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Heart transplant recipient Rachel Kuntzsch
Featured | septiembre 12, 2023

Lansing heart recipient saves lives by telling her story of hope

Life was “exceedingly rich” for Rachel Kuntzsch when it nearly slipped into darkness forever. She was happy, 44 and her Lansing consulting firm was thriving. Rachel was a strong, vibrant mom, friend, daughter and wife….

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Guadalupe Alejos, who received a kidney transplant 50 years ago, standing in front of the Kidney Transplant Center sign
Blog, Gift of LifeLines, Stories of Hope | septiembre 12, 2023

Transplant Throwback: Guadalupe Alejos 

In this series we are looking back with transplant recipients and learning how they are making the most of their second chance at life. In this issue we talk with Guadalupe Alejos, who received a kidney transplant from his brother 50 years ago!
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Heart transplant recipient Rachel Kuntzsch
Blog, Gift of LifeLines, Stories of Hope | septiembre 12, 2023

Lansing heart recipient saves lives by telling her story of hope

Life was “exceedingly rich” for Rachel Kuntzsch when it nearly slipped into darkness forever. She was happy, 44 and her Lansing consulting firm was thriving. Rachel was a strong, vibrant mom, friend, daughter and wife….

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Someone holding a pen signing their state income tax form
Blog, Gift of LifeLines | septiembre 12, 2023

New law lets residents sign up through tax forms

Michigan residents who haven’t yet added their names to the Michigan Organ Donor Registry will have a new and easy way to do so in 2024. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the Check Your Heart Act…

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Newborn baby wrapped in orange towel with headband
Blog, Gift of LifeLines | septiembre 12, 2023

Baby Jade Townsend saves the life of another infant

One of Gift of Life Michigan’s smallest donors – baby Jade Townsend, who lived for just 55 minutes in 2021 – saved the life of another infant this spring. But perhaps her most compelling and lasting legacy is an important protocol change. That’s because Gift of Life Michigan – on behalf of Jade and her parents – asked LeMaitre Vascular in Massachusetts to consider taking Jade’s valve despite her birth weight of just 3 pounds, 7 ounces.
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Check Your Heart graphic featuring Aimee Cruz saying "I'm here today because someone checked their heart."
Blog | septiembre 12, 2023

Using digital marketing to save lives

Gift of Life Michigan's "Check Your Heart" campaign is using data and telling the stories of donors, their families and organ and tissue recipients whose lives are changed by their gifts.
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Artelia Griggs, donor mother, receiving an award from Christine Peiter, Gift of Life employee and tissue graft recipient
Blog, Gift of LifeLines | septiembre 12, 2023

Gift of Life’s gala generates thousands for critical programs

The celebration of excellence will expand in 2024 to allow for greater sponsorship and partnership opportunities and higher attendance with individual tickets available for sale for the first time.
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Two teenage girls wearing "cornea glasses" that distort vision.
Blog | septiembre 12, 2023

“All of Us” surges in popularity at schools across Michigan

There’s a buzz in the air when Gift of Life Michigan educators arrive at a school with their red trunk of supplies and plasticized real human organs used to teach about donation and transplant. The All of Us education program is a real draw. “Everybody hears that we’re there,” said Alison Gillum, senior community relations coordinator at Gift of Life. Curious teachers pop in for a look. Students chatter about it in the halls. “When we leave, the people in the office tell us, ‘We’ve been hearing about you guys all day.’”
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101-year-old Katherine Steck holding a flower arrangement. Katherine donated tissues after her passing.
Blog, Gift of LifeLines | septiembre 7, 2023

Think again if you believe you’re too old to be a donor

One of the greatest myths related to organ and tissue donation is that there’s a strict age limit and that older people couldn’t possibly save the lives of others. That couldn’t be farther from the…

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Double lung transplant recipient Debora Dearring
Blog, Gift of LifeLines, Let's Talk, Stories of Hope | septiembre 7, 2023

Volunteer Spotlight: Gift of lungs motivates Debora Dearring to share her own spirit and compassion

Debora Dearring lived at Henry Ford Hospital for nine months, seven of them waiting and praying for a double lung transplant that would save her life. The days and months were long and she was…

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A donor heart under ice in a sterile cooler
Blog, Gift of LifeLines | septiembre 6, 2023

Heart study with Stanford University results in more transplants

Gift of Life Michigan has worked for years to find new ways to increase the use of donor organs for transplantation. One five-year study, in particular, revealed such dramatic and significant findings that Michigan’s organ…

