Today we are pleased to offer this story as a part of Donate Life America’s “I Am Hope” initiative, in which a new story about donation or transplantation is shared each day of 2012. This story shows how donated tissue can truly change and enhance someone’s life. It was the Sunday after Thanksgiving when Kathryn [...]
As a cheerleading coach and life-long athlete, Barbara Richards was accustomed to falls and strains. Over the years however, those falls and strains caused serious damage to Richards’ knees. “In the fall of 2009, I began having pain and swelling in my right knee,” said Richards. “By January 2010, I was unable to ski or [...]
U.S. Marshall John Perry was shot and killed in the line of duty while serving his community. After his death, Perry continued to serve his community by saving and enhancing over 100 lives through organ and tissue donation. See the following video to hear about his legacy in life and in death.
After losing her 17-year-old brother in a car accident, Caitlyn Persinger threw herself into sports. Her brother had always encouraged and pushed her to be the best. She was a gifted athlete and, as a freshman, made the varsity soccer team. Four years after her brother’s death, Caitlyn continued to be active in sports. While playing soccer [...]
National Donor Day is set aside to increase donor awareness and honor those who have already donated. Yet, in the midst of a tragic situation, it is the donor’s family that has to make the hard decisions. Those whose lives are saved or enhanced by that decision are often inspired and touched by the families [...]
Just weeks after competing in a mini-triathlon with his three sons, Kurt Person lost the ability to use his right shoulder. Prior to the injury-causing accident, Person could often be found competing in triathlons, barefoot-water skiing, test riding motor cycles, All Terrain Vehicles and snow mobiles, or taking part in his favorite activity: playing ball [...]
At 77 years old, Jane Przedpelski describes herself as “happily active.” A Colorado resident, she finds pleasure in camping, snowshoeing and walking in the mountains and the desert with her husband. However, a fall from a ladder and subsequent broken leg threatened her active lifestyle. The fall resulted in a broken tibia, or shin bone. [...]
Get some inspiration, and a laugh, from the incredible Woody Roseland, a multiple cancer survivor, amputee, and knee transplant recipient. Woody is currently in the fight of his life battling cancer, and our thoughts are with him. Courtesy of the Limb Preservation Foundation. Support Woody by following him on his Facebook page.
From the Courier-Journal: The team of doctors who gave an Indiana man a new left hand in a transplant Sunday say he could have 70 percent use of it within six months. Dr. Joseph Kutz and other doctors on the 16-member transplant team said at a news conference Tuesday at Jewish Hospital that Donnie Rickelman’s [...]
Tom Cycyota, the CEO of nonprofit tissue bank AlloSource, and tissue recipient Sarah Tomicich, who also works at AlloSource, were interviewed for this important story during Donate Life Month. This is a great reminder that tissue donation can have the same life-saving and life-enhancing benefits of organ donation.
Organized by Donate Life Arizona as part of Donate Life Month, last week transplant recipients and donor families gathered at the AZ State Capitol in celebration of Donate Life Day. “The event served a special purpose this year, providing an opportunity for state lawmakers to meet those who have received a second chance at life through [...]
Tending to her garden, church activities and spending time with her husband of 28 years, two daughters and six energetic grandchildren are some of the most important parts of Debby Spidel’s life. However, several years ago a worsening spinal condition threatened to overshadow her time doing these things that are most dear. Debby, a 50-year-old [...]
A behind-the-scenes peek at the construction of the 2011 Donate Life float for the Tournament of Roses Parade: Watch as the beautiful 2011 Donate Life float passes in the annual Tournament of Roses Parade
The AlloSource-sponsored Donate Life float rider and employees who attended the parade share their thoughts on the powerful experience The opportunity to be a float rider in this year’s 2011 Rose Parade was certainly once in a lifetime. This was an experience I’ll never forget and was definitely the largest arts and crafts project I’d [...]
We were thrilled that myriad local media took an interest in the story of Colorado Rose Parade float rider and tissue recipient Parker Simpson. It was a great way to kick off the New Year: with a reminder of the amazing possibilities of tissue donation. Follow the links below to check out some of the coverage [...]
Please check out this touching story from the Denver FOX affiliate about 19-year-old tissue recipient and cancer survivor Parker Simpson, who just returned from participating in the Donate Life Float in the 2011 Tournament of Roses Parade. Parker reflects on what it means to be a recipient of donated tissue:
We are thrilled to share a wonderful profile on tissue recipient and cancer survivor Parker Simpson, from reporter Brittany Anas with Boulder’s Daily Camera. Parker is in Pasadena now, gearing up to ride aboard the Donate Life Float in the 2011 Tournament of Roses Parade. Parker is participating in honor of tissue donation. LINK TO [...]
AlloSource’s H.C. Martensen forges a deeper connection to his work H.C. Martensen works in the AlloSource tissue processing core where he is faced with the powerful realities and possibilities of tissue donation and transplantation every day. He also has the utmost confidence in the allografts that he and his tissue bank colleagues produce, so much [...]
Check out this amazing video of our friend Manuel Salazar skydiving. Manuel is a brave quarduple amputee who received an AlloSource bone graft as part of a surgery that built him a new shoulder. With this shoulder Manuel is able to support a prosthetic and do basic tasks such as feeding himself and brushing his teeth – [...]
Check out this amazing story of an Oklahoma chiropractor, Dr. Richard Edwards, who was last week the recipient of a double hand transplant. Six hand surgeons took more than 20 hours to complete the surgery, and Edwards is now recovering. Edwards lost his hands in a truck accident more than 4 years ago. Since then [...]
We are pleased to introduce our 2011 Tournament of Roses Donate Life float rider In 2006 Parker Simpson was an active teenager, ambitious academically and involved in a number of sports including football, lacrosse and wrestling. It was that year, as a high school sophomore, that a sports injury to his ankle soon landed him [...]
Run for Life Honors, Celebrates and Recognizes those waiting for Lifesaving Transplant Donor Alliance hosted its signature event, the Donor Dash — a 5K run/walk to honor those who have given the gift of life, celebrate those who have received the gift of life and recognize those still waiting for a transplant. The Donor Dash [...]
This Sunday, July 18th, the Donor Dash will be taking place in Denver, Colo. and we encourage you to join to show support for all of the organ and tissue donors and recipients in our area. In its 11th year, the Donor Dash is a 5K race and event that has become a well-known and [...]
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