Donor parents and teachers, Dave and Liz Kennedy, use their experience in their son’s passing to educate students and the public about organ and tissue donation.
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Students of the LCCC Nursing 240 class conducted a community event on campus to focus on the importance of organ and tissue donation. Donor information was provided along with contact […]
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A lung transplant saved Keith Chalmers life and allowed him to give back to his community in honor of his donor.
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Gift of Life Ambassador, Bill Murray, has been waiting for a life-saving kidney transplant for more than five years.
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When Gregory Council received a life-saving liver transplant, he immediately began volunteering with Gift of Life. After he passed, his wife continued his legacy of giving back and volunteers regularly advocating for organ and tissue donor awareness.
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Joe Pratt proved himself a hero, serving two tours in Vietnam serving his country. Later, he would find he needed a hero to save his own life: a hero to give the gift of life.
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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.
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Ryan Shaw was able to save four lives as an organ donor when he passed. His family and friends remember Ryan and his gifts of life at the annual Donor Dash.
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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.
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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.
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