“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 By Emma Riverso Earl Jones, 57, is celebrating 21 years post-heart transplant this March. Jones was born with a genetic heart defect called transposition […]
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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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Over 40 Central PA organ donors honored in Gift of Life ceremony
by Hallie Jacobs DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — More than 40 Central Pennsylvanians who donated their organs, tissues, and corneas to save hundreds of lives are being honored as heroes. The ceremony […]
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Philadelphia woman receives new kidney years after her daughter donated
Althea Fogle understands the importance of organ and tissue donation as the mother to a donor hero and the recipient of a life-saving kidney transplant
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Gift of Life honors colleges for increasing organ donor registration during 2022 College Challenge
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Gift of Life Donor Program, the region’s organ procurement organization (OPO), is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 Students Save Lives College Challenge. Ten schools […]
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Retired 9/11 responder in central Pennsylvania hopes to return to travel, swimming and choir
Lee Poje knows of a young woman who got a kidney from a stranger after someone held up a sign at a hockey game. If only that could happen more […]
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Firefighter to walk 3K in full gear to benefit Gift of Life, late mother
Cumberland County’s Christian Seymour is a veteran, a volunteer firefighter, studying to become an EMT, and working as a tow truck driver. On Sunday, April 24, he is taking […]
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Central Pennsylvania man saved twice by organ donation
Most people have certain dates and times forever etched in their minds: The date they met their spouse. The day a famous person died. The hour and minute of a […]
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