Quilts created by organ donors’ families are hung up around Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza for Donate Life Living Donor Day in Phoenix on April 5, 2023. (Photo by Drake Presto/Cronkite News)
Kelsey and Zaccarri Krasnov tell how an organ donation saved their son, Valen’s, life when he was 3 years old. Photo taken during Donate Life Living Donor Day in Phoenix on April 5, 2023. (Photo by Drake Presto/ Cronkite News)
Lidia Hernandez shows support for Donate Life Living Donor Day at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix on April 5, 2023. Her sister was an organ donor. (Photo by Drake Presto/Cronkite News)
Donate Life Arizona’s mascot, Reggie the Donor Cactus, dances in front of the Arizona Capitol building during the Donate Life Living Donor Day in Phoenix on April 5, 2023. (Photo by Drake Presto/Cronkite News)
Quilts created by organ donors’ families are hung up around Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza for Donate Life Living Donor Day in Phoenix on April 5, 2023. (Photo by Drake Presto/Cronkite News)
Kelsey and Zaccarri Krasnov tell how an organ donation saved their son, Valen’s, life when he was 3 years old. Photo taken during Donate Life Living Donor Day in Phoenix on April 5, 2023. (Photo by Drake Presto/ Cronkite News)
Lidia Hernandez shows support for Donate Life Living Donor Day at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix on April 5, 2023. Her sister was an organ donor. (Photo by Drake Presto/Cronkite News)
Donate Life Arizona’s mascot, Reggie the Donor Cactus, dances in front of the Arizona Capitol building during the Donate Life Living Donor Day in Phoenix on April 5, 2023. (Photo by Drake Presto/Cronkite News)
Quilts created by organ donors’ families are hung up around Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza for Donate Life Living Donor Day in Phoenix on April 5, 2023. (Photo by Drake Presto/Cronkite News)
PHOENIX – Donate Life Arizona brought together legislators and families of both organ donors and recipients at the Arizona Capitol to celebrate a record number of organ donations in 2022.
Last year, 342 organ donors saved the lives of 776 people – both record numbers – according to Donate Life Arizona.
Drake Presto will graduate in spring 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Presto specializes in documentary journalism and has interned with The Arizona Republic, Arizona Highways Magazine and The State Press.
