One week ago, we lost a transplant community legend: our dear friend and longtime supporter Mary Jo Lovely. In 2006, Mary Jo Lovely with diagnosed with emphysema and told that she would need a lung transplant to survive. As her health rapidly began to decline, Mary Jo, her husband, Ken Lovely, and her daughter, Danielle Bailey, waited, watched, and endured. In June 2007, […]
We have all seen the Love Is and Life Is… Cartoon strips. These sayings always have catchy little phrases expressing feel-good sentiments about Love and Life. When you really think about love, it is an indescribable feeling that takes over your thoughts and emotions. From the time a mother finds out she is pregnant until the time the child is […]
Mary Jo (Forcinio) Boyes Lovely, 60, of Gilbertsville, wife of Kenneth G. Lovely, passed away Thursday February 11, 2021 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Born in Norristown, she was the daughter of the late Bernard and Rose (Quigley) Forcinio. Mary was an organ donation champion. She was a donor family and had two separate lung transplants. She […]
Cindy Bertram needs our help Calling on Prayer warriors, calling for a living donor, calling for a donor and calling on financial donors; Lets help Cindy get her liver transplant. Let help her get her life back. Cindy needs a liver transplant, She needs a donor and she needs help with the costs not covered by insurance. Here is the […]
Another great fundraising We want to thank everyone that came out to support us and the Curry family. We can officially consider this another successful fundraiser. We are humbled by all the support we continually receive from you. Because of you our dream of being a successful public charity is a reality. A reality that was able to donate over […]
Each Spring, Gift of Life hosts the Donor Dash in celebration of the life-saving power of organ and tissue donation and to honor the donors who make it possible. The Donor Dash has been our region’s premier event dedicated to the life-saving and transformative power of organ and tissue donation since 1996. The Dash includes a virtual option so anyone, […]
DeLauren McKnight chose to donate her kidney to her dad, Billy Houze, after tests revealed she was a match for the procedure. “She told me, ‘Daddy, you thought you were saving my life pulling me from foster care but in actuality, you were saving my life so I could save yours later,’” Houze, 64, told “Good Morning America.” “I am […]
