RALEIGH, N.C. — The parents of a University of North Carolina student run over and killed five years ago want to keep their son's memory alive by supporting people who donate organs.
Charlotte and Emmitt Ray were in Chapel Hill Sunday to raise money for the Jason Ray Foundation. It's named after their son who played the Tar Heel's mascot Ramses and was hit and killed by an SUV in March 2007 while in New Jersey for the NCAA tournament.
"I'm trying to take something really bad and turn it into something good," Charlotte Ray said.
Her son's organs were donated after he died, and meeting the people who received them has changed her, Charlotte Ray said.
She and her husband admitted they didn't support organ donations when their son told them he signed up to be a donor.
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