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Cindy Zarate in blue scrubs in the ICU
Blog, Gift of LifeLines | septiembre 1, 2023

Staff Spotlight: Cindy Zarate takes care of donors in the days, hours and minutes before they give their final gifts

Donation Coordinator Cindy Zarate squeezes a terry cloth towel soaked with warm, soapy water and slowly wipes it across the arms of a man whose life ended the day before. It’s her job to be…

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Guests enjoyed free Dippin' Dots ice cream at Donate Life Night at the Zoo
Blog | agosto 17, 2023

Donate Life Night at the Zoo celebrates organ donors, transplant recipients and renewed life

Gift of Life’s largest West Michigan outreach event returned this week to the popular John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids with a new twist. This year, more than one thousand Donate Life Night at the…

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Tristan Johnson and his parents speaking at a podium
Blog | agosto 7, 2023

‘It happened to me’

Transplant recipients tell their stories to 100 visitors at Gift of Life Michigan Community Open House Both Rachel Kuntzsch and Tristan Johnson were healthy and active when their doctors delivered unimaginable diagnoses of life-threatening illnesses….

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Terra DeFoe, donor mother, stands in front of a church stained glass window
Blog, Let's Talk | agosto 1, 2023

National Minority Donor Awareness Month is crucial to saving more lives

August is National Minority Donor Awareness Month, designated to heighten awareness about organ and tissue donation in multicultural communities. Originally observed in a single week in 1996, this awareness month is a collaborative effort by…

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Hartley, the Gift of Life Michigan mascot, gives a high five to a member of Bobby's Rockers at the finish line at LIFE Walk/Run 2023.
Blog | julio 24, 2023

Gift of Life Hosted Annual LIFE Walk/Run on Belle Isle

Gift of Life MOTTEP hosted its 26th annual LIFEWalk/Run event on July 22 on Belle Isle in Detroit. The event included a 5K walk and run, and a 10K run. The theme for the event…

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Someone holding a pen signing their state income tax form
Blog | julio 19, 2023

Gov. Whitmer signs bill to add Organ Donor Registry question to state income tax forms in 2024

Check Your Heart Act is the first of its kind in the nation. Groundbreaking legislation to bolster the Michigan Organ Donor Registry became law on Tuesday with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s signature on the Check Your…

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A large crowd gathered on the Michigan Capitol steps (including mascot Hartley T. Heart) holding Donate Life flags and banners for donor families, living donors, transplant recipients and those waiting to live.
Blog | junio 26, 2023

Hundreds celebrate new legislation placing donor registry question on state income tax forms

Check Your Heart Act would be first of its kind in the nation More than 400 people in Michigan’s organ and tissue donation and transplant converged on the lawn of the Michigan Capitol in Lansing…

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President and CEO Dorrie Dils leans against a glass wall at Gift of Life Michigan
Blog | junio 22, 2023

Gift of Life Michigan CEO named president-elect of association representing organ donation programs across the country

The Association for Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) has named Gift of Life Michigan President and CEO Dorrie Dils as its president-elect. The Saline resident will serve in the national role for one year before becoming…

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A large group gathered on the Michigan Capitol steps holding signs recognizing them as donor families, transplant recipients and those waiting to live.
Blog | junio 19, 2023

Rally in Lansing will celebrate new legislation placing donor registry question on state income tax forms

Check Your Heart Act would be first of its kind in the nation As many as 400 people in Michigan’s organ and tissue donation and transplant community will converge on the lawn of the Michigan…

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May was a record month in Michigan with 63 organ donors providing 167 organs transplanted and 177 tissue donors.
Blog | junio 5, 2023

Gift of Life Michigan breaks yet another state record for donors

Organ and tissue donors help hundreds in May   Gift of Life Michigan helped a record 63 people become organ donors and 177 gave the gift of tissue in May, saving and healing hundreds of critically…

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organ donation in ann arbor michigan
Blog | mayo 11, 2023

Proyecto de ley para agregar la opción de registro de donantes a los formularios de impuestos es aprobado por la Cámara de Representantes de Michigan

La legislación clave que permitiría a los declarantes de impuestos sobre la renta del estado agregar sus nombres al Registro de Donantes de Órganos de Michigan está un paso más cerca de la realidad. La Ley Check Your Heart fue aprobada hoy por la Cámara. Él…

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Female doctor holding open chart looking at the camera
Blog | abril 26, 2023

Proyecto de Ley de Concientización sobre el Registro de Donantes presentado en Michigan

NUEVO PROYECTO DE LEY DEL SENADO AUMENTARÍA LA CONCIENTIZACIÓN Y PROPORCIONARÍA EDUCACIÓN SOBRE LA DONACIÓN DE ÓRGANOS Y TEJIDOS Actualizado el 26 de abril de 2023 Esta semana, el Senador Kevin Daley (R-Lapeer) presentó el Proyecto de Ley del Senado 287, que refleja el Proyecto de Ley de la Cámara de Representantes 4060 presentado por el Estado...

