Donor Stories
Eye Donation Month 2024: Catch Up with Kathy Deloplaine
Kathy Deloplaine and her sons, Ryan and Todd, were featured as the faces of Eye Donation Month in 2023. Kathy’s husband, Jack, was a Superbowl champion member of the Pittsburgh […]
Eye Donation Month: Meet Josie
Meet Josie Josie Evans is a woman of many roles. Spouse, mother, doctoral student, U.S. Army Veteran, and following her husband’s death, donor wife. A child of the south, Josie […]
Eye Donation Month: Meet Todd Deloplaine
Todd Deloplaine is the son of Jack ‘Hydroplane’ Deloplaine, a former Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steeler and cornea donor whose story is the centerpiece of Eye Donation Month 2023. In […]
Veterans Day 2023: Julian Evans
Army Veteran Gives the Gift of Restored Eyesight Julian EvansCW5 Warrant OfficerU.S. Army “At first I couldn’t stand him,” Josie Evans laughs as she describes meeting the man she would […]
Steven Beech
Cornea Donor – A Final Act of True Joy On May 28, Steven Beech succumbed from injuries he sustained as a victim of a hit and run. He was 38 […]
Daniel Hurst
Kathy received a call from Eversight, and she learned that Daniel was able to donate his corneas to two people in need. “To have given this gift, it helps me feel that a part of Daniel continues to live,” Kathy said.
Connor Walsh
Connor Walsh loved helping others, and shortly after registering to be an organ and tissue donor, he said, “When I owe the future no more, it’s another way for me to pay it forward.”
Braiden Foord
In line with Braiden’s wishes, he donated organs and tissues, including corneas, to the Florida Lions Eye Bank. As a result, the lives of at least three people have been saved, and a young lady received the gift of sight after successful cornea transplant. It gives us solace to know that Braiden’s gifts have contributed to both the longevity and quality of life for so many others.
