Transplant patients give thanks for health care workers, donors

For Donate Life Month, heart and kidney recipients ‘living life to the fullest’ visit OHSU staff

By Franny White April 28, 2023 Portland, Oregon

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Heart and kidney transplant recipient Mike Hargett, along with two-heart and one kidney transplant recipient Tracy Hoyle, visited the Cardiovascular ICU and other OHSU departments on Friday, April 14. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Mike Hargett

Nonprofit Donate Life Northwest’s speakers bureau

Tracy Hoyle and Mike Hargett frequently join community gatherings to share their personal stories and encourage organ donation. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Donate Life Month Tour at DCH

Tracy Hoyle and Mike Hargett are part of Donate Life Northwest's speakers bureau and frequently join community gatherings to share their personal stories and encourage organ donation. They stop by Doernbecher Children's Hospital to share their stories. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Donate Life Month

Donate Life Blue & Green Day is April 14, to promote organ donation. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Visiting Doernbecher Children's Hospital

Donate Life Blue & Green Day is April 14

Donate Life Blue & Green Day is April 14, to promote organ donation. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Tracy Hoyle

Two-heart and one kidney transplant recipient Tracy Hoyle, visited the Cardiovascular ICU and other OHSU departments on Friday, April 14. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Mike Hargett

Donate Life Month Tour at OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital

Donate Life on a mission

Tracy Hoyle and Mike Hargett gave out stickers and other trinkets promoting Donate Life Northwest, whose mission is "To save lives and improve health through the promotion of organ, eye, and tissue donation." (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Donate Life Month - OHSU Tour

Love Rocks and Donate Life

Love Rocks are another Donate Life promotion activity. Create a green and blue love rock and leave it for someone to find. This activity is part of Donate Life to encourage awareness: Love-Rocks.org. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)