Brittney loves everything about the Donor Dash. She loves the enthusiasm, the costumes and most of all, the opportunity to honor her daughter Addison. The Moore family lost Addison days […]
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Each day in the U.S., 17 people die waiting for the precious gift of an organ. The kidney is the organ needed most with 90,000 waiting for a life-saving transplant.
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Rafiah received his life-saving transplant as a toddler and lives a healthy life today. When Rafiah’s mother passed away, she became a donor hero who transformed the lives of strangers through precious gifts of corneas and tissue.
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Living Proof of the Power of Transplantation By Emma Riverso Earl Jones, 57, is celebrating 21 years post-heart transplant this March. Jones was born with a genetic heart defect called transposition […]
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By Brittany Sweeney ALLENTOWN, Pa —The region that includes the Lehigh Valley is being recognized for leading the country in organ donations. In 2022, people in eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, […]
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by Hallie Jacobs DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — More than 40 Central Pennsylvanians who donated their organs, tissues, and corneas to save hundreds of lives are being honored as heroes. The ceremony […]
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Althea Fogle understands the importance of organ and tissue donation as the mother to a donor hero and the recipient of a life-saving kidney transplant
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PHILADELPHIA, PA — Gift of Life Donor Program, the region’s organ procurement organization (OPO), is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 Students Save Lives College Challenge. Ten schools […]
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Lee Poje knows of a young woman who got a kidney from a stranger after someone held up a sign at a hockey game. If only that could happen more […]
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Cumberland County’s Christian Seymour is a veteran, a volunteer firefighter, studying to become an EMT, and working as a tow truck driver. On Sunday, April 24, he is taking […]
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