Stories of Hope

Marty Maren

Transplant Recipient - Organ

"Organ Donation Saved My Life"

"Second Chances"

My personal life was pretty normal. I'm married, I have a career and outside interests and I'm...

Ralph Davis

Transplant Recipient - Organ

#In1Word: Transformational

Organ donation is transformational for both the donor families and the recipient. The act of donation can help transform...

Reggie Robinson

Transplant Recipient - Organ

My story of Hope

On a beautiful autumn afternoon at Patuxent Branch Trail in Columbia, Md, Reggie Robinson recalls the first time he...

Jamie Klein & James Dubendorf

Transplant Recipient - Organ
Living Donor

My story of Hope

Jamie and James were married on March 27^th, 2010. On May 11^th, 2012, Jamie received the kidney she had waited for since...

Phyllis Grumbine

Transplant Recipient - Organ
Living Donor

My story of Hope

“Can I tell you one thing about my grandmother?” Phyllis’s 12 year old grandson Sam asks, standing in the tire park at...

Jeffrey Stout

Transplant Recipient - Organ

"Your Donor Was My Daughter"

“Your donor was my daughter, Mischelle Ann Thompson” I was told three months after receiving a lifesaving single lung...

Diana Hule

Living Donor
Transplant Recipient - Organ
Donation Supporter

Gift of Life for Joe

Joe received a gift of life from a liver donor. He was in grave condition when he was placed on the top of the liver...

Jose Fernandez

Transplant Recipient - Organ

Heart and Double Lung Transplant

Never got to meet my donor's family but to say "thank you" couldn't even start to say what I really feel. I now talk to...