APPLETON — People are rarely remembered for the color of their liver or the size of their pancreas.
“Have you ever gone to a funeral where someone says, ‘Wow, that person had a sweet-looking liver’? You just don’t remember people for those things,” said Jaquelyn Pische. “When somebody is gone, you remember their soul and their personality — the great things they did for their community.”
Pische learned that firsthand. Her son, Joshua Richards, died Dec. 9 after he was shot at Luna Lounge, a downtown Appleton bar. After the 25-year-old Richards was declared brain dead, his organs were donated to seven people in Wisconsin and Illinois, some who had been waiting for a lifesaving organ for almost two years.
Continue reading
______________________________________________________
"You have the power to SAVE lives."
To register as a donor in California:
www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org | www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org
Outside California:
www.organdonor.gov | www.donatelife.
0 comments:
Post a Comment