A local mother is passionate about advocating for people to become organ donors. Markita Lewis opted to donate her son’s organs after he suffered a fatal asthma attack and went […]
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Arlinda Griffin received a kidney and pancreas transplant that saved her life. Today, her hero’s mother has become like family.
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Paired kidney exchange enables couple to give and receive the gift of life.
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Not a day passes without Joe Mansaray wondering whose heart beats inside his chest.
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Two little girls have a summer of big excitement ahead thanks to generous organ donors and our valued hospital partners. Liver recipient, Taylor Dyer, and two-time heart recipient, Layla Hickey, […]
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After losing several family members to heart disease, a hero organ donor gave Randolph Rahming a second chance at life.
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Cynthia London named her son Sipho Thembla – a South African name meaning “gift of hope.” Sipho brought hope to six other people as an organ donor.
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Turia Pitt was caught in a grassfire and suffered burns to 65% of her body. She received donated skin grafts that saved her life.
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A chance meeting at the local Gift of Life race has brought two families together physically. But emotionally, they were already connected. It’s an incredible story about two boys and […]
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