Jermayne is waiting

Jermayne Harris has been waiting for a heart transplant for four years now. "I think when you're first on the (transplant) list, you're always checking your phone," he says. "It's always in the back of your mind." Learn more about our mission. http://lifelineofohio.org/

Katie is a hero

Losing your child is a tragedy no parent should have to endure, but because Katie said yes to organ donation, her mother Gwen can find solace in the fact that Katie’s selflessness saved lives. Because Katie said yes to donation, she is remembered as a hero.    Learn more about our mission. http:…

Mary's purpose

Mary Collins was not thinking about her own mortality at 19 years old. But, she was left no choice but to confront it when her doctors told her she had severe kidney damage. She was told that she would be on medication for the rest of her life and that she should not have children.   But this dia…

The gift of life is real

Oftentimes in stories of transplant recipients, we focus on the person in need of a transplant that we don’t recognize the struggle and hardship it puts on their caregiver.   In the story of Stan and India Harris, both agree that Stan needing a kidney transplant was harder on India than it was fo…

The gift of time

For Bill Padden, being the recipient of a transplant is a bittersweet experience. You are confronted with the truth that in order for your life to go on, someone else’s life must come to an end.    There is no way Bill can control whose life ends and the gift he received because of it. But what h…

Jenae's prom

Jenae McNichols touched the lives of everyone she met. Her radiance shined a light in even the darkest of corners.    On May 27th, 2013, an unimaginable tragedy struck the McNichols family. Jenae was on her way to teach a dance class when she was involved in a single car accident. After several d…

Paired for life

Rob didn’t know this at the time, but his decision to join Jack’s Pack was a part of a larger story that would eventually have him a part of a process that saved lives. In some ways, his selfless act now has him “paired for life.”   Learn more about our mission. http://lifelineofohio.org/   Li…

No greater gift

Jack Joseph Kubu was born just two days before Thanksgiving in 2014, weighing 6 pounds, 14 ounces, 20 and a half inches long. Seven months later, his legacy became much bigger.   Learn more about our mission. http://lifelineofohio.org/

A true gift

We all make choices every day: what to eat, what to wear, etc. Some researchers even estimate that we make 35,000 conscious choices each day. For one young man, one of those 35,000 choices has forever had a positive impact on his mother.   Learn more about our mission. http://lifelineofohio.org/

It's time

Meet 12-year-old Tyler Parker. He likes Legos, the Lifeline of Ohio mascot Honey Bee and being a big brother two his two sisters. One thing he didn’t like: waiting for his desperately needed liver transplant.   Learn more about our mission. http://lifelineofohio.org/