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Carol Cerny, leaning against a tree trunk on a sunny day
Blog | abril 14, 2023

Recuerdo de trasplante: Carol Cerny

En esta serie, miramos hacia atrás con los receptores de trasplantes y aprendemos cómo están aprovechando al máximo su segunda oportunidad en la vida. En este número hablamos con Carol Cerny sobre la diferencia que marcó su donante de pulmón.
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Pam and Krishna Sawhney made the largest financial gift to Gift of Life in the organization's history, to support the All of Us high school education program.
Blog | abril 14, 2023

Donación histórica financia la educación de los estudiantes

Pamela and Krishna Sawhney fervently believe educating youth about organ and tissue donation will change the minds and hearts of generations of skeptics — and save the lives of patients waiting for transplants.  The Bloomfield Hills couple has pledged $125,000 over five years to the All of Us program, Gift of Life Michigan’s unique hands-on learning experience for high schoolers.  Their gift is — by far — the largest in the organization’s 51-year history. 
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Gift of Life logo above the main entrance of the office.
Blog | abril 14, 2023

Gift of Life establece récords de órganos y tejidos en 2022

Donation success in Michigan mirrors the national trend in saving and healing lives. Gift of Life Michigan helped a record 463 people become organ donors and 1,821 give the gift of tissue last year, saving hundreds of lives and healing tens of thousands more. The 2022 figures represent a significant 14% increase in tissue donors over the previous record in 2019 and an 8% increase in organ donors over 2021.  The records came as we hired more staff, spent more time on-site with potential donors and their families, and expanded our efforts to grow the Michigan Organ Donor Registry. 
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Coleton Voss as an infant wearing his "Born a Hero!" onesie from Gift of Life Michigan
Blog | abril 13, 2023

La donación de placenta ofrece superpoderes curativos a los pacientes que lo necesitan

Las mamás y los bebés están ayudando a sanar heridas abiertas dolorosas con generosas donaciones de "pañuelos milagrosos". El pequeño Coleton Voss no tiene idea de cuántas personas ha ayudado ya en su corta vida. Pero con el regalo...

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Michigan sample driver's license with red heart donor symbol emphasized
Blog | abril 13, 2023

La campaña Check Your Heart tiene como objetivo reforzar el Registro de Donantes de Órganos

Do you have a heart on your license or state ID?  Philip Perry and about 2,400 other patients in Michigan are so sick that they’re counting on donors and their families to save their lives.  Philip Perry is waiting for a heart transplant. The 40-year-old Monroe man is among more than 100 people in the state who need a new heart and he knows the odds aren’t in his favor.  “I’m trying not to think about the things that people in my situation seem to think about a lot,” he said. “When I find myself falling down, I just try to get back up and don’t go that far down again.”  Gift of Life Michigan is in the midst of the Check Your Heart campaign, a statewide marketing effort to grow the Michigan Organ Donor Registry and offer more hope to Philip and others like him. 
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Rev. Dr. Remonia Chapman is the director of community relations and family support for Gift of Life Michigan
Blog | abril 13, 2023

Las asociaciones en el lugar de trabajo amplían nuestro alcance

Remonia Chapman is committed to community, relationships and finding new ways to advance the Donor Registry  Relationships are fueling a significant partnership initiative with some of the state’s largest businesses and organizations. Remonia Chapman and her colleagues are asking them to share the donor registration link with employees along with the message that donation saves and transforms lives.  Remonia, Gift of Life’s director of public education and community relations, explains how workplace partnerships work, why this initiative is so critical right now, and how your workplace can help save lives. 
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Patrick Wells-O'Brien is the VP of communications and external relations
Blog | abril 13, 2023

Los proyectos de ley estatales propuestos educarían y registrarían a más donantes

La Ley Check Your Heart agregaría una pregunta de donación al formulario de impuestos sobre la renta Patrick Wells-O'Brien pasa mucho tiempo generando ideas innovadoras sobre cómo agregar miles de nombres al Registro de Donantes de Órganos del estado….

