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Jim Calentino received his triple organ transplant, including a heart, liver and kidney, in December.

University of Utah Health doctors were able to use an innovative process to help Jim Calentino, through organs donated after circulatory death rather than brain death. This is a groundbreaking surgery for U. Health, and the process allows more organs to be available for others on the organ registry.

Herkimer Junior/Senior High School students in the agriculture, food and natural resources class recently helped Herkimer elementary students have a special National Agriculture Day.

While many people were dealing with death in their families and communities during the COVID pandemic, interest in giving the gift of life through living donor organ transplants was on the rise.

This story is part of a group of stories called Join the Chicago Sun-Times and UChicago Medicine as we celebrate organ donors and recipients and encourage our community to register as organ donors. Local high-school teacher and coach Jason Korkosz had never heard of a living liver donor until shortly before he became one — for his sister, Kristen Batkiewicz. Korkosz, a self-described “very careful, very protective person,” especially regarding his health, said the prospect of donating a portion of his liver “was a little scary at first.” But Korkosz said he decided to help...