Cody Souders graduated June 17, 2013, from Easton Area High School. He died from a drug overdose four and a half months later at age 18. When he’d gotten his […]
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Take what your body gives you. It’s good advice for runners of all levels. But for those who have survived a health scare, like me, those words are especially important […]
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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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Every April, National Donate Life Month raises awareness about organ and tissue donation. Across the country, activities take place to inspire Americans to register as organ, eye, and tissue donors. […]
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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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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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Area organ transplant recipients to participate in Olympic-style athletic competition in Salt Lake City.
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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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Brian Zionts-Bernstein keeps a small dreidel in his pocket at all times, not just at Hanukkah. Each side of his traditional holiday toy is inscribed with Hebrew letters forming an […]
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