October 16, 2021

Scarface Receives Life-Saving Kidney Transplant from Son After Suffering Organ Damage Due to COVID

After a harrowing battle with COVID-19, Scarface is in recovery — thanks to his son, Chris Jordan. Scarface, né Brad Jordan, was diagnosed with COVID-19 in March 2020, Chron.com reported at

October 8, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tragedy to Triumph

For Immediate Release The untold story of organ donation ... from both the organ donor/recipient perspectives A donor mother and heart recipient speak out together on the journey they've shared October 4, 2021 New

September 20, 2021

Girls launch lemonade stand to honor late sister who couldn’t get a heart transplant

Two little girls are running a lemonade stand with proceeds for organ donations in memory of their late sister. Makenzie Madsen of West Jordan, Utah died at age 14 last summer

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September 15, 2021

SOUTH AFRICA: Please help save my daughter’s life

Durban - Zesuliwe Mazubane is always smiling and loves to set up her board to teach the younger children ‒ and at only 13 years old, she also urgently needs

September 8, 2021

Single phone call leads to 8-person kidney transplant chain (VIDEO)

Within 24 hours of seeing a story on the news about the need for living donors in kidney transplants, Kirsten Turchan was on the phone to learn how she could

September 2, 2021

‘You’re OK’ mom; Timberlake High freshman Casey Whaley is back playing following a kidney transplant — thanks to her mom

At first, they thought Casey Whaley was just suffering from the flu. The next time, they thought maybe it was heatstroke. But the then-13-year-old, two-sport athlete kept getting sick. One time, she reached

July 12, 2021

Mom of liver transplant recipient Lucas Goeller recalls ‘miracle’ donation with mom of Nebraska girl who died

Indiana Township’s Lucas Goeller had days to live. At 2 years old, he was laid up in UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh with a serious liver infection. It was June

July 1, 2021

‘A second birth’: Austin man in need of kidney transplant meets donor for first time (VIDEO)

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Janneke Parrish had never met Alex Odonnell, an Austin man battling kidney failure and in need of an organ transplant. But his story, and those of chronic

June 24, 2021

Newark Collegiate Academy Student, Organ Donor Advocate Awarded Scholarship

The NJ Sharing Network Foundation has awarded a scholarship to Ms. Ashley Jiggetts of Newarkfor her passion and dedication to raising awareness of organ and tissue donation. Sharing Network officials said Jiggetts was presented

May 27, 2021

UK: Sisters’ heart transplant gift of life

Allison Kerr received a heart transplant last year – and elder sibling Karen Owens now needs the same lifesaving operation. Two Lanarkshire sisters requiring heart transplants have told how they have

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