There is something near-miraculous about the organ donation system, which allows tens of thousands of Americans a year to give up parts of their body they no longer need to extend […]
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – A record number of drug overdose deaths is helping to ease America’s organ shortage, according to a new study. In 2000, the number of people who […]
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Five years after McKayla Wall made a Facebook video about donating her hair to kids with cancer, the 18-year-old continued her spirit of giving. Only this time, it was with […]
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KUTZTOWN, Pa. – In her Kutztown home, Diane Fegely keeps an old newspaper article. It’s yellowed over time, but then again, it’s almost 18 years old now. The story is […]
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Don and Rene Freeman, Founders of Donors Are Heroes THE Party, sit down to spill all the details for this year’s THE Party with FYI Philly.
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BANGOR, Pa. – You go to the barber shop for something new. A new look, or a fresh cut, or in 23-year-old Michael Debiase’s case, a fresh start at Platinum Cutz in […]
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HERSHEY, Pa. — Every year, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center hosts an event to honor the families whose loved ones gave the gift of life. Ninety-four individual […]
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The gift of organ and tissue donation can change someone’s life and rewrite their story. Here, donor families, transplant recipients and others share inspiring stories about how donation and transplant transforms lives.
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“Tylor’s gift of being a donor is what comforts our pain because we know he lives on.”
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Kim Kamara of Germantown wasn’t pleased the day her 18-year-old informed her that he had gotten his driver’s license and had checked a box marking his intention to be an […]
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