Chillin' Wit: Thomas D'Amore, Fralinger String Band

MORGAN ZALOT - 2012-12-28

D'Amore and his bandmates spent Sunday evening donning their colorful, sequined costumes and playing a few tunes for the Keeton children and their parents at Gift of Life Family House. Click here to read the article featured in the Daily News about this special performance at the Family House.

Local musicians to team up at 'Papa Carl's Jam for Life' at Trenton's Rho Waterf

Justin Pope - 2012-11-16

Carl Anderson’s path to the stage certainly hasn’t been conventional.
Following successful kidney and liver transplants, the man known to friends and fans as “Papa Carl” initially turned to music as a therapeutic outlet during his recovery.

Read the rest of the article here.

Family Ponders Heart & Home

Ronnie Polaneczky - 2012-11-08

If God is in prayer-answering mode, 6-year-old Weston Keeton will soon be sleeping in something other than a hospital bed.

Click Here to read more.

Rest Assured

2012-11-08

Gift of Life Family House is Home Away From Home

Read More

(Article can be found on page 25)

Gift of Life Keeps on Giving

PATTI MENGERS - 2012-11-08

Within the chest of Chris Hagan beats the heart of a friend’s 27-year-old son, John Greaves, who died in a motorcycle accident in April 1999.
Read More

Andover family turns transplant story into something positive

By JESSICA MASULLI REYES - 2012-07-30

ANDOVER TWP. — Jackson Heller, 10, has received what golfers like to call a mulligan — a second chance, a do-over. His second chance came from a lifesaving liver transplant, but Jackson and his family have never forgotten that others are still waiting for their chance.

READ MORE

Family House Dedication Event - 6ABC

2012-05-06

6ABC coverage from the Family House Dedication Event on May 6, 2012.

Omni Hotel at Independence Park Provides Easter Dinner

2012-04-30

Staff from the Omni Hotel at Independence Park in Philadelphia provided a delicious Easter meal to the families staying at the Family House. Click below to watch the news clip, which aired on WPVI on April 6, 2012.

Papa Carl's 7th Annual: Jam For Life

Michele Angermiller - 2011-10-24

Seven years ago, Papa Carl Anderson was at the University of Pennsylvania’s hospital awaiting a kidney and liver transplant.

Learn more...

LaSalle Academy Rededication Honors Man's Selflessness

Reading Eagle - 2011-10-24

LaSalle Academy held a rededication service Sunday for a renovated gymnasium and faculty lounge to honor a friendship that grew between two recreational basketball referees, one in need of a kidney.

Learn more...

Gift of Life organ procurement group building residence

John George - 2009-11-27

Officials at Gift of Life, the Philadelphia organ and tissue procurement organizations, are quick to acknowledge they borrowed the idea for their $11.1 million construction project taking place a block from its headquarters.

Read More

Housing for Transplant Families

Kerry Grens - 2009-11-25

The Gift of Life Donor Program recently broke ground on its future family house...

Listen Now

Boyertown fundraiser remembers multiple transplant patient, 4

Michelle Park - 2009-10-18

A special breakfast in Boyertown Saturday wasn't just about the eggs, sausage and sticky buns.

Almost a year to the day that 4-year-old Ally Heintz was laid to rest, about 500 people gathered in her memory to eat and raise money for a new medical support facility in Philadelphia.

Read More