On Monday, January 2nd the National “Donate Life” Float will debut in Pasadena, California. 1 out of 8 Americans will tune in to watch on New Year’s Day.
On February 2, 2003, Alison Gerlach's life came to a sudden and tragic end. Only seventeen years old and a senior at Williamsville South High School, she was an outstanding athlete and a well loved student.
Ali was struck with a sudden and apparently inexplicable stroke. Four days later, she was diagnosed with Moya Moya disease. This rare disorder, involving blockage of the main arteries and blood vessels to the brain, presently has no known cause or cure. Ali died three days later.
Upon Ali’s death, Claudia and her husband Randy, chose to honor Ali’s memory by contributing her organs to other needy children and adults as a reflection of her unselfish love. Ali lives on because of her gift of organs and life to others. For instance, an eleven year-old girl received her heart, a 40-year-old woman received her pancreas and a kidney, her lungs went to a mother of two and her liver went to a 47-year-old father. The Gerlach family donated these organs to share the Gift of Life and to keep other families from enduring the pain they experienced with the loss of Ali.
Read more and view video: http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/erie/unyts-selects-wny-woman-for-float
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