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Gift of life

Donor program

The Gift Of Life program is a program that deals with organ donation and recipients. In fact they deal with most of the people in Pennsylvania that needs organs or agreed to be organ donors. To be an organ donor means that after a person passes away, their organs get donated to someone else who needs, and can use it.

The organ recipients are very grateful and appreciative for the Gift Of Life's assistance. There's even a house for the recipients' family to stay at while their loved ones are going through their operation. This helps the family cut down on bills since they have to pay for hospital bills. The house that the recipients and family stay at is called: The Gift Of Life Family House. They have food, games, television, and even salon treatments. They basically get a small break from life.

I really enjoyed my tour at the Gift Of Life program

-Nyree