we provide the comfort and support of the donor families.<\/p>\n<h3>\n\tDr Marsolais&rsquo; mission<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Support to donor&rsquo;s families&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tProfessional help to families during the organ donation process<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tPersonalized comfort<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tDignified recognition<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tFinancial assistance to families (travel, accommodation, meals)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<strong>Current Mission Actions and Initiatives:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tSending a $ 250 pre-paid credit card to resource nurses to meet the immediate needs of donor families during the organ donation process<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tAgreement with Les R&eacute;sidences Soleil to offer free lodging to Les R&eacute;sidences Soleil Manoir St-Laurent to donor families from remote areas including 3 meals a day during the organ donation process<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tEstablishment of a Peer Support Network to provide comfort and listening to donor families during and after the organ donation process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<strong>To support the mission of Dr. Marsolais<\/strong>, 4 donation formulas are possible:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/missiondrmarsolais.org\/en\/donations\/51\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Regular donation <br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tFundraising campaign: <a href=\"https:\/\/missiondrmarsolais.org\/donations\/campagne-de-financement-1-donneur-8-vies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1 donor = 8 lives <\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/missiondrmarsolais.org\/donations\/don-in-memoriam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gift in memory of<\/a> (In Memoriam)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/missiondrmarsolais.org\/donations\/don-mensuel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Monthly donation<br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\n\tNational Organ and Tissue Week<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\tAs part of <strong>National Organ and Tissue Donor Week<\/strong> taking place April 21 to 27, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transplantquebec.ca\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transplant Qu&eacute;bec<\/a> is raising awareness of organ donation and inviting people to talk more with their loved ones. According to the most recent census, there are 168 donors and 451 people transplanted in Quebec in 2018. Despite its encouraging and growing numbers year after year, the number awaiting transplant has reached 805. Together, let&#39;s help reduce this number and save lives for the health and well-being of our society.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFor more information on organ donation or to <strong>signify your consent to organ donation<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transplantquebec.ca\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn addition to signing your consent via the form or back of your health insurance card, <strong>it is important to talk to your loved ones<\/strong> about your desire to offer your organs and tissues when you die, since those will have the <strong>final decision<\/strong> in their hands.<\/p>\n<h3>\n\tArticles in the media:<\/h3>\n<p>\n\tURBANIA Magazine, May 17, 2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/urbania.ca\/article\/offrir-la-vie-grace-la-mort-partie-1-perdre-un-etre-aime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OFFERING LIFE THROUGH DEATH: LOSING A LOVED BEING<\/a>. The family of the organ donor, this great forgotten. INFOLETTRES Mission of Dr. Marsolais: <a href=\"https:\/\/missiondrmarsolais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/17-1702_infolettre-printemps_24mai.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spring 2017<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mission of Dr. Marsolais is an organization that helps families of organ and tissue donors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"global_category":[],"class_list":["post-1929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1929"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3587,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1929\/revisions\/3587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1929"},{"taxonomy":"global_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global_category?post=1929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}