Lifebanc

All the people below are not actors. They have all been directly affected by organ, eye and tissue donation and transplantation. Move your mouse over a person to see their story.

Odalys Ramos

Cousin waiting for liver transplant

Candice Monroe

Heart transplant recipient

Caitlin Widuck

Community Outreach Coordinator

Charmaine Miller

Living kidney donor

Corinne Allie

Niece of kidney recipient

Deb Straniero

Wife of a donor

Evelyn Bass

Triage Coordinator in the Lifebanc Donor Referral Center

Jillian Frazier

Director of Development and Community Services for Lifebanc

Julie Caldro

Director of Tissue and Donor Referral Center Services

Kim Welch

Heart transplant recipient

Lillya Pepsin

Surgical Organ Recovery Coordinator

Randy Oyaski

Double lung transplant recipient

Tina Carkido

Double lung and kidney transplant recipient

Todd Hill

Tissue Recovery Coordinator and Shift Leader for Lifebanc

Tracie Potts

Sister of a donor

Wendell Fellows

Liver Transplant Recipient

Cooper Frazier

Nephew of tissue recipient

Danielle Miller

Cousin of kidney transplant recipient

Nakia Miller

Cousin of kidney transplant recipient

Anica Robinson

Friend of kidney transplant recipient

Jessica Ramos

Cousin waiting for liver transplant

Wildalys Ramos

Cousin waiting for liver transplant

Rhyan Johnson

Future Lifebanc Staff Member

You could save the lives of 8 people and
help heal the lives of 50 more.

Make the decision to give more life by registering to be an organ, eye and tissue donor.

Give More Life

All the people in the above commercial are not actors. They are all people who have been directly affected by organ, eye and tissue donation and transplantation. Below are some of their stories. Even if you don’t know it, there are people in your life who have been affected by donation.

Charmaine Miller

Living kidney donor
Deb Straniero

Wife of a donor
Candice Monroe

Heart transplant recipient
Bob Dylan

Registered Donor

The Facts

on organ, eye and
tissue donation

Nearly 113,000 people in the United States are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. 1,700 men, women and children waiting for a transplant are right here in Northeast Ohio. These individuals are your friends, your neighbors and your family members.
Doctors will always try to save your life. Becoming a registered donor will never change that.
Donors do not incur additional medical expenses because of their decision.
Donors are icons, heroes and legends. Donors from Northeast Ohio saved the lives of 452 people in 2019.

Become a Donor Learn More about Lifebanc

You could save the lives of 8 people and help heal the lives of 50 more.

Charmaine Miller

Deb Straniero

Candice Monroe

Bob Dylan

The Facts

on organ, eye and tissue donation

You could save the lives of 8 people and
help heal the lives of 50 more.

on organ, eye and
tissue donation