Featured | نوفمبر 11, 2024
Veteran shares struggle in hopes to inspire “at least one”
Richard “Jake” Jacobson’s motto is “at least one.” “My hope is that by sharing my story, I might help at least one person who is struggling,” said Jake. “Not just someone on the waiting list…
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Blog, LifeLines | أبريل 15, 2024
Michigan is behind other states in educating youth about donation
Blog | أبريل 9, 2024
Placenta Donation Explained
Having a child is a life-changing experience. With all of the baby preparation, doctor’s appointments, and the planning- chances are you haven’t been too focused on things like what you’re going to do with the…
Blog | أبريل 3, 2024
What Disqualifies you from being a Living Kidney Donor?
Donating a kidney can help save somebody’s life, and Gift of Life Michigan works to provide resources for donors, recipients, and families. However, not everyone is qualified to be a living kidney donor (although you may…
Blog | أبريل 3, 2024
Can a Living Person Donate a Lung?
Organ donation has long been one of the most selfless acts someone can provide. Generous donations of blood, plasma, kidneys and other organs have helped people live through medical emergencies and stay healthy for decades…
News | مارس 1, 2024
Munson Medical Center Named Hospital of the Year by Gift of Life Michigan
Munson’s John Stanifer, MD and ICU Manager, Eric Jean also to be recognized. Gift of Life Michigan has announced that in April it will honor Munson Medical Center (MMC) as Hospital of the Year along…
Blog | مارس 1, 2024
Can a Living Person Donate a Liver?
The liver is an important organ. It filters toxins out of your blood. You can’t live without one for more than a few days. Can a living person donate a liver? You might have heard…
Blog | مارس 1, 2024
Can You Donate Your Placenta?
The placenta is a one-of-a-kind organ that plays a significant role in pregnancy. It assists in transmitting oxygen and essential nutrients between the maternal and baby’s blood and removes waste from the baby’s blood. Besides…
Blog | مارس 1, 2024
What Tissue can be Donated?
There are several tissues that one can donate to save lives. This includes cornea, tendons, veins, skins, and bones. We usually hear much about organ donation, but tissue donation is quite different. Unlike organs, which…
News | فبراير 21, 2024
Gift of Life Michigan announces new board members
New board members will bring fresh perspectives and ideas to the table Gift of Life Michigan is proud to announce three new members joining its Governing Board of Directors. …
News | يناير 15, 2024
Gift of Life Michigan smashes record for organ donors in 2023
More than 213,000 people join Donor Registry Gift of Life Michigan helped a record 578 people become organ donors and 1,858 to give the gift of tissue last year, saving thousands of lives and healing…
News | يناير 3, 2024
Sparrow Hospital nurse earns statewide donation champion award from Gift of Life Michigan
Malinda Herrera becomes a living donor to offer hope Malinda Herrera has been a passionate advocate of organ and tissue donation for years as a nurse on the Neuro Intensive Care Unit at Sparrow Hospital….
Blog, LifeLines, Stories of Hope | ديسمبر 15, 2023
Cornea recipient celebrates his gift of sight
I’m here because 32 years ago I received a life-changing gift. Sight is an easy thing to take for granted and, like so much in life, you don’t realize how much you rely on it…
Blog, LifeLines, Stories of Hope | ديسمبر 15, 2023
My dad is a ‘donor in spirit’
Blog | ديسمبر 15, 2023
New Michigan law protects health coverage for living organ donors
Blog, LifeLines | ديسمبر 14, 2023
Donation champion award winners for 2024 will be announced this month
Tickets available for the popular April Gala Gift of Life Michigan will soon announce the names of about 20 donation champion award winners which will include Hospital of the Year, Legacy and Honoring Life through…
Blog, LifeLines, Stories of Hope | ديسمبر 14, 2023
You gave me your heart so I could live my dreams
Sherry Johnson shares her experiences as a heart transplant patient who waits again Sherry Johnson was so exhausted she couldn’t walk her two little boys to the bus stop. Brushing her teeth wiped her out….
