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When Blake Hermann was seven months old, his mother, Molly, noticed that he wasn’t progressing like his twin sister Anna. He had yet to roll…

A Michigan organ donor has made history and saved the life of a 68-year-old woman from Flint, Mich. Suffering from leukemia, she needed an urgent…

Gift of Life Michigan is proud to announce that its own Senior Performance Improvement Specialist, Sheila Alston, received the Association for Multicultural Affairs in Transplantation…

From the outside, 18-year-old Alex Chandler seems like a typical teenager with a love for video games and spending time with his friends. On the…

When Finnley Lutz saw her fellow high school students roll up with two wheelbarrows filled with pennies, she knew they were about to make a…

Gift of Life collaborates with bioengineering leader for bone marrow transplantation  An innovative bioengineering company in Indianapolis is pioneering a novel approach to bone marrow…

A terrified Terra DeFoe waited and watched as physicians and nurses at University of Michigan Health in Ann Arbor frantically worked to save her young…

Just 21% of new drivers in Michigan are registering as organ donors, and we’re concerned about that low number.  Other states have double that percentage….

High school students fresh out of a wide-eyed hour of Gift of Life’s All of Us education experience about organ and tissue donation were still…

Name: Chef Oliver Hale (Chef O)  Age: 71  Home: Kentwood, Michigan  Transplant: Kidney, twice    Why did you need a transplant, and when did it…

Dain Mendoza says he’s fortunate to work for an organization that’s part of his own mother’s story.  As a materials supply technician at Gift of…

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…

“If I can just add one name to the registry, I can save eight lives,” 2024 Volunteer Champion and two-time heart recipient Chris Kowalski shared…

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…

The Check Your Heart Act became law last year, making Michigan the first state in the nation to place the Donor Registry question on a…