More than 10,000 people participated in a walk and run in Philadelphia Sunday morning to raise money and awareness for the Gift of Life donor program.
The 26th annual Gift of Life Donor Dash brought families and loved ones out to Eakins Oval for a 5k and 10k run and 3k walk. Many of the participants either had a family member who was an organ donor or are organ recipients themselves.
Organizers say the need for people like Chapis is constant. There are over 100 thousand people nationwide awaiting an organ transplant and the goal of Gift of Life is to make sure no one dies while awaiting an organ transplant. There are 5,000 people on the organ transplant list in our region. In the past 50 years, the non-profit has coordinated more than 58,000 organ transplants and more than two million tissue transplants.
For the families walking; the event not only helped connect them to a community, it also allowed them to celebrate their loved one.
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