Gift of Life Michigan Blog
Teen leaves legacy of kindness, faith and healing
Fri, February 26, 2021
Stephen May had three words that he lived by: Everybody Love Everybody.
He initially took it from the 2008 Will Ferrell movie Semi- Pro, but he fully adopted it into his life at Rockford High School, with the sports teams he played on and in the youth leagues where he served as a referee.
Donated heart grants Lansing woman 24 years of added life, and counting
Fri, February 19, 2021
Kay Walters just celebrated her 70th birthday. Later this year, she’ll mark an even more significant milestone: her 24th year living with a donated heart.
“I can’t believe I’m this old,” she said with a laugh. “No one would ever believe that I was 70, that I would get to it.”
Decision to donate is a ‘silver lining’ for Michigan family
Fri, February 12, 2021
‘It’s been the thing that’s kept me going,’ daughter says
Marty Townsend never met a stranger.
Patients who recover from Covid-19 can still donate organs, tissue
Thu, February 11, 2021
The medical community continues to learn more about the 2019 SARS-COV-2 coronavirus, and that could bring renewed hope for the thousands of people waiting for a new life-saving organ.
Faith, family and friends help Canton mom triumph over hardship
Fri, February 05, 2021
Last year marked a new beginning for Keisha Dulin.
The 41-year-old Canton resident is continuing to heal after receiving a new heart in 2020 – after four years waiting for a new one.
“I am just so grateful every day,” she said. “I stay faithful.”
'My son. My Bobby. My hero.'
Fri, January 29, 2021
Robert “Bobby” Ramos was a hard worker with a creative side.
“He was always doing something creative,” his father, Robert, said of his son, who died at the age of 23 from a head injury after he fell from a ladder. “If he wasn’t playing his guitar, he was reading, he was writing, he was drawing.”
Kidney transplant allows teen to graduate high school
Sun, January 24, 2021
Last year, Acacia Walter-Rooks accomplished something she wasn’t sure she’d be able to do: graduate high school.
Now a freshman at Calvin University, Walter-Rooks had both of her kidneys removed when she was a child and navigated school and dialysis treatments until a kidney transplant saved her life in 2016.
Gift of Life Michigan launches #50for50 campaign to honor anniversary
Fri, January 15, 2021
Gift of Life Michigan is celebrating a milestone this year: the 50th anniversary of our founding.
Year-long partnership brings in $75K to Gift of Life Foundation
Tue, December 29, 2020
A group of metro Detroit students have made quite a difference for the Gift of Life Foundation in 2020.
Key2Finesse, a student-led nonprofit organization, generated $75,000 for the Gift of Life Foundation through a year-long partnership that culminated in a Speak the Difference fundraiser earlier this month.