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Dr. Tim Frankel is leading critical research into deadly pancreatic cancer with the help of organ donors from Gift of Life Michigan.
Blog | December 10, 2024

Gift of Life organ donors provide the ‘holy grail’ of pancreatic cancer research

Groundbreaking Michigan Medicine partnership ‘has the potential to help thousands’  Dr. Tim Frankel is in the midst of groundbreaking research into pancreatic cancer, and the…

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Donor mom Kathy Vogelsang holding a framed photo of her daughter, Rebecca
Blog, Stories of Hope | December 10, 2024

A donor mom becomes leader in the donation community

Kathy Vogelsang lends vision as chair of Gift of Life’s Governing Board  Kathy Vogelsang said goodbye to her daughter, Rebecca, as the bright and funny…

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Sheila Alston has worked as a nurse for more than 40 years
Blog | December 9, 2024

Staff Spotlight: Sheila Alston has been saving and healing lives for 40 years

As a busy manager in Detroit-area hospital emergency departments back in the 1990s and early 2000s, Sheila Alston read letters to her staff from Gift…

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Tim Schramm holding a photo of his father, Ray, in military uniform
Blog, Stories of Hope | December 9, 2024

“Precious gifts saved my dad.”

One family’s story of tragedy, skin donation and 26 years of borrowed time Roy Schramm shouldn’t have survived.  With burns over 60% of his body,…

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A donor is wheeled into Gift of Life's operating room on a gurney.
Blog | November 27, 2024

The Facts: The organ donation process

Making the decision to become an organ donor upon your death is the first step in the organ donation process. But before a patient can…

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A physician consults with the family member of a patient.
Blog | November 27, 2024

The Facts: What is first person authorization?

Choosing to sign up on the Michigan Organ Donor Registry gives you the opportunity to create a lasting impact on others’ lives. Making that decision…

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Three members of a family (son, mom, grandma) gathered in discussion
Blog | November 25, 2024

I decided to join the Michigan Organ Donor Registry. What happens next?

Signing up to be an organ donor is just the first step in making your decision known. The next step? Sharing that decision with those…

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Richard "Jake" Jacobson and his dog at a sunflower farm
Blog | November 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…

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X-ray images of brains
Blog | November 4, 2024

The Facts: Brain death, circulatory death and comas

Most Americans are in favor of organ donation, but not everyone who joins the donor list is able to donate. In fact, only 3 in…

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Paddles for a Purpose
News | November 4, 2024

Grand Rapids pickleballers take on Guinness World Record for a worthy cause

Four Michigan pickleball players are hoping to set a new world record and raise both awareness and money all in one swing.  West Michigan residents…

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Hailey Brouillet had a fantastic time in Europe shortly before she passed and became an organ donor. Pictured here holding a red rose in front of a tall building.
Blog, Stories of Hope | October 22, 2024

Sharing her spirit

Hailey Brouillet was 20 years old and in her junior year at Oakland University when she was hit by a reckless driver in October 2013….

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Sue Pilon
Blog, Stories of Hope | October 15, 2024

Celebrating BRA Day and the gift of tissue donation

Each year, as part of Breast Cancer Awareness month, Gift of Life Michigan recognizes Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day.  The goal of BRA Day is…

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Blake Hermann, liver transplant recipient, playing with foam numbers on a wall.
Blog, Stories of Hope | October 9, 2024

Two-year-old Blake receives life-changing liver transplant

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…

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Ossium Health is working to find more sources of life-saving bone marrow for patients in need. Organ donors are now giving marrow through Gift of Life Michigan and other organizations.
News | September 17, 2024

Michigan organ donor contributes to historic bone marrow transplant

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…

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Sheila Alston received the DAISY Award for exceptional care in nursing.
News | September 17, 2024

Gift of Life Michigan’s Sheila Alston receives Association for Multicultural Affairs in Transplantation’s Nurse of the Year DAISY Award

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…

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