LANSING, MICH. – More than 300 donor families, recipients, living donors, patients waiting and advocates gathered on the steps of the Michigan Capitol for Gift…
Kenneth Henderson lived with kidney disease from the age of 19. It wasn’t until he was 32 that he found out he had stage five…
When Emily Willett’s father Jonathan was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a terminal lung disease that was rapidly scarring his lungs, she didn’t fully understand…
When Sheila Jackson was just 17, her world turned upside down. Three weeks after high school graduation, she was in the hospital. Her doctors told…
Gift of Life Michigan will bring hundreds of advocates, families, transplant recipients and supporters to the steps of the Michigan Capitol on Tuesday, June 17,…
When Maria Compagner from Holland was just two months old, her family received news no parent ever wants to hear. She had tumors on her…
Bernice Conn never expected a routine physical in March 2022 to change her life. “I was completely shocked,” she recalled. “I just came in for…
The concept of brain death can be confusing and difficult to process for loved ones. During brain death, the heart is still beating and the…
Name: Lisa Haney Age: 54 Home: Detroit Transplant: Heart Why did you need a transplant and when did it happen? My heart issues started as…
From President and CEO Dorrie Dils Regulations pull donation and transplantation in opposite directions, resulting in thousands of unused organs Recent news has highlighted the…
Nearly one-third of Gift of Life’s 394 employees gave back financially to the organization last year, the highest percentage yet for the payroll-deduction program that…
Thank you to donors who healed lives and residents who registered on their tax forms Gift of Life Michigan hit more milestones in 2024. The…
He graduated this spring with a nursing degree Tommy Schomaker entered the world in 2000 with half a heart. The otherwise-perfect 7-pound baby faced a…
Congratulations to the individuals and organizations honored this year for their extraordinary efforts to promote and advance organ, eye and tissue donation in Michigan. Without…
When Cindy Hanback answered the phone and heard her son Alex’s voice, she thought he just had a cold. “I had missed his original phone…