Blog, LifeLines, Stories of Hope | ديسمبر 14, 2023
Staff Spotlight: As a donation educator, Taneisha Carswell knows when to talk and when to listen
Blog, Stories of Hope | ديسمبر 14, 2023
Volunteer Spotlight: Chris Kowalski speaks while he waits for a life-saving heart transplant
Not much will stop this volunteer from telling his story Chris Kowalski won’t let much get in the way of telling people about organ donation. Not even Detroit Tigers superstar Miguel Cabrera. Chris talked to…
Blog, Stories of Hope | ديسمبر 14, 2023
Transplant Throwback: Kay Walters
Blog | ديسمبر 14, 2023
Do taxes. Save lives.
Blog, LifeLines | ديسمبر 13, 2023
It’s a matter of faith and facts
Blog, LifeLines | ديسمبر 13, 2023
Organ Transport Vehicle
Organs and transplant teams are probably on board Ever wonder what that passing SUV covered in organ and tissue transplant branding is all about? You probably ask yourself, who or what is inside? Where is…
Blog, LifeLines, Stories of Hope | ديسمبر 13, 2023
A brotherhood is born out of death, life and gratitude
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…
News | نوفمبر 20, 2023
Gift of Life Michigan breaks record for organ donors in a year
Unprecedented 500 donors save lives so far in 2023 Michigan’s organ and tissue donation program has broken another record by reaching the 500 organ donors mark in a single year with more than a month…
News | نوفمبر 10, 2023
Gift of Life Michigan CEO praises protections for living organ donors
Gift of Life Michigan celebrates the passage of a law that prevents health insurers from denying or limiting coverage for living organ donors in this state. Sen. Kevin Hertel sponsored the measure (SB 384), which…
LifeLines, News | أكتوبر 20, 2023
A New Bill: Requires Schools to Teach Organ Donation in MI
Blog, Stories of Hope | أكتوبر 16, 2023
Tissue Donation for Breast Cancer Survior
“I can look in the mirror every day and not be reminded of the hell I went through.” Curpri Sanders experienced the happiest time in her life and the saddest in the same month. As…
Blog, LifeLines, Stories of Hope | سبتمبر 12, 2023
Transplant Throwback: Guadalupe Alejos
Blog, LifeLines, Stories of Hope | سبتمبر 12, 2023
Lansing heart recipient saves lives by telling her story of hope
Life was “exceedingly rich” for Rachel Kuntzsch when it nearly slipped into darkness forever. She was happy, 44 and her Lansing consulting firm was thriving. Rachel was a strong, vibrant mom, friend, daughter and wife….
Blog, LifeLines, News | سبتمبر 12, 2023
New law lets residents sign up through tax forms
Michigan residents who haven’t yet added their names to the Michigan Organ Donor Registry will have a new and easy way to do so in 2024. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the Check Your Heart Act…
Blog, LifeLines | سبتمبر 12, 2023
Baby Jade Townsend saves the life of another infant
Blog | سبتمبر 12, 2023
Using digital marketing to save lives
Blog, LifeLines, News | سبتمبر 12, 2023
Gift of Life’s gala generates thousands for critical programs
Blog | سبتمبر 12, 2023
“All of Us” surges in popularity at schools across Michigan
Blog, LifeLines | سبتمبر 7, 2023
Think again if you believe you’re too old to be a donor
One of the greatest myths related to organ and tissue donation is that there’s a strict age limit and that older people couldn’t possibly save the lives of others. That couldn’t be farther from the…
Blog, LifeLines, Stories of Hope | سبتمبر 7, 2023
Volunteer Spotlight: Gift of lungs motivates Debora Dearring to share her own spirit and compassion
Debora Dearring lived at Henry Ford Hospital for nine months, seven of them waiting and praying for a double lung transplant that would save her life. The days and months were long and she was…
Blog, LifeLines | سبتمبر 6, 2023
Heart study with Stanford University results in more transplants
Gift of Life Michigan has worked for years to find new ways to increase the use of donor organs for transplantation. One five-year study, in particular, revealed such dramatic and significant findings that Michigan’s organ…
Blog, LifeLines | سبتمبر 1, 2023
Staff Spotlight: Cindy Zarate takes care of donors in the days, hours and minutes before they give their final gifts
Blog, News | أغسطس 17, 2023
Donate Life Night at the Zoo celebrates organ donors, transplant recipients and renewed life
Gift of Life’s largest West Michigan outreach event returned this week to the popular John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids with a new twist. This year, more than one thousand Donate Life Night at the…
Blog | أغسطس 7, 2023
‘It happened to me’
Transplant recipients tell their stories to 100 visitors at Gift of Life Michigan Community Open House Both Rachel Kuntzsch and Tristan Johnson were healthy and active when their doctors delivered unimaginable diagnoses of life-threatening illnesses….
