Latinx Outreach

“At least once a week, I walk these hallways and I can’t believe I get to work here,” Dain Mendoza said. “Even on those hard days, you think about someone who is going to get more time with their mom, dad or child because of our donors. That’s so powerful, and I don’t take it for granted.” 

Before Leslie Palacios received two new corneas, her life was a blur.  The Grand Rapids mom of two struggled to read, to cook, to see her son play football and her triathlete husband cross the…

Carla Bussell waited six years to take a good breath.   In 2009, shortly after the birth of her fourth son, she started experiencing shortness of breath. She was tired all the time and started passing…

John Edmond barely gave it a thought as a woman from Gift of Life Michigan entered his young daughter’s room in the pediatric Intensive Care Unit. He knew his 7-year-old would not survive her accidental…

In this series we are looking back with transplant recipients and learning how they are making the most of their second chance at life. In this issue we talk with Guadalupe Alejos, who received a kidney transplant from his brother 50 years ago!

August is National Minority Donor Awareness Month, designated to heighten awareness about organ and tissue donation in multicultural communities. Originally observed in a single week in 1996, this awareness month is a collaborative effort by…

لم أكن خائفة من الموت. يقول متلقي زرع الرئة: `` هناك دائمًا أمل ''

سمعت مارسيا تودا مؤخرًا أن قلب ابنتها ينبض بقوة في صدر لورين هيريرا البالغة من العمر 31 عامًا. التقت المرأتان مؤخرًا في حرم Gift of Life Michigan في آن أربور.

تحتفل والدة Muskegon بالذكرى السنوية الثانية لوفاة ابنها ، والتبرع بالأعضاء Muskegon ، MI - لدى Amanda Garza نسخة مطبوعة من آخر نص تلقته من ابنها نثنائيل. نصها: "أنا أفكر فيك فقط ...

ستكون إيمي كروز أول شخص يخبرك بأنها محظوظة لكونها على قيد الحياة. أصلها من بورتوريكو ، أجرت المقيمة في آن أربور ثلاث عمليات زرع كبد في حياتها وهي ممتنة لـ ...