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99 Minutes: How Our Daughter Changed The World

Four months into the pregnancy of their second child, Kip and Shannon Brooks discovered their little girl, the future Skylar Tianna, would not survive for long, if at all, after birth. After much prayer and research, the Brooks family brought Skylar into the world. She not only changed their lives forever but gave incredible gifts to more than 50 other families in need.

Celebrating Fatherhood as a Transplant Recipient

Jerry Smigelski, Jr. and his dad have many things in common, like most parents and their children. However, one of their connections is more unusual than most: both men are heart transplant recipients. Jerry's father had a heart transplant 15 years ago at the University of Michigan. Jerry followed suit, receiving his new heart at Duke University Hospital on October 4, 2010.

Professional Perspective: From ER Nurse to Coordinator to Living Donor

From a very early age, I developed an interest in organ donation from watching my dad work with the Lion’s Club to promote donation and register donors.

You Could Save Lives Today: Importance of Living Donors

Living donor transplants represent one immediate way to reduce the number of people on the national transplant waiting list in the U.S

International Firefighter's Day: A Life of Saving Others Became a Life in Need of Saving

A family of four endures another period of waiting as husband and father, Ray Brooks, needed a second life-saving liver transplant.

To me: "Donate Life" Means Generosity

Transplant social worker reflects on what "Donate Life" means to her, her patients, and her community.