We were pleased to welcome A Current Affair as they ventured behind the scenes of our shoot 'If I Could Talk To My Donor'.
The fabulous Sylvia Jeffreys came behind the scenes and interviewed the cast and crew as they shot our campaign for Donate Life. The full story can be found on 9news.
Something as simple as filling out a short online form could see you save a life. And director Jayden Cummins knows it all too well.
A simple game of backyard cricket with his son Henry in 2017 marked the beginning of Mr Cummins' toughest battle.
"I was so out of breath, I was sitting on the grass just throwing balls at him to get in some practice," Mr Cummins told A Current Affair.
By the next day, he was in hospital and on life support. A flu virus had attacked his heart, causing his organs to shut down.
A machine pumped his failed heart as he waited for a life-saving transplant.
And after 436 days on the organ waiting list, he got his second chance after a donor gave him the gift of a healthy heart in February this year.
"So it was a wash ... a wash of everything, just total gratitude," he said.
That gift has inspired Mr Cummins' first project back at work - filming a new campaign for the Organ and Tissue Authority to encourage organ donation in Australia.
"So here's this person giving me the most incredible gift and I can't even say thank you, and I just wanted to give him a hug, I wanted to say all these things to him and let him know that I would not let it go to waste, but I never had that opportunity," Mr Cummins said. "So this Donate Life campaign was inspired by that, the ability to say thank you."
The stars of this shoot share a powerful connection - Margaret Kazzi is waiting on a kidney, Gary Cridland needs a heart, and Isabella Bigarelli is hoping for two new lungs for her 25th birthday.
The youngest advocate on set is five-year-old Matilda, whose parents said had been waiting almost 12 months for a new liver.
"Getting the word out there is very important to us at the moment," mum Kim said. "The more we can do to get it out, the better."
Donate Life CEO Lucinda Barry said Australia's donation rates had doubled over the past decade, but there was still a long way to go, with about 1400 people across the country waiting for a transplant at any one time.
"We know that most Australians support organ donation but what we need them to do is take a minute of their time to register to become a donor," she said.
Last year, 554 deceased donors transformed more than 1550 lives.
According to Donate Life, 69 per cent of Australians are willing to donate their organs when they die, but only one in three have taken the crucial step of registering online.
"And we also need them to talk to their family because it's the family that makes the decision at the bedside," Ms Barry said.
Nine-year-old Jada was the grateful recipient of a new heart on Good Friday this year. "She's doing things that she couldn't do before," mum Leah said. "When she eats, she can run, she's laughing, she's very sassy."
Mr Cummins, the man behind the scenes, still doesn't take things for granted five months on from his transplant. And the simple things are so much sweeter, thanks to the generosity of a perfect stranger.
"It truly is the most beautiful thing, a stunning gesture," he said. "I'm so grateful."