Jim Melwert is a living kidney donor and reporter for KYW Newsradio. He competed in the 2018 Transplant Games of America with Team Philadelphia.
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Team Philadelphia is once again the largest traveling team at the Transplant Games of America.
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Jen and Trevin Ray have a lot to be thankful for. Both received a second chance at life through a life-saving organ transplant, a rare bond that brought them together.
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Bill Soloway received a life-saving heart transplant in 2015. Now, he is competing at the Transplant Gamed of America in honor of his donor.
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A team of transplant recipients representing Philadelphia will soon compete in the Transplant Games of America. Eyewitness News was at a rally Saturday at Mermaid Country Day Camp in Blue Bell, where […]
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Every summer, the Gift of Life Donor Program invites children who are organ transplant recipients to participate in a weeklong summer camp in Montgomery County. For one week a year, […]
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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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PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The Gift of Life Donor Program marked president and CEO Howard Nathan’s 40th anniversary with the organization with a celebration Tuesday morning. It was humble beginnings for […]
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PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Several Philadelphia high schools brought their classroom projects to the Gift of Life Donor Program on North 3rd Street to promote organ and tissue awareness in their […]
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