Heroes of the Year
By Lorenzo Benet

The Men and Women in These Pages Reached into Their Hearts—and Found Ways to Make the World a Better Place

A Northwest YMCA Members' Story
by Ron Perry

A friend's good deed saves a friend in need
They lost touch as teens, but a medical emergency would create a lasting bond
By Renae C. Lee
Houston Chronicle

Trend in paired organ donations offer new twist on transplants and way to whittle down waiting lists.
By Mary Ann Roser

One Teenages Saves 5 Lives
by Staff (video)

'Donate Life Month' emphasizes the need for organ donors
by News 8 Austin Staff

Organ Donation Awareness
by Staff (video)

Organ recipient urges others in Austin to be donors
by Annalisa Petralia

Are you an organ donor? Some who think they are, may not be registered
by Clara Tuma

Organ donation remains flat in Central Texas and donor registration is fairly low
by Mary Ann Roser

Living Kidney Donation Chains May Help More Get Transplants
By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter

Act Two. Part of Me, Why Not Take Part of Me?

Chaya Lipschutz, an Orthodox Jewish woman from Brooklyn, donated her kidney to a stranger. After that, she decided to spend all her time trying to match up potential donors with kidney patients. It’s incredibly hard to make a match, and for a year, she had no success. Then, she gets her first break: her brother‘s going to donate. For Chaya, a single, middle-aged woman who was supposed to get married decades ago like everyone else in her community, being a kidney matchmaker has become an obsession. She needs this surgery to succeed. Reporter Mary Robertson and This American Life Producer Sarah Koenig recorded Chaya and her brother as the transplant date approached. (19 minutes)

Reach Chaya at 917-627-8336

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   Act Two. Part of Me, Why Not Take Part of Me?
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Organ recipient urges others in Austin to be donors
by CBS 42 Reporter: Annalisa Petralia

State employee gives organ to co-worker
by Jim Swift

City's Oldest Heart Transplant Recipient Urges Others to Donate
by News 8 Austin Staff

Community Leader Promotes Organ Donation

Austin Police Chief Encourages Austinites to Donate Life
by Michelle Segovia

Watch the Public Service Announcement (wmv format) released to the media.
A local film company filmed Police Chief Art Acevedo at the local pediatric dialysis clinic for the spot.