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Nick Olden in scrubs next to the Donor Care Center mural at Gift of Life Michigan
Blog | abril 13, 2023

Destacado del personal: los donantes de Michigan contribuyen a una investigación innovadora

Nick Olden tiene un trabajo y es fundamental: encuentra formas de donar tejidos y órganos no trasplantables para ayudar a la humanidad a través de la investigación. El coordinador de investigación de Gift of Life Michigan y los equipos clínicos que trabajan junto a él...

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A researcher at the Leiber Institute studies a donated specimen.
Blog | abril 13, 2023

Donantes de Michigan ayudan con importante investigación sobre el cerebro

Una asociación única tiene el potencial de mejorar millones de vidas Las familias de los donantes en Michigan están diciendo sí a la investigación que podría conducir a avances en las enfermedades incapacitantes del cerebro. De hecho, 170…

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Tristan Johnson walking across the lacrosse field carrying his game gear
Blog, Historias de Esperanza | abril 12, 2023

El tiempo agotador en diálisis termina con el último regalo

Un donante de órganos salva a un atleta estrella de la escuela secundaria que luego, literalmente, paga para ayudar a los programas de donación. Un joven donante salvó dos cosas muy importantes para Tristan Johnson: su vida y su capacidad para jugar...

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Many blue and green, rounded glass awards with black pedestals sit on a table waiting to be presented.
Blog | abril 6, 2023

Gift of Life reconoce a los campeones de la donación de órganos, ojos y tejidos

Gift of Life agradece a los líderes de nuestra comunidad que defienden nuestra misión de honrar la vida a través de la donación. A finales de este mes, la organización entregará los premios Gift of Life Champion a 21 personas o...

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Remonia Chapman, Gift of Life's director of community relations and family support and director of Gift of Life MOTTEP, leads a team focused on multicultural outreach in the community.
Blog, Hablemos | abril 6, 2023

La concienciación sobre la donación de órganos es clave en las comunidades multiculturales

MOTTEP y Gift of Life Michigan equilibran las disparidades con divulgación e información La Dra. Jewel Mullen, decana asociada de equidad en salud de la Facultad de medicina de la Universidad de Texas en Austin Dell, publicó un artículo de opinión...

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State Representative Felicia Brabec, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, kidney patient Armond Baskin and his wife, Molly, stand in front of a Gift of Life Michigan / Check Your Heart banner after a press conference kicking off National Donate Life Month 2023.
Blog | abril 5, 2023

El proyecto de ley agregaría una pregunta sobre el registro de donantes de órganos a los formularios de impuestos estatales sobre la renta

Si se aprueba, Michigan sería el primero en la nación en hacerlo. La legislación clave presentada el 24 de marzo incluiría una pregunta importante sobre los formularios de impuestos sobre la renta del estado de Michigan: ¿Le gustaría...

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Aarolyn McCullough stands in front of Henry Ford Hospital, where she received her liver transplant in 2011.
Blog, Historias de Esperanza | marzo 29, 2023

Voluntariado destacado: receptor de trasplante de hígado sueña en grande

El voluntario quiere ayudar a las familias de trasplante con House of Hope para estadías prolongadas en Detroit. Aarolyn McCullough se inspiró en una pregunta simple: "¿Dónde puedo comprar comestibles?" Aarolyn se ofreció como voluntaria para pasar tiempo con...

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Philip Perry holds up a sign highlighting that 95% of adults support organ donation but only 57% have signed up to be donors.
Blog, Historias de Esperanza | 1 de marzo de 2023

Hombre de Monroe crea conciencia sobre la donación de órganos mientras espera un nuevo corazón

Philip Perry está tratando de mantenerse ocupado y saludable, cualquier cosa que pueda hacer para no pensar en el hecho de que necesita un nuevo corazón. “Estoy tratando de no pensar en el...

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Emily Polet-Monterosso in the foreground, hiking toward a snowy mountain peak.
Blog | febrero 20, 2023

El donante de riñón alcanza nuevas alturas

La mujer del municipio de Shelby salvó una vida, luego tomó el monte Everest, el Kilimanjaro Emily Polet-Monterosso se recuperó para poder darle un riñón a un extraño y luego comenzó a escalar montañas. “Es lo mejor que he hecho…

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Sara Schmidt, who became an organ donor, hugs her mother, Donna Ternes
Blog | febrero 8, 2023

Mujer de Michigan escribe libro sobre hija y donación de órganos

“But God” narra una vida difícil que llevó a la decisión de salvar a otros. El acto final de Sara Schmidt salvó dos vidas. Como donante registrada de órganos y tejidos, sus obsequios salvaron a otras dos mujeres, una en...

