bridgeport, west virginia (WDTV) – A flag-raising ceremony was held at United Hospital Center in Bridgeport to raise awareness about organ donation.
April is National Donate Life Month.representative of Center for Organ Recovery Education (CORE)) I was at UHC in Bridgeport.
A special guest speaker took the stage at the flag-raising ceremony. The family of Dylan Jeffries, a Harrison County student who tragically passed away in 2013 and subsequently became an organ donor.
CORE Professional Services Liaison Jeremy Zuiders said Dylan’s story is an inspiration to people all over the world.
“The way his injury happened on a soccer field in our community, it’s like a sacred place for our boys to go to grow up, and we go to watch them and cheer them on. So the fact that his family was able to take it and make it successful. I think the story of the heroes is one of the most remarkable stories we have,” Zuiders said. Ta.
According to CORE, there are currently more than 100,000 people waiting for organ transplants nationwide. This includes about 500 potential recipients in West Virginia and 7,000 in Pennsylvania alone.
Dylan’s parents, Tammy and Richard Jeffries, say Dylan’s donation is a true representation of his caring and giving nature.
“I think in life we should do our best to help each other and love each other. That’s what the good Lord wants us to do. Under those circumstances, Dylan said his organs would stay alive. He was only 17 years old so he could do it.” He did it to help a lot of people,” Richard Jeffries said.
According to CORE, each person can save eight lives by becoming an organ donor, and as many as 75 people can be cured through tissue donation.
The Jeffreys were also able to see a quilt made depicting their son among many other organ donors for the first time in more than a decade.
“He taught us a lot. Tragedy is just one of those things that happens and you can turn it into something useful, and the good Lord did that,” Jeffrey said. Mr. Zu said.
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