Stories of Hope
Stories of Hope
Behind every donation and every transplant, there’s a story. Click the names below to read inspiring stories of courage and hope from donor families, living donors, transplant recipients, advocates, patients waiting, and tributes to those sadly lost while waiting for the gift of life.
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Bianca Beck
Organ and Tissue Donor
Wayne and JoAnn Sos
Organ Recipient/Donor and Advocate
Naava Hess
Living Donor
Kori Anderson
Transplant Recipient
Gina Westhoven
Transplant Recipient
Emma Rothman
Transplant Recipient
Donna Tissot
Advocate
Darryl Price
Transplant Recipient
Cristal Davey, RN and Jason Manning
Advocate and Organ Donor
Saul Hochman
Transplant Recipient
Adam Gerver
Organ and Tissue Donor
Brian Glennon
Living Donor
Mathew Pribish
Transplant Recipient
Karen Ann Strittmatter-Sesta
Organ and Tissue Donor
Anshul Guha
Advocate
Mae and Russell Howard
Transplant Recipient and Donor Family
Joseph Gery François
Organ and Tissue Donor
Damien Young
Organ Donor
Kim Roumes and Bob Williams
Living Donor and Transplant Recipient
Susan Diamond and Dorothea 'DeDe' Duffy
Donor Family and Transplant Recipient
Basil Vorolieff
Transplant Recipient
Dawn Burke
Transplant Recipient
Alexander Patriarca
Organ Donor
Vernell Williams, Ashley Startek and Deborah Martinez
Transplant Recipient and Donor Family
Dr. Patrick Buddle
Living Donor
Roberto De Jesus Perez
Organ Donor
Nikhil Badlani
Tissue Donor
Sarah Steinhauser
Transplant Recipient
Lakisha Bray
Donor Family
Rabbi Ephraim Simon
Living Donor
Ezequiel Garcia
Donor Family
Jordan Greene
Living Donor
Greta Clausen
Transplant Recipient
Michael Vamos
Transplant Recipient
Rebecca Beaulieu
Organ Donor
Jayla Sorenson
Patient Waiting
Melissa Daza
Organ Donor
E. Denise Peoples
Transplant Recipient
Jim Rhatican
Transplant Recipient