ECU Health marks Donate Life Month with flag-raising event
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — ECU Health hosted its annual Pause to Give Life event on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, for Donate Life Month.
ECU Health said that last year they had 47 organ donors, transplanted 127 organs, and 30 were sent out for research.
Since April is National Donate Life Month, ECU Health raised their donate life flag at 10:08 a.m.
This flag honors donors, their families, those who are waiting for a transplant, and recipients who have received the gift of life. 'People die every day, but as long as you give back what they gave you, they're never dead,' Organ recipient at ECU Health, William Knight said. ' I get the chance to give back a lot of lessons that my mom had told.'
Knight has received to transplants from ECU Health, with his first lasting him 13 years.
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