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Vickie Figeroa stands in front of several pews and stained glass windows
Blog, Let's Talk, Stories of Hope | febrero 3, 2023

Receptor de corazón adopta una segunda misión: abogar por la donación de órganos y tejidos

“Siempre le digo a la gente que se inscriba”, dice una mujer de Grosse Pointe Woods, Vickie Figueroa se gana la vida asegurándose de que las personas de ascendencia negra, hispana y nativa americana se incluyan en la Iglesia Católica y se preocupen…

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Two Black men at an information table sharing facts about organ donation
Blog, Regalo de LifeLines | enero 31, 2023

No permita que la desinformación sobre la donación de órganos afecte sus decisiones

No dejes que la desinformación sobre la donación de órganos y tejidos afecte tu decisión de registrarte como donante y dejar un legado de bondad y generosidad. Tenga en cuenta esta información creíble y precisa al hacer su...

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A woman sits on a pew inside a chapel with her hands clasped together in prayer
Blog, Hablemos | enero 22, 2023

El mito más común sobre la donación de órganos

Mito más común: los médicos no trabajarán para salvarle la vida si se registra como donante de órganos. Simplemente no es cierto. Una aterrorizada Terra DeFoe esperó y observó en 2014 mientras los médicos en Michigan...

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Two cartoon hearts with smiling faces high-fiving each other.
Blog | enero 11, 2023

Día Nacional del Donante 2023

¿Cuándo es el Día Nacional del Donante 2023? El 14 de febrero es un día especial en los EE. UU. Todos sabemos que es el Día de San Valentín, pero ¿sabías que también es el Día Nacional del Donante? ¿Qué es el Día Nacional del Donante?…

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Blue, white and green infographic showing 2022: A Record Year with 463 organ donors and 1,821 tissue donors
Blog | enero 9, 2023

Gift of Life Michigan establece récord de donantes de órganos y tejidos en 2022

Gift of Life Michigan ayudó a un récord de 463 personas a convertirse en donantes de órganos y 1821 donaron tejido el año pasado, salvando miles de vidas y sanando a decenas de miles más. Las cifras de 2022 representan…

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can family override organ donation
Blog | enero 8, 2023

¿Puede la familia anular la donación de órganos?

Many prospective organ donors sometimes have concerns about whether their families may attempt to override their decision to donate after death.  Although most loved ones are committed to honoring the decisions of the deceased, the…

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who can donate a kidney
Blog | enero 8, 2023

¿Quién puede donar un riñón?

More than 90,000 Americans are waiting for a kidney transplant, so becoming a kidney donor can save lives. If you consider becoming a donor for a family, friend, or even a stranger, your generous gift…

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what organs can be donated
Blog | enero 8, 2023

¿Qué órganos se pueden donar?

Organ donation and transplantation is one of the most significant modern medical advances, saving thousands of lives annually in this country.  Donors and their families secure lasting legacies by giving new life to those in…

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Portrait of Krishna and Pamela Sawhney
Blog, Let's Talk | diciembre 22, 2022

Pareja de Bloomfield Hills promete $125,000 a Gift of Life Michigan

La donación apoyará el galardonado programa de educación para jóvenes Pamela y Krishna Sawhney de Bloomfield Hills han donado $125,000 durante cinco años a Gift of Life Michigan para apoyar el galardonado programa de educación para estudiantes de la organización, All of...

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Blog | diciembre 9, 2022

La legislación prohíbe la discriminación en el sistema de trasplante de órganos

HB 4762 protege a pacientes discapacitados, ayuda a salvar vidas La legislación aprobada hoy en la Cámara de Representantes de Michigan ayudará a garantizar la equidad dentro del sistema de trasplante de órganos en el estado. El Proyecto de Ley 4762 de la Cámara de Representantes, patrocinado por el Estado…

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how to become an organ donor
Blog | 1 de diciembre de 2022

Cómo convertirse en donante de órganos

La donación de órganos es uno de los mejores avances médicos de la era contemporánea. Desafortunadamente, la demanda de órganos es significativamente mayor que la cantidad de órganos disponibles. El registro de donación de órganos es fácil. Puedes suscribirte a…

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