When 18-year-old Tucker Schumacher was 14 months old, he was diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer. Since age 5, the liver-transplant recipient has been an active volunteer, working to promote organ donation throughout the state.
Although the two have never met before, they both have something in common: they are cancer survivors working to give back.
Both Schumacher and Leonoard were at the University of Michigan Nov. 16 at its first ever “Be A Hero at the Big House”, the largest single organ donation drive in state history. The event also featured a blood drive and a chance for attendees to sign up to donate bone marrow and tissue.
Read more: http://heritage.com/articles/2011/11/20/ann_arbor_journal/news/doc4ec5010a562f1345573590.txt
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