Record number join the Michigan Organ Donor Registry in 2012

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Michigan shattered a record as 524,418 people joined the Michigan Organ Donor Registry in 2012. That was 31 percent higher than the nearly 400,000 who did so in 2011, and it brings the state’s total to nearly 3 million registered donors. To sign up today, click on "become a donor" at the top of this page.

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Celebrating BRA Day and the gift of tissue donation

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Blake Hermann, liver transplant recipient, playing with foam numbers on a wall.

Two-year-old Blake receives life-changing liver transplant

When Blake Hermann was seven months old, his mother, Molly, noticed that he wasn’t progressing…

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Ossium Health is working to find more sources of life-saving bone marrow for patients in need. Organ donors are now giving marrow through Gift of Life Michigan and other organizations.

Michigan organ donor contributes to historic bone marrow transplant

A Michigan organ donor has made history and saved the life of a 68-year-old woman…

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Sheila Alston received the DAISY Award for exceptional care in nursing.

Gift of Life Michigan’s Sheila Alston receives Association for Multicultural Affairs in Transplantation’s Nurse of the Year DAISY Award

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Liver recipient Alex and his mom, Tanisha, at his high school graduation.

From 8 months to 18 years old: Young man with donated liver reaches another milestone

From the outside, 18-year-old Alex Chandler seems like a typical teenager with a love for…

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Students in Kingsford raised $1,500 for Gift of Life in hopes of making a difference.

Motivated U.P. students turn pennies into $1,500 for Gift of Life Michigan

When Finnley Lutz saw her fellow high school students roll up with two wheelbarrows filled…

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