Donation Stories

One act of generosity becomes a lifetime of impact.

The Call That Changed Everything

Virginia Delegate Danny Marshall / Lung Transplant

“I was fortunate enough to receive the call that not everyone does.”  For Danville City Councilman and former Virginia Delegate Danny Marshall, that sentence carries a lifetime of meaning.  Marshall has lived with pulmonary fibrosis, a disease that scars the lungs and gradually makes breathing harder and harder. It’s also a disease that has impacted his family. His father died…

Navy Veteran Gives the Ultimate Gift

Captain Terry D. Mosher / Organ Donor

Captain Terry D. Mosher spent his life serving his country so it made perfect sense that he would also register to help others by giving the gift of life and sight.  He began his Naval career at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and graduated in 1984. He had Command of USS Mahan DDG 72 Arleigh…

Dirt Kart Racer’s Victory Flag was the Help He Gave to Others

September 11, 2017

Dylan Brockwell lived the charmed life of an adventurous spirit. On a daily basis he indulged his consuming passion for racing, hunting, fishing, surfing, and archery —Dylan’s mother, Jamie, would just bite her tongue at the anxiety his “perpetual motion” caused her and focus on how proud she was of all he’d accomplished. At 22,…

Checking your status could change 75 lives

Did you know organ, eye and tissue donation can save 8 people, and improve life for 75 more? Check your status right now, and sign up to help others have longer, stronger lives.