Two Families, Two Faiths: Joined by Ryan’s life-saving legacy
After tragedy brought them together, Carol and Kareem realized they shared a special bond through their faith and the life-saving legacy of organ donation.
Read these inspiring stories about how organ and tissue donation and transplantation touches and transforms lives.
After tragedy brought them together, Carol and Kareem realized they shared a special bond through their faith and the life-saving legacy of organ donation.
After being diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder, Carrie received the gift of donated tendon grafts that allowed her to live a normal life.
Whether volunteering at the Food Cupboard, or giving blood to the Red Cross, Nelson is on a mission to help others.
It takes dozens of people to make a transplant happen. The transplant coordinator is a crucial one, working for both the donor family and the recipients.
When Markita said yes to organ donation, she found comfort knowing that her son Marquis would give others a second chance at life.
“Someone didn’t need their heart anymore, so they were kind enough to donate it to someone who could still use it.”
Donor Mom shares the story of her son Anthony, who in his passing gave the gift of life to others.
“I kind of accepted the fact that I was going to die,” Neal Stansbury said. “I really did. I kind of made peace with myself and everybody else.”
Arlinda Griffin received a kidney and pancreas transplant that saved her life. Today, her hero’s mother has become like family.
Gift of Life coordinates the recovery of organs and tissues for transplant. The complex organ and tissue donation and transplant process involves collaborating with highly skilled medical professionals at many different levels.
The first step of the transplant journey is the national waiting list managed by The United Network for Organ Sharing. Currently, there are more than 114,000 people waiting for life-saving organs because there are not enough donor organs for everyone who needs them.
Thousands of lives are saved each year thanks to the unselfish generosity of living donation, which is an increasingly viable option for patients awaiting transplantation.
As a transplant recipient, you may want to write to the family of your donor to share information about your renewed life and to express your gratitude. Here is a resource to aid in finding the right words.
Gift of Life Donor Program is the largest organ procurement organization (OPO) in the United States, serving more than 11 million people across the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware. We help and heal lives by coordinating the recovery and distribution of organs and tissues used in life-saving and life-enhancing transplants.
New CEO Richard Hasz Salutes Region – the Most Generous in the Nation for 14 Consecutive Years – and Team of “Heroes” for Extraordinary Commitment.
Gift of Life Donor Program President and CEO Howard M. Nathan to step down and Richard
Hasz, Jr. named as successor to lead the nation’s top organ procurement organization.
Three women who received life-saving organ transplants fulfill their shared dream to become mothers. Transplant Pregnancy Registry International helped them to achieve this dream.
A transplant recipient reflects on her transplant journey which allowed her to achieve her dream of starting a family.
Jessica Will has always had a heart for others. The wife and mom was busy living life as a special education teacher, when she began to feel weak. She knew what was happening. When she was just 6 years old, Will had bladder cancer. She underwent chemotherapy and radiation which saved her life but damaged her heart.
Gift of Life is proud to have worked with NYU Langone Health on the groundbreaking first face and bilateral hand transplant in U.S. history.
PA State Representative Brian Sims joined Good Day Philadelphia to talk about his experience of donating a kidney to his neighbor and why it was so important to him.
12-year-old Dillan just celebrated his first Christmas after receiving his new heart! Him and his family, from Lehigh Valley, shed light on their gratitude and hope for the future.
Gift of Life is celebrating the contributions of volunteer ambassador, board member, and donor mom Cynthia London. Cynthia became connected with Gift of Life 22 years ago when her son Sipho became an organ donor.
Meet donor mom Dawn Ortiz, whose son Richard checked the box to be a donor when he went for his driver’s permit as a teen. Sadly, he lost his life at the age of 21, but his mother says her son ‘lives on in other ways.’
A supportive “Home Away from Home” for transplant patients and their families.
An international training center and consulting service for organ donation professionals.