October: Jonathan Voorhees, Liver Recipient. 13 years post-transplant. Featured in 2013 Calendar.

Organ Recipients

October: Jonathan Voorhees, Liver Recipient. 13 years post-transplant. Featured in 2013 Calendar.

Jonathan was born with a rare liver disease called biliary atresia. The doctors attempted to save his native liver with a major surgery but unfortunately …

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Living Donors

August: Kelly Williams, Kaleb and Kyle Parker, Kidney Donor and Recipients. 12 and 11 years post-transplant. Featured in 2011 Calendar.

As a living kidney donor, organ donation has positively impacted my life! I feel pride in my decision to donate to Kaleb and am so …

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Living Donors

May: Hillary and Bea Weidner, Living Liver Donor and Recipient. 6-years post-transplant. Featured in 2017 Calendar.

My life would be vastly different without donation. Our oldest daughter, Beatrice, was born with a rare liver disease and at six months old she …

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Organ Recipients

April: Taiquese “Tater” Hicks, Small intestine, Pancreas and Liver Recipient. 11-years post-transplant. Featured in 2011 Calendar.

Tater is a multi-visceral (small intestine, liver and pancreas) transplant recipient. He received his lifesaving transplant back in April of 2010. Before transplant, his life …

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Organ Recipients

March: Glenna Bertsch, Kidney Recipient, 13-years post-transplant. Featured in 2012 Calendar.

September 22, 2021 marked my 13th year post transplant. It’s been an incredible journey and this journey has only been possible because of the superhero …

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Organ Recipients

February: Tony Mankus, 24-year post-transplant. Featured in 2010 Calendar.

I was honored to be a participant in the 2010 LifeCenter calendar. At that time, I had been a heart transplant recipient for 12 years, …

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Organ Recipients

Melissa Armstrong – Kidney Recipient

My name is Melissa Armstrong and I have been on dialysis for 13 years. In 2003, I received a kidney from my mom’s best friend, …

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Organ Recipients

Hailee Carson – Liver Transplant Recipient

April 18, 2017, the day I found out I was sick. I went in for gallbladder surgery and come out to news that I needed …

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Organ Recipients

Emma Allen – Kidney Recipient

Emma was born with no functioning kidneys and in renal failure. She had surgery at just 5 days old to place dialysis catheters and she …

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Organ Recipients

William Ramey – Heart Recipient

It all started in 2014 when I had my first heart attack. Six months later, I had my second heart attack. It has been hard …

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