Stories of Hope
Inspirational stories open up pathways for connection, hope, love and second chances. These stories feature individuals in our community who have been impacted by donation and transplantation, and who have been highlighted in our annual LifeCenter Calendar, bring to life the ways in which people support each other, especially through challenging times and turn their stories into hope.
- All
- Donation Champions
- Donor Families
- Living Donors
- Organ Recipients
- Tissue and Cornea Recipients
- Waiting
Donor Families
In death, she’ll save lives: Teen in prom night crash was organ donor
By Reporter Alexis Rogers, WLWT5 MONROE, Ohio — Kaylie Jackson always wanted to help others and save lives. Her lifesaving journey started with a tragic ...
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Organ Recipients
Anna Parish, Liver Recipient
Diagnosed with Biliary Atresia at only five weeks old, we found out our daughter Anna would have to undergo a six hour surgery to keep ...
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Organ Recipients
Ann Delehanty-Koenig, Cornea Recipient & Living Kidney Donor
My connection to donation is two sided, as a recipient and a donor. My first experience was toward the end of college I was diagnosed ...
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Organ Recipients
Mixtape in the Key of Life
Written by: Kevin Reynolds, Kidney Recipient January 17, 2018 I realize not everyone is as forthcoming about their health journey as I have been, and ...
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Organ Recipients
Getting “The Call”
Written By: Pat McEntee, Heart Transplant Recipient Waiting for a heart transplant was a long, slow process. The road began more than 20 years before ...
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Organ Recipients
Meet Julian. Business Owner, Father, Husband, and Heart Recipient
Julian Renfro has worked in the funeral home business his whole life. He was surprised to find out he was experiencing heart failure and without ...
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