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Name: David Rozelle Age: 86 Home: Kalamazoo, Michigan Transplant: Heart Why did you need a transplant and when did it happen? I had a serious…

Your decision to someday help others through donation cannot be overruled by anyone else A majority (57%) of adults in Michigan are registered organ and…

Congratulations to the more than 20 people and organizations recognized this year for their extraordinary efforts to promote organ, eye and tissue donation in Michigan….

Shelly Robinet and her best friend Pat Folkertsma-Garrett called each other Kidney Sisters after Shelly donated a kidney to Pat in 2001. Their car license…

Michigan’s donation success continues to mirror national trend Gift of Life Michigan had another record year in 2023. The state’s organ and tissue donation program…

Hospital donation advocate builds culture of donation at northern Michigan hospitals When Leslie Casperson talks about her job, it sounds like poetry. “I get emotional…

The days were long for high-schooler Evan Cotton as he waited in the hospital a year ago for his life to be saved with the…

Ben and Karen Hayes knew no one could care for the foster boy like they could A 7-year-old boy in the foster care system was…

Tattoos are a lasting and creative way to express love and creativity for the people and ideas that matter in life. We’ve seen a lot…

New legislation would teach all ninth graders the basics A new state bill requiring a one-hour organ donation presentation for ninth graders in Michigan public…

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…

I was sitting in my living room, numb with grief, when the phone rang. My dad had died a few hours earlier. A woman named…

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…

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…

Gift of Life staffer’s kidney transplant gives her personal perspective If Taneisha Carswell doesn’t convince someone to be an organ donor right away, no worries….