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A Selfless Co-Worker, A Mom Who Won’t Give Up, and the Power of Altruistic Donation

With a little help from our  team, Help Hope Live clients are popping up in headlines every month. Check out three standout stories from spring 2017. Freddie Hale: Co-Worker Gives […]

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Voices of Hope | 6.23.17

Living with Quadriplegia, “Anything is Possible”

In August 2014, Elizabeth “EB” Forst, a doctor of physical therapy, was working as a travel orthopedic physical therapist when she sustained a C4-5 spinal cord injury in a diving […]

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Voices of Hope | 6.15.17

I Went from Independent Living to a Nursing Home After an Infection

My name is Jane Koza. I am 58 years old. I went from being a healthy adult to living in a nursing home by age 50. This is my story. […]

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Touched by Transplant: My Childhood Friend Became My Kidney “Sister”

As she experienced end-stage renal failure, Frances V. Gilmore endured 10 hours of dialysis every night to stay alive. She began fundraising with Help Hope Live in May 2012 for […]

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Touched by Transplant: Organ Donation Allows You to Leave a Unique Legacy

Patrick McEntee is waiting for a lifesaving heart transplant and is fundraising for transplant-related expenses via the Help Hope Live Great Lakes Heart Transplant Fund. Pat is one of four […]

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Touched by Transplant: Before My Earthly Eyes Opened

In 2014, David Tedrow’s liver function, and therefore his life, was coming to an end as a result of non-alcoholic cirrhosis. On April 3 of that year, hope was rekindled […]

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Voices of Hope | 5.12.17

Touched by Transplant: This Mom’s Birthday Became Her Re-Birth Day

Teacher. Mother. Survivor. This is the story of Help Hope Live patient Kellie Murphy, one of four winners of our 2017 Touched by Transplant New Life Contest. Kellie Murphy’s world […]

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Voices of Hope | 5.10.17

May is National Mobility Awareness Month!

Why #MobilityMatters When you hear the word mobility, what comes to mind? If you live with a catastrophic injury or illness that impedes your ability to move freely, you already […]

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Liz Casperite with her living kidney donor
Voices of Hope | 4.26.17

Touched by Transplant: Life With PKD and My “Superhero” Living Donor

Help Hope Live patient Liz Casperite received a kidney transplant with help from living donor Maria Weaver-Hollowniczky in September 2015. The lifesaving gift to fight Liz’s polycystic kidney disease (PKD) […]

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Voices of Hope | 4.18.17

Touched by Transplant: Healing Inside and Out After a Transplant

In December 2014, Linda Jara was fighting off what she thought was a seasonal flu. After several visits with her doctor, Linda was diagnosed with heart failure. Medication couldn’t correct […]

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