Stories of Hope

Our goal at Donate Life Northwest is to educate and encourage people to sign up on their state donor registry. Why? To offer hope to the parents of an 11-year-old boy given six months to live unless he receives a heart transplant. To give grieving families the knowledge their loved one left a selfless legacy. To join in celebration of lives saved and sight and mobility restored because a person's decision to donate was known and honored at their time of death. Because organ, eye and tissue donation is about one human being offering the gift of life to another. Submit Your Story
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Brian Hamill

Brian was a poet, musician, philosopher, athlete and more before he started suffering from severe liver problems.

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John Chambers

In 2019, John Chambers found himself in desperate need of a liver transplant after what he describes as a rough and exciting 50+ year career as a professional musician touring across Southern California and the southwestern states in multiple bands as a vocalist, keyboard player, and accordion player. 

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John Kirkpatrick

John Kirkpatrick is a retired Doctor of Internal medicine who is alive today thanks to the lung transplant he received in 2022.

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Archie Langford

When Archie retired from his career as a walking mailman, he was excited about the extra time he would have. Unfortunately, in Spring 2020, he was diagnosed with kidney failure.

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Edson Reyes

In October 2023, after a visit to the emergency room and undergoing several tests, the doctors at Doernbecher discovered that Edson, at 19 years old, was suffering from kidney failure. 

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Hayley Resk

In January 2024, Hayley received a liver transplant at the University of Washington, thanks to a generous donor. But it wasn’t Hayley’s first time in this particular position.

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Abby Richter

Abby Richter has a promising future ahead of her thanks to a generous liver donor.

Adrian Miller

When hypertension and renal failure picked a fight with Adrian, he and his family fought back! And now, thanks to a generous donor, he's fighting for others through advocacy.

Alysia Yamasaki

Alysia is grateful for both of the kidney donors and the donor families who are making life possible for her.

Amanda Biederman

Amanda Biederman

Amanda was a 27-year-old oncology nurse, working at a job she loved, when life took a hard turn – end stage lung disease.