The Donate Life float will once again have a special meaning for many people who take part in or watch the annual Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, on New Year’s Day. The float, entitled “Light in the Darkness,” is designed to give hope to the thousands of people across the country awaiting a life-saving organ […]

The transplant community is continually working to solve a complex equation that involves time, distance and patient-donor compatibility to improve care and save lives. A lot of that work on increasing efficiencies takes place behind the scenes. Walter Herczyk, Laboratory Administrative Director at Gift of Life Michigan, who also serves as chair of the United

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson stopped by Gift of Life Michigan recently to reaffirm the partnership between the two organizations and set some lofty goals for the future. Attending Gift of Life’s year-end staff meeting, Benson said she was pleased with efforts to sign up new donors to the Michigan Organ Donor Registry, and

Gift of Life Michigan was founded nearly 50 years ago, but we still get common questions about who we are, what we do and how organ and tissue donation works. Those unfamiliar with the history of the 501(c)3 non-profit organization can get that information here. For others curious about the donation process, Gift of Life

Gift of Life Michigan and the InterFaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit hosted an Organ Donation Across the Faith Traditions discussion recently, where several local religious leaders provided their perspective on the topic. Panelists included: Imam Ibrahim Kazerooni from the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn; Shama Mehta, a board-certified Hindu chaplain at Beaumont Hospital,

There have been several stories in the news recently about hospitalized patients being pronounced brain dead. Some of those stories (and the comments on them) were confusing – and even misleading – the public about what brain death means. This Detroit Free Press article, in the context of one of those recent situations, does a

Editor’s Note: We are devastated to learn that Zahraa passed away on November 14, 2019. To her family and many friends: you are in our thoughts. We grieve with you. We have created this video in Zahraa’s memory. Zahraa Alasadi was an active 14-year-old when she suddenly got very sick this past winter – she

Talking about death can be uncomfortable. Most people don’t like to think about their own mortality. But death is part of life, and if we want to talk about organ and tissue donation, we need to acknowledge that life will end for all of us some day. Death used to really scare me. But after