Stories of Hope

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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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