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30 Stories in 30 Days: Unselfish Gifts for New Lives, New Beginnings
Jillian Geuns Becky Geuns’ daughter, Jillian, was a dancer, owned her own studio and taught and participated in lyrical dance at the churchthey both attended — in spite of her epilepsy. “Jillian loved...
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30 Stories in 30 Days: A Young Superhero’s Gifts
Dylan “Deeder” Richardson was a typical seven-year-old boy who loved superheroes, especially Spider-Man. He also loved SpongeBob SquarePants, Star Wars, baseball, riding his bike and playing with...
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30 Stories in 30 Days: A Mother’s Day Miracle
José feels blessed to have received a lifesaving gift. “I am one of the lucky ones,” said José Betancourt, a liver and kidney transplant recipient. “I needed a miracle, and I was blessed with a new...
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Donation Offers Breath of Life
Jason wasn’t supposed to see his first birthday. Here he is celebrating his 30th. Diagnosed at birth with cystic fibrosis — a disease that critically affects the lungs — Jason Wiltfang was expected to...
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So Excited About Life
Lisa gets to spend time with her two sons because someone said “Yes” to organ donation. Fifteen years after receiving a life-saving kidney transplant, Lisa Givens now has more energy than most people....
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A Father’s Lasting Gift of Life and Love
Erin and her dad at the Transplant Games. Erin Fitzgerald arrived two weeks early on June 28, 1996, a petite 5 pounds, 1 ounce and 18 inches long. Everything seemed to be fine, except for her poor...
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New Life on Easter Sunday
Ryan Landers On Good Friday, April 6, 2007, Ryan Joseph Landers was severely injured in a head-on car accident on a two-lane road near Springfield, Ill. The 19-year-old automotive technology student...
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A Giving Nature Endures Through Donation
Javier in Chicago Javier Nuñez was a big man with a big heart — as big as all outdoors. “He cared a lot about his family and friends and helped them any way he could,” his younger sister, Angie...
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Knocked for a Lupus
LUPUS (LOO•puss, n.): A chronic autoimmune disease in which the body develops antibodies that react against its own normal tissue. More than 2 million people in the United States have the condition,...
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“We Have to Dispel the Fears”
Sonji Woods Ten years ago, realtor and U.S. Army Reserve veteran Sonji Woods was planning her wedding. Business was great. “I was just starting my life,” she recalls. That’s when her doctor told her...
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