Introducing Our Heroes

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Kali Geselowitz

Organ Donor

Age: 3
Location: Mission Viejo, CA
Date of Donation: 06/07/2022
Hospital: Mission Hospital

Kali Rose Geselowitz suffered a terrible drowning accident on June 2, 2022. After 5 days on a ventilator, she donated her organs through OneLegacy and saved FOUR lives. Kali’s heart went to a baby boy in California, her liver to a baby boy in Texas, a kidney to a man in his 30’s in California, and another kidney to a woman in her 40’s in California who has two children. She saved more lives than…

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Rachel Givens

Organ Donor, Tissue Donor, Eye Donor

Age: 23
Location: Tacoma WA
Date of Donation: 10/08/2013
Hospital: Tacoma WA

Rachel Lucy Givens was full of life, love, and laughter. She had a passion and natural talent for athletics, especially basketball and soccer. During high school, Rachel led her team to multiple state championship appearances and then went to college on a soccer scholarship. Although she was a serious and competitive athlete, she also loved to make people laugh and enjoyed being goofy. Rachel Coaching Crop In 2010, Rachel received her Para Educator Certificate and…

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Zachary Stephen Glover

Organ Donor

Age: 16
Location: Houston, TX
Date of Donation: 02/04/1998
Hospital: Memorial Hermann Medical Center

Zachary Stephen Glover was born June 14, 1981 and enjoyed 16 years on this planet until February 4, 1998. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage, due to HHT (Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia), a rare genetic disorder. In those 16 years, Zac lived life to the fullest and was always seeking new experiences. Zac joined Boy Scouts as a Tiger Cub in and achieved the rank of Life Scout until other life activities took over. As part…

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Santos Gonzales

Organ Donor

Age: 16
Location: Houston, TX

Signing a donor registration form was not how Houston resident Leonor Gonzales envisioned honoring her 16-year-old son, Santos “Makis” Gonzales, but she knew in her heart it was the right thing to do. After all, her son saved the lives of four people through organ donation when he died tragically on Nov. 12, 2009. Walking into Ben Taub Hospital that day, will be with me for the rest of my life, said Leonor. I will…

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Gabriel “Gabe” Gonzalez, Jr

Organ Donor

Age: 18
Location: Boston, MA
Date of Donation: 06/29/2009
Hospital: Brigham and Women's Hospital

Gabriel Gonzalez Jr (Gabe) was a great kid. I don’t say this because he is my child, I say it because even though he had been in some legal trouble as a juvenile he would do anything for anyone. If someone needed something, he would do his best to get it for the person, or help the person. He basically would give his shirt off his back if he hadtoo. He never turned his back…

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Raymundo V Gonzalez, Sr

Organ Donor

Age: 78
Location: San Antonio, TX
Date of Donation: 06/10/2008
Hospital: UT Health Science Center

Our father was a very loving, giving man, firmly committed to his family and his country. He spent more than 30 years in the Air Force and practiced military principles — including honor, respect and duty — in his everyday life. Dad was very intelligent and had an insatiable appetite for learning. An honorable man, he would never think to lie, steal or take what wasn’t his due. Though he was the “silent type,” he…

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Ashton Marie Goodenberger

Organ Donor

Age: 16
Location: Brownwood, TX
Date of Donation: 06/05/2005
Hospital: Shannon Medical Center

Ashton Marie Goodenberger (Pooh Bear) was born on February 16, 1989, and passed away the morning of June 05, 2005 at the age of 16 due to a tragic auto accident. She had a beautiful spirit, a brilliant smile and was a true friend to everyone. She was one of those rare people who exemplified true beauty on the inside and out. She was an uncommonly genuine and generous person. Her friends and family were…

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Amber Granger

Living Donor

Age: 23
Location: Burlington Vermont
Date of Donation: 07/16/2008
Hospital: University of Vermont Medical Center

Amber Granger, 23 years of age, decided on July 16, 2008 to give the ultimate gift. She gave the gift of life to her 10-year-old brother, Anthony. There was never a second thought! Amber stepped up and said, “Let’s do this.” She went through the process and was a perfect match! The transplant was “textbook,” as it was told to us, and 15 years later, they are both living their best lives! Amber will forever…

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Dwight “Moose” Griffith

Organ Donor

Age: 27
Location: Lubbock, TX
Date of Donation: 03/18/2009
Hospital: Covenant Hospital

Dwight “Moose” David Griffith began his life journey on December 19, 1981 in Duncan, Oklahoma. He grew up in a small town in Southern Oklahoma called Velma and went to the elementary school there and then moved to Lubbock, TX in 1993, where he finished his schooling and graduated in 2000! During his senior year of high school he moved out on his own and kept his high school job working at Bigham’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Q….

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David Groneck

Living Donor

Location: Houston, TX
Date of Donation: 10/10/2012
Hospital: Methodist Hospital

We are praising God, with joy, for the new life that I’m experiencing as of 10/10/12. This new life came from our precious Lord thru our son, David Groneck, who is a chiropractor in Humble, Texas. When I found out my kidneys were seriously failing and I needed dialysis, David, and many others, immediately volunteered to be a donor. The other candidate’s that offered were not a match. David continued to be tested. We were…

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