March 2023: Alex DeFrank had a megawatt smile, a silly sense of humor and an infectious love of life. He danced offbeat, sang off-key and was forever pulling pranks on family and friends. Those closest to Alex, delighted in his tender side too. His generous spirit and reliable nature put others at ease. And who […]
February 2023 When the doorbell jarred Cody and Kathleen Hampton awake at 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2018, they felt sick to their stomachs. Kathleen pulled open the front door to find two Leon County sheriff’s deputies standing on her porch. Her heart sank. “We all know what that means,” Kathleen said, solemnly. Over […]
June 2022: On April 5, 2017, Jerry Rosenberg of Jacksonville, Fla., boarded a cruise ship in Ft. Lauderdale with his cousin. Jerry loved to cruise and was headed first to Bermuda, then to Ireland, England and France. Their departure from the port was delayed by five hours due to a bogus bomb threat, but once underway, […]
April 2022 By Kim Gilmore, LifeQuest Public Education Coordinator Selfless love begins and ends with sacrifice. Those of us who work with organ donor families have a front-row seat to the most extraordinary acts of generosity: parents who are so inspired by their only son’s choice to donate his organs that they are willing to […]
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January 2022 By Kim Gilmore Dunn When she is asked how to pronounce her name, Casana Fink’s reply is a little fruity. “It’s Casana, rhymes with banana,” she quips. Ask the 23-year-old University of Florida graduate about her passion for promoting organ, eye and tissue donation as the reigning Miss Gainesville 2022, and she gets […]
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January 2022: “Zach was the one that if you were on the side of the road, and you looked like you needed help, he would stop,” said his mother, Michelle Trevellick, R.N., a case manager for the Healthy Start Nurse-Family Partnership at UF Health Jacksonville. Zach Rabon was the type of man who walked into a room […]
November 2021: More than 10 years after the unexpected death of 16-year-old William Rollings McMahon of Pensacola, his mother is getting ready to celebrate the impact and shared legacy of his life in an extraordinary way. Kim McMahon, William’s mother and a tissue recipient, will represent the American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB) as a rider […]
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Fueled by Kindness
/in Articles /by Kim GilmoreMarch 2023: Alex DeFrank had a megawatt smile, a silly sense of humor and an infectious love of life. He danced offbeat, sang off-key and was forever pulling pranks on family and friends. Those closest to Alex, delighted in his tender side too. His generous spirit and reliable nature put others at ease. And who […]
Free-spirited Girly-girl
/in Articles /by Kim GilmoreFebruary 2023 When the doorbell jarred Cody and Kathleen Hampton awake at 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2018, they felt sick to their stomachs. Kathleen pulled open the front door to find two Leon County sheriff’s deputies standing on her porch. Her heart sank. “We all know what that means,” Kathleen said, solemnly. Over […]
From Fatty Liver to Sassy Liver
/in Articles /by Kim GilmoreJune 2022: On April 5, 2017, Jerry Rosenberg of Jacksonville, Fla., boarded a cruise ship in Ft. Lauderdale with his cousin. Jerry loved to cruise and was headed first to Bermuda, then to Ireland, England and France. Their departure from the port was delayed by five hours due to a bogus bomb threat, but once underway, […]
Ambassadors of Life Refiring, Not Retiring
/in Articles /by Kim GilmoreApril 2022 By Kim Gilmore, LifeQuest Public Education Coordinator Selfless love begins and ends with sacrifice. Those of us who work with organ donor families have a front-row seat to the most extraordinary acts of generosity: parents who are so inspired by their only son’s choice to donate his organs that they are willing to […]
Organ Donation is Personal to Miss Florida Contestant
/in Articles /by Kim GilmoreJanuary 2022 By Kim Gilmore Dunn When she is asked how to pronounce her name, Casana Fink’s reply is a little fruity. “It’s Casana, rhymes with banana,” she quips. Ask the 23-year-old University of Florida graduate about her passion for promoting organ, eye and tissue donation as the reigning Miss Gainesville 2022, and she gets […]
Not All Superheroes Wear Capes
/in Articles /by Kim GilmoreJanuary 2022: “Zach was the one that if you were on the side of the road, and you looked like you needed help, he would stop,” said his mother, Michelle Trevellick, R.N., a case manager for the Healthy Start Nurse-Family Partnership at UF Health Jacksonville. Zach Rabon was the type of man who walked into a room […]
Donate Life Rose Parade Honoree
/in Articles /by Kim GilmoreNovember 2021: More than 10 years after the unexpected death of 16-year-old William Rollings McMahon of Pensacola, his mother is getting ready to celebrate the impact and shared legacy of his life in an extraordinary way. Kim McMahon, William’s mother and a tissue recipient, will represent the American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB) as a rider […]