Share:It’s an important time of the year for Ronald Boris and Mark Hudock who received lifesaving heart transplants, and Edith Moyer who requested her mom’s organs be donated. “This is my hero right here. Eddie Bates. He saved my life. He was an organ donor. He had a brain aneurysm at his mom’s house. He […]
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Share:Most young couples experience unbridled joy when they learn they are about to become parents for the first time. Mark and Ivy Rhymes felt that joy back in June 2002, when, after four years of marriage, they learned they would be the parents of twin girls, Maya and Marley. However, their exuberance was tempered because […]
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Share: During a meeting Wednesday, the Schuylkill County Commissioners honored National Donate Life Month. From left are Commissioner Gary Hess, Samantha Garvey of the Gift of Life Donor Program, Chairman George Halcovage, heart transplant recipient Ron Boris of Lake Wynonah, and Commissioner Frank Staudenmeier. Read the full story here!
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Share:The Boy Scouts have a familiar motto. But it’s their mission statement that Scoutmaster Tom Stalsitz likes to focus on. “It has nothing to do with becoming an Eagle Scout, or starting fires,” he says and then adds firmly, “It’s ethical values.” That’s the Scout’s mission – and now Tom’s mission for more than 30 […]
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Share:Dr. Neal Stansbury puts his heart into everything he does. He knew at a young age he wanted to be a surgeon. Then as a teenager, he knew he wanted to also be a cyclist. So for decades he traveled all over the globe, competing and winning. He would then come home to help his patients, to […]
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Share:NORTHERN LIBERTIES (WPVI) — Hundreds of runners in our area are getting ready for one of spring’s first big races – the 24th annual Gift of Life Donor Dash. It’s a very special day for Arlinda Griffin of North Philadelphia and Mary Smith of Warminster, Bucks County, brought together by organ donation. “He lived a lot […]
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Gift of Life Supports Penn Medicine’s Innovative Work
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Couple meets, falls in love and gets married after bonding over cystic fibrosis and organ donation.
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After being diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder, Carrie received the gift of donated tendon grafts in her shoulders that allowed her to live a normal life.
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Carolina Harvey will be part of the 2019 Donate Life Float, Rhythm of the Heart,
Inspired by the Music and Traditions of African Cultures
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