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SPRING 2016
A Mother’s Day Campaign
Honor a special mother in your life while helping us provide a “home away from home” to many others. Jennifer, age 14, lung transplant recipient with mother, Laurel.
There is no fonder childhood memory than racing into your mother’s open arms and getting a warm hug. It’s impossible to measure a love that broad and deep. For mothers of children going through the transplant journey, the bond they share is especially powerful. As Mother’s Day approaches, we celebrate the courage and strength of these special mothers, and how Gift of Life Family House has helped them in ways only they can describe.
GETTING HEALTHY IS A SPECIAL GIFT FOR MOM When 14-year-old Jen Dunlea describes her mother, Laurel Wyner Dunlea, she uses just one word, “Amazing.” The duo has grown exceptionally close during the past five years as they battled Jen’s lung disease. Searching for the best care led them to move from their Los Angeles home to Denver. When it became clear that Jen’s only hope was a lung transplant, they came to Philadelphia and stayed at the Family House for many months. Just seven months after receiving her transplant, Jen is flourishing. She is in eighth grade at her neighborhood middle school where she has made lots of friends. continued on Family House page 2
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