A Mother’s Love: Giving the Gift of Life
Local mom, Tiffany Kuzmick, gave the gift of life TWICE by donating a part of her liver to save her daughter’s life.
Other Categories: Living Donation, Transplant Stories
Three Local Women Share Special Bond, 25+ Years After Transplants
Three young women all received life-saving organ transplants around the same time more than 25 years ago. From adjoining hospital rooms to countless volunteer events, the girls remained friends over the years.
Other Categories: Transplant Stories, Volunteer
17 Years With a New Heart, Man Grateful for Gift of Life
Chris Hagan is thankful for the gift of life he received from an organ donor. He knows the life-saving power of organ donation, both his brother and sister were donors when they passed.
Other Categories: Transplant Stories
Local Women form Smiles for Julie to Honor Dear Friend
Family and friends gather annually at the Gift of Life Donor Dash in honor of the late Julie Riggi, whose two double-lung transplants greatly extended her life.
Other Categories: Donor Dash, Donors and Families, Special Events, Transplant Stories
Family “Pays it Forward” at Gift of Life Donor Dash
Kidney recipient Tom Hollar’s family and friends continue to keep his legacy alive by participating in Gift of Life’s Donor Dash each year.
Other Categories: Donor Dash, Special Events, Transplant Stories
Wilmington, DE Man Saved Through the Generosity of Family Friend
People say that it’s the thought that counts the most when giving a gift. For one Newtown, PA man, Garren Nowicki, he gave a gift to family friend, Marco Ginefra, that was not only thoughtful – it was heroic.
Other Categories: Donor Dash, Living Donation, Special Events, Transplant Stories
Double Lung Recipient Family Raises Thousands for Donor Dash
Since Joe’s transplant, Team Skysoldier has rallied friends and family together for this run and walk, and to raise thousands of dollars for organ donation education.
Other Categories: Donor Dash, Multicultural Stories, Special Events, Transplant Stories, Volunteer
Local Woman Celebrates Full Life Since Receiving Liver Transplant
Denise and Ken Fegley from Northeast PA relied on Gift of Life Howie’s House as a “home away from home” while Denise awaited a life-saving liver transplant here in Philadelphia.
Other Categories: Transplant Stories, Volunteer
Ex-Army Sergeant Overcomes Illness through Kidney Transplantation
After serving as Sergeant 1st Class in the Army for 20 years, Mel Talmadge had no idea he would spend nearly a decade of his life fighting for his life in the battle against kidney failure.
Other Categories: Special Events, Transplant Stories, Volunteer
Wilmington, DE Resident and Two Time Kidney Recipient is Doubly Grateful
Air Force member, Robin Ferguson has always put the service of others before herself. When her sister needed a kidney transplant, she did not hesitate to be tested as her living donor.
Other Categories: Living Donation, Multicultural Stories, Transplant Stories, Volunteer