Kidney transplant recipients, like Jill, show how impactful receiving the gift of life can be. Through raising awareness about kidney disease, the risk factors and ways to prevent it, lives can be saved.
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Diagnosed with Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), Brian Zionts-Bernstein’s best option for treatment was to receive a lung transplant.
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Suffering from severe pain, every day tasks like brushing teeth and combing hair were nearly impossible for Kenneth Williams, but a life-altering tissue transplant changed all of that.
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Resident Wanda Griffith has a lot to be grateful for, and around Valentine’s Day she reflects on her second chance after receiving a heart transplant. “It’s very hard as a […]
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Ramona had a successful career, a loving husband, Jay, and two sons. She never imagined what would come next for her… waiting on the transplant list for a multi-organ transplant.
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Forgotten Boardwalk Brewing Co. in Cherry Hill has long been a supporter of The Gift of Life, raising awareness about organ donations. Sunday starting at noon, the brewery will host its […]
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First Time an OPO Reaches – and Exceeds – 500 Donors in One Year Philadelphia, PA – For the ninth year, Gift of Life Donor Program – the non-profit, federally […]
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS)– Zion Harvey, the Maryland boy who made headlines last year for being the first child in the world to undergo a double hand transplant in Philadelphia, will ride on the float […]
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Gift of Life Donor Program is supporting Zion Harvey’s journey to California to ride on the Donate Life Float in the 128th annual Rose Parade, along with his mother, Patti […]
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Turia Pitt’s life was saved after 16 American donors, including donors from Gift of Life’s region, provided skin grafts for transplant. Turia Pitt, an elite athlete, acclaimed speaker, author, mining […]
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