Ocala native and five-organ transplant recipient Hope Hill has faced many tough medical choices in her life.
But her decision to go skydiving on Dec. 4, the second anniversary of her life-saving transplant surgery, wasn t so tough. It gave her five minutes of total freedom. The jump itself meant so much more to me than an adrenaline fix. I picked this celebration because I knew that I would be totally clear minded even if it was for only five minutes. Those five minutes were priceless, Hill, 32, said.
Jennifer Wilson, Hill s friend for over 15 years, helped arrange the tandem jump, which was made at Skydive DeLand.
Axogen Sponsors Donate Life at 2021 Virtual Rose Parade Celebration
ALACHUA, Fla., Dec. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Axogen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXGN), a global leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for damage or transection to peripheral nerves, announced today their sponsorship of Donate Life at the annual Tournament of Roses
® celebration. For 2021, the Rose Parade will be held as a televised special in Pasadena, CA on New Year’s Day.
This year’s Donate Life Rose Parade Celebration will honor 21 donors from across the country who have given the life-changing gift of donated tissue. Donate Life will also recognize six transplant professionals, including a nerve repair surgeon, for making donation and transplantation possible throughout the pandemic. Donate Life will prepare a “Community of Life” floral sculpture tribute for the event that honors the donors and health care heroes.
A virtual livestream event to celebrate life, honor the gift, and remember the lifesaving generosity of donor families
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RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and Donate Life America (DLA) invite the public to attend a National Tree of Life virtual event. Join us as we share stories of hope, honor the legacy of donors in each state who gave the gift of life this year, and celebrate the thousands of lives they saved.
National Tree of Life celebration
Join us for the National Tree of Life virtual event to celebrate organ, eye and tissue donors and the lives they save!