Recipient Stories

Organ, eye and tissue donations can have a lasting impact on transplant recipients and their loved ones. Hear real-life stories from individuals who have received lifesaving and life-enhancing transplants, thanks to the generosity of donors and their families.

Jenna Mihalevich

For the first eight years, Jenna Mihalevich’s life consisted of feeding tubes, a major surgery and countless hospital stays.

Thanks to a donor hero, Jenna received a lifesaving small bowel transplant and her family has become passionate about organ donation because of the lifesaving impact it has had on them.

Maxine McMullen

Organ donation has not only been lifesaving for Maxine McMullen: It has become a lifestyle.

Through educational booths at health fairs and dialysis centers, Maxine sheds light on the options available to those facing kidney failure.

Ward “Buck” Newman

The late Ward “Papa Buck” Newman was an Air Force veteran with a passion for animals.

When keratitis began to take his sight, Buck required a cornea transplant so he could continue driving for the “Rescue Road Warriors,” a group whose volunteers rescue dogs from puppy mills.

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