You may recognize the name and the story, but it’s one worth re-telling during this Women’s History Month. 15 years ago today, 9 year-old Lauren Shields of Stony Point received a heart transplant. Today, Lauren works to make donating organs an easier process, as she did recently to help pass a law allowing 16- and 17 year-olds, with parental consent, to sign up as an organ donor…
Lauren’s donation story didn’t stop at her heart, she also got a kidney four years ago next month from her mom.