Community comes together to honor life-saving organ donors

Community comes together to honor life-saving organ donors

WASHINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) -- Suzie Sturm, brought the Washington community together to honor donors and families for National Donate Life Month. Sturm is an ambassador for Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network. She received a life-saving liver transplant in 2016. This is the first year Sturm organized the gathering. The liver recipient said the square was the perfect place, since it signifies community. "Washington went through a pretty terrib…

For the first time, a special health care program exclusively for families whose relatives have donated organs and tissues after death has been organized.