He lost his lungs and nearly his life but now he’s on the road to recovery thanks to an organ donation from the Gift of Life organization. Now he’s out to spread the word about the life-saving program. Read the full story here!
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As part of our Visions Special highlighting Hispanic American Heritage Month, we profile Luis Palau, Jr., a Philadelphia resident of Puerto Rican descent who received a life-saving double-lung transplant from the Gift of Life Donor Program. The Gift of Life organization is our region’s organ and tissue transplant network. Last year, they were successful in […]
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Jackson Heller of Lafayette wins scholarship for transplant recipients Jackson Heller of Lafayette has won the Jessica Beth Schwartz Memorial Scholarship, one of three organ transplant recipients of these higher education scholarships for 2020-21. The scholarship is funded through the Transplant Foundation, the charitable foundation that supports the mission of Gift of Life Donor Program. […]
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September is DMV Appreciation Month, and we encourage you to thank DMV employees for their role in the saving the lives of more than 7,000 Pennsylvanians waiting for an organ or tissue transplant. They are the key to registering organ and tissue donors in Pennsylvania. Across the country, including in Pennsylvania, nearly every single organ […]
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The Jessica Beth Schwartz Memorial Scholarship is pleased to announce that three organ transplant recipients are the winners of its 2020-21 higher education scholarships. The Jessica Beth Schwartz Memorial Scholarship is funded through the Transplant Foundation, the charitable foundation which supports the mission of Gift of Life Donor Program. Each year, the scholarship program issues $2,500 awards […]
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In 2013, President Barack Obama passed legislation that would allow HIV-positive donors to give organs to HIV-positive recipients. A Bronx resident was recently New York’s first transplant recipient under the law. According to the Gift of Life Donor Program, 60 percent of people currently on the U.S. transplant waiting list are people of color, and […]
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This week’s SUN Spotlight is all about life. To kick off National Minority Donor Awareness Month and the Gift of Life Donor Program, United Muslim Masjid and Muslims Serve distributed 300 meals to community members in need during its “It’s About Life”: Community Give Back event at the Philadelphia Masjid. “This year’s National Minority Donor […]
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When Sarah Reesey saw Philadelphia’s 215 area code pop up during her morning hospital rounds earlier this month, her first thought was, “Oh, no, something is wrong.” After all, the last year had been nothing but bad news for the nurse and her family, who live in Delta, a small town in southern York County, […]
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Dr. Ronald V. Krak, 62, “a longtime Lancaster pediatrician known for compassionate care and attention to detail,” died Aug. 5 at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital from injuries suffered the previous Saturday in a bicycle accident, LNP | LancasterOnline’s Jeff Hawkes reported last week. “Krak, who practiced at Roseville Pediatrics in Manheim Township for 33 […]
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Family and friends gathered to honor and remember Steelton resident Ryan Mohn. Ryan saved more than six lives through organ and tissue donation after he died in 2004. Watch the full story here! Consider saying YES to saving lives. Register to be an organ donor today.
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