Jennifer’s Healthy Heart
By Jennifer F. “I was diagnosed at age 37 with dilated cardiomyopathy and systolic heart failure. A normal ejection fraction is between 55-70%. My ejection fraction (ef) was 30%. I […]
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“YOUR KIDNEY IS CALLING,” Jazmin’s life-saving alert
Published Oct. 21, 2025 Meet Jazmin Evans — a brave fighter and inspiring health advocate! Chronic kidney disease affected most of Jazmin’s young adult life. Diagnosed during her senior year […]
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Scholarship Winners Shine a Light on the Power of Organ Donation
The Jessica Beth Schwartz Memorial Scholarship awarded $2,000 each to four transplant recipients
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“An Organ Donor Saved Me. My Son Saved 4 Others.”
– Legendary Hip-Hop Artist Philadelphia Freeway
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“Organ donation is such a powerful thing.”
More than 100,000 people nationally are waiting for a life-saving organ. Meet three healthcare heroes whose lives were saved by organ donors.
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Two mothers joined by grief, gratitude and the gift of life
Brittney loves everything about the Donor Dash. She loves the enthusiasm, the costumes and most of all, the opportunity to honor her daughter Addison. The Moore family lost Addison days […]
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“Waiting for a Kidney Is Long But It Shows Me How Strong I Can Be”
Each day in the U.S., 17 people die waiting for the precious gift of an organ. The kidney is the organ needed most with 90,000 waiting for a life-saving transplant.
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One Family, Many Gifts: The Gift of Life Goes On
Rafiah received his life-saving transplant as a toddler and lives a healthy life today. When Rafiah’s mother passed away, she became a donor hero who transformed the lives of strangers through precious gifts of corneas and tissue.
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Earl’s Healthy Heart
Living Proof of the Power of Transplantation Earl Jones received his life-saving transplant more than 20 years ago. Jones was born with a genetic heart defect called transposition of the great […]
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Lehigh Valley part of the region recognized for most organ donations in the country
By Brittany Sweeney ALLENTOWN, Pa —The region that includes the Lehigh Valley is being recognized for leading the country in organ donations. In 2022, people in eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, […]
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