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If you happen to catch some of today’s Fiesta Bowl Parade (in-person, online, or on Channel 15), keep in mind that an Arizona Catholic is marching on–and in the parade–only because someone made the lifesaving decision to donate their organs. Kathy Sullivan will be one out of 10 balloon handlers for the Donate Life balloon [...]

Take a look at Donor Network of Arizona’s March newsletter. Some highlights to note: Front page: Organ and tissue donor recipients, including Barb Davern, a Peoria Catholic, who received a double lung transplant in 2006. More details on pages 8-9. Full bio on our archived blogpost. Page 5: “Brophy students honor classmate” article. The student-led [...]

Among the dozens of entrants in Friday’s Fiesta Bowl Parade will be Barb Davern, a St. Charles Borromeo parishioner, with a pro-life message of sorts. She’ll be among 24 fellow transplant recipients and donor family members from across Arizona carrying a large “Donate Life” balloon. Davern received a double lung transplant in 2006–the same week one [...]

Three Brophy students are organizing a two-day DonateLife drive in honor of a former classmate whose organs were donated following his accidental death earlier this year. They’re holding a school-wide drive today to register students to give the gift of life by donating organs at the time of their death. Those old enough to have [...]

Some time ago, I wrote an article titled “The beat goes on: Mom connects with son’s heart recipient.” It was meant to coincide with National Donor Sabbath Month.  Two years later, Lupita LeBario and Steve Bond, the main subjects of that story, are again making headlines. Bond, a heart transplant recipient, will ride on the [...]