Petition updateLet’s All Opt In to Introduce the Opt Out Organ & Tissue Donation System
URGENT HELP Needed: DEADLINE for Samantha's Petition!!!

Lucy RyanWitney, ENG, United Kingdom
Apr 26, 2016
Good evening
As you may already be aware tomorrow is DEADLINE day for Samantha's petition one of the inspirational ladies I have been fortunate enough to work alongside! Sadly unless we miraculously get 16,000 signatures overnight sadly we will not reach the 100,000 signatures collectively to have the government consider our proposition for debate in the House of Commons. However Samantha can have her petition acknowledged by the government if she reaches 10,000 - she has just reached it, but as her petition doesn't close until tomorrow I want her to smash that 100,000 target after all her hard work over the past 6 months. She did this to bring something positive out of her partners death whilst on the transplant waiting list - let's not let her efforts be in vain! (And there is no issue over duplicate signatures, as it won't matter you've already signed my petition as Samantha's petition will no longer count towards out total after tomorrow (Wednesday 27th April 2016).
I think Samantha explains it better herself - here is the last update she sent her supporters which she sent me earlier:
"Hey ya'll... Thought I'd give this just one last push... I need 121 votes to gain a response from government I don't think I'll hit the 100,000 as it ends TOMORROW... I started this petition almost immediately after Aaron had died and kept myself manically busy but 2-3 months ago it sunk in he'd gone and I couldn't continue anymore writing about the issue I wish I'd left it and started it now anyway I'd appreciate it if you could sign and share as much as possible...
Extra info -
Channel 5 have covered this as we stared in a recent tv programme called a gift of life. I wrote an article for them which has had a huge success in recruiting donors and tell people a little bit more about Aaron's story. Here is the link
http://www.channel5.com/shows/gift-of-life/amazing-stories/my-story-sam-brooker
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/aaron-cavanaghs-partner-campaigning-change-10436925?ref=BreakingNewsTeesside&utm_medium=facebook
This is the link to the petition -
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/111185 "
She now has over the 10,000 signatures she needed but the more the larger the weight her petition holds when it sadly ends tomorrow!
Thank you for all your support. I will update you on our situation when Samantha's petition officially ends.
Kindest regards
Lucy Ryan
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