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HonorBridge Celebrates Record-Breaking Year in 2025, Marks 40 Years of Saving Lives - HonorBridge
HonorBridge Celebrates Record-Breaking Year in 2025, Marks 40 Years of Saving Lives - HonorBridge
Chapel Hill, NC (Jan 21, 2026) — HonorBridge, North Carolina’s largest organ donation and tissue recovery organization, is reflecting on an extraordinary 2025, highlighted by record-setting outcomes, innovation, and lifesaving impact for neighbors across the state through organ, eye and tissue donation. The year also marked the organization’s 40th anniversary of serving donor families, recipients and communities throughout North Carolina.
A Special Message from Leadership: After Decades of Saving and Healing Lives, Danielle Bumarch Set to Retire as President and CEO in June 2026 - HonorBridge
A Special Message from Leadership: After Decades of Saving and Healing Lives, Danielle Bumarch Set to Retire as President and CEO in June 2026 - HonorBridge
🔗Article: North Carolina organ donor crisis deepens
🔗Article: North Carolina organ donor crisis deepens
🎉Historic Bill (SB 600) Makes Donor Registration More Accessible Across North Carolina - HonorBridge
🎉Historic Bill (SB 600) Makes Donor Registration More Accessible Across North Carolina - HonorBridge
Behind the Curtain: A Writer’s First Glimpse into the Gift of Life - HonorBridge
Behind the Curtain: A Writer’s First Glimpse into the Gift of Life - HonorBridge
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☔ March 2026
March is National Kidney Month
March is National Kidney Month
❤️February 2026
My Cousin, Curtis: A Quiet Hero - HonorBridge
My Cousin, Curtis: A Quiet Hero - HonorBridge
Before the passing of her cousin, Ronald Curtis, honorary HonorBridge board member Rose Morales had never given much thought to organ donation. “I had no experience whatsoever with organ donation,” says Rose. “No one in our family, on either side, had been organ donors or recipients. We never even talked about it.” Her cousin, Ronald,
Hope on the Waitlist: Why Minority Organ Donation Matters
Hope on the Waitlist: Why Minority Organ Donation Matters
On this week’s episode of It’s A Matter of Your Health, host Dr. Veita Bland, MD is joined by Danielle Bumarch, RN, JD, President & CEO of HonorBridge, and Sherman Transou, leadership coach and heart transplant survivor. Together, they explore...
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Get to Know Our Chief Officers: Meet Kim Koontz, Chief Operating Officer - HonorBridge
Get to Know Our Chief Officers: Meet Kim Koontz, Chief Operating Officer - HonorBridge
At HonorBridge, our chief officers don’t simply step into leadership roles at the top. Every single one of them, including Chief Operating Officer (COO) Kim Koontz, has grown within our organization over decades. “When I started in organ and tissue donation I actually started with the NC Eye Bank, which is now Miracles in Sight,”
Get to Know Our Chief Officers: Celebrating 25 Years with CFO Kirk Mizelle - HonorBridge
Get to Know Our Chief Officers: Celebrating 25 Years with CFO Kirk Mizelle - HonorBridge
25 years ago, Kirk Mizelle wasn’t actively looking for a job–but sometimes fate has a funny way of stepping in. “I started working in healthcare about three or four years before I took this role,” said Kirk Mizelle, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at HonorBridge. “Someone told me about an opening at what was then called
Get to Know Our Chief Officers: Meet Melinda Locklear, Chief Support Officer - HonorBridge
Get to Know Our Chief Officers: Meet Melinda Locklear, Chief Support Officer - HonorBridge
Get to Know Our Chief Officers: Celebrating 25 Years with CFO Kirk Mizelle - HonorBridge
Get to Know Our Chief Officers: Celebrating 25 Years with CFO Kirk Mizelle - HonorBridge
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How Innovation and Dedication Are Expanding the Donor Pool: Featuring Dr. Andrew Barbas, Transplant Surgeon at Duke University Medical Center - HonorBridge
How Innovation and Dedication Are Expanding the Donor Pool: Featuring Dr. Andrew Barbas, Transplant Surgeon at Duke University Medical Center - HonorBridge
Bridging the Gap: An Interview with Alyssa Schuster, EMS/Medical Examiner Liaison at HonorBridge - HonorBridge
Bridging the Gap: An Interview with Alyssa Schuster, EMS/Medical Examiner Liaison at HonorBridge - HonorBridge
Behind every organ, eye, and tissue donation is a team of professionals working together to honor a donor’s final gift. Among the first to encounter potential donors are Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel and Medical Examiners. These roles are essential, yet often underrepresented, in conversations around donation. At HonorBridge, Alyssa Schuster serves as the bridge
Lt. Col. Flurry’s Final Mission: A Lifesaving Act of Service - HonorBridge
Lt. Col. Flurry’s Final Mission: A Lifesaving Act of Service - HonorBridge
💫 Stories of Honor and Hope
Eric Gill: A Nurse Practitioner’s Second Chance - HonorBridge
Eric Gill: A Nurse Practitioner’s Second Chance - HonorBridge
Standing at 6’6”, Eric Gill is a friendly, self-proclaimed “hugger” in his 40s. At first glance, you’d never suspect that his journey to becoming a palliative care nurse practitioner was shaped by years of personal health struggles. “I received a liver transplant on June 12, 2024. I was 43 years old,” says Eric. “As for
Patrick Brozowski’s Story: Beyond the Battlefield - HonorBridge
Patrick Brozowski’s Story: Beyond the Battlefield - HonorBridge
A New Heart, A New Life: Bob Curlee’s Transplant Journey - HonorBridge
A New Heart, A New Life: Bob Curlee’s Transplant Journey - HonorBridge
On December 20, 2022, 69-year-old Bob Curlee received the gift of a lifetime—a new heart. But the road to that lifesaving moment wasn’t easy. “I had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy for a very long time,” says Bob. “I actually had heart problems as a kid, but no one knew what it was back then. As an adult,
Kayla’s Story: A Second Wind - HonorBridge
Kayla’s Story: A Second Wind - HonorBridge
David Hooks: “I Want You to Hear My Story” - HonorBridge
David Hooks: “I Want You to Hear My Story” - HonorBridge
Dalton's Story 2024
Dalton's Story 2024
Kristi Jones: An Attitude of Gratitude - HonorBridge
Kristi Jones: An Attitude of Gratitude - HonorBridge
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Stories of Hope
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