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
Organ Recipients
Donna Jones Baker – Heart and Kidney Recipient
Once upon a time, for what seems like a long, long time ago, I was a hard-charging, extremely busy, nonprofit executive with dozens of meetings ...
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Organ Recipients
Troy Biggs – Kidney Recipient
My name is Troy Biggs. I am currently on the kidney transplant wait list. We are actively searching for a living donor. I have been ...
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Donation Champions
#SupportOPOs: What Does It Mean?
The federal government is considering adopting several changes to the organ donation system that could impact the work LifeCenter does. What does it all mean? ...
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Living Donors
Living Donation in the Black Community: One Man’s Story
I was 27 years old when I decided to donate a kidney to my dad back in 2010. Originally, my uncle was going to donate ...
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Donation Champions
Employee Spotlight: Ethan Fuqua
My job as a Donation Recovery Specialist at LifeCenter is to assist surgeons in the recovery of organs for transplant. I help prepare and store ...
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Organ Recipients
Update: Reese Brady Ryan
Reese Brady Ryan was featured in LifeCenter’s 2018 calendar as a heart recipient and her mother Laurie shares an update on how she’s doing: . ...
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