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Pacific Northwest Transplant Bank to become Cascade Life Alliance
Pacific Northwest Transplant Bank is excited to announce that, as of July 1, we are changing our name to Cascade Life Alliance, a name better aligned with our life-saving mission. To the hospital partners, donor families, transplant centers and...
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Organ Donation Documentary Features Forest Grove Family
When tragedy strikes, families must often make the tough decisions about organ, eye, and tissue donation. There are a lot of people who help families in this journey and Donate Life Northwest is highlighting this work, and the donation process, in a...
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Donate Life float in Rose Parade honors Forest Grove girl
A floragraph of Abigail Robinson will be featured on the Donate Life float in the Tournament of Roses Parade on January 1, 2022. Abigail’s organs sustained two lives: a young boy received her liver and a child is able to see through her cornea.
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Legacy of girl tragically killed in hit-and-run crash lives on through organ donation
A Forest Grove family lost their two young daughters in 2013 but the two girls' legacies live on.
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Pasadena Rose Parade honors Forest Grove girl in a special way
After a tragic accident killed two Forest Grove girls in 2013, one of the two is being honored in the 2022 Pasadena Rose Parade on January 1.
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OHSU Heart Transplant Recipient Urges Donors to Register
Vanessa Trotter is talking about overcoming the obstacles that gave her a new lease on life. The Medford woman is roughly six months removed from a heart transplant at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland.
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Rose Parade Float Honors Forest Grove Girl
One of two Forest Grove girls who died in a tragic accident in 2013 will be honored in the 2022 New Year’s Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif. Abigail Robinson was 11 when her organ, eye, and tissue donations gave life to others.
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Annual Quilt Unveiling Stitches Together the Stories of Those Who Donated Life
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Donate Life Northwest held their 22nd Annual Threads of Life Quilt Unveiling in Beaverton Saturday morning. “It’s a beautiful representation of the stories of donation and transplantation,” Aimee Adelmann, director of...
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Two families connected by one heart meet for the first time after transplant at OHSU
Duane Richard's family and Jacob Ash's family are now two families connected by one heart -- the one Jake donated to Duane when Jake passed away last fall. And now, the two families have met in person.
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Heart Transplant Recipient from Corbett has Emotional Reunion with Donor's Family
Duane Richards of Corbett, OR received a heart transplant from Oregon Health & Sciences University (OHSU) last year. Now, he has also had the privilege to meet the family of the donor, Jacob Ash, who saved his life.
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