Blog, News | أغسطس 1, 2023
شهر التوعية بمانحي الأقليات القومية
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…
Blog, News | يوليو 24, 2023
Gift of Life Hosted Annual LIFE Walk/Run on Belle Isle
Gift of Life MOTTEP hosted its 26th annual LIFEWalk/Run event on July 22 on Belle Isle in Detroit. The event included a 5K walk and run, and a 10K run. The theme for the event…
Blog, News | يوليو 19, 2023
Gov. Whitmer signs bill to add Organ Donor Registry question to state income tax forms in 2024
Check Your Heart Act is the first of its kind in the nation. Groundbreaking legislation to bolster the Michigan Organ Donor Registry became law on Tuesday with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s signature on the Check Your…
Blog, News | يونيو 26, 2023
Hundreds celebrate new legislation placing donor registry question on state income tax forms
Check Your Heart Act would be first of its kind in the nation More than 400 people in Michigan’s organ and tissue donation and transplant converged on the lawn of the Michigan Capitol in Lansing…
Blog, News | يونيو 22, 2023
Gift of Life Michigan CEO named president-elect of association representing organ donation programs across the country
The Association for Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) has named Gift of Life Michigan President and CEO Dorrie Dils as its president-elect. The Saline resident will serve in the national role for one year before becoming…
Blog, News | يونيو 19, 2023
Rally in Lansing will celebrate new legislation placing donor registry question on state income tax forms
Check Your Heart Act would be first of its kind in the nation As many as 400 people in Michigan’s organ and tissue donation and transplant community will converge on the lawn of the Michigan…
Blog, News | يونيو 5, 2023
Gift of Life Michigan breaks yet another state record for donors
Organ and tissue donors help hundreds in May Gift of Life Michigan helped a record 63 people become organ donors and 177 gave the gift of tissue in May, saving and healing hundreds of critically…
Blog, News | مايو 11, 2023
فاتورة لإضافة خيار تسجيل المانحين إلى النماذج الضريبية يمر Michigan House
التشريع الرئيسي الذي من شأنه أن يسمح لمقدمي ضرائب الدخل بالولاية بإضافة أسمائهم إلى سجل متبرعي أعضاء ميتشيغان هو خطوة واحدة أقرب إلى الواقع. مر قانون فحص قلبك مجلس النواب اليوم. هو - هي…
Blog, News | أبريل 26, 2023
تقديم مشروع قانون توعية سجل المانحين في ميشيغان
قد يؤدي مشروع قانون مجلس الشيوخ الجديد إلى زيادة الوعي وتوفير التعليم حول التبرع بالأعضاء والأنسجة تم تحديثه في 26 أبريل 2023 هذا الأسبوع ، قدم السناتور كيفن دالي (R-Lapeer) مجلس الشيوخ بيل 287 ، والذي يعكس قانون مجلس النواب 4060 الذي قدمته الدولة ...