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 at the Rose Parade today in California.
Nine-year-old Zion joins 23 others selected to ride on the float to promote organ and tissue donation.
For the past 14 years, Donate Life America has participated in this celebration.
Gift of Life Donor Program – the organ procurement organization (OPO) serving the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware – is supporting Zion Harvey’s journey to California, along with his mother, Patti Ray.
Read the full recap of Zion and Patti’s Rose Parade experience here.