Johnstown Tomahawks Donate Life Night Game
March 8th, 2025
Johnstown, PA — March 8, 2025 — The Johnstown Tomahawks, in partnership with the Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) and Second Chance Fundraising, will celebrate the inaugural Mark Kresak Memorial Donate Life Game on March 8. This special event honors the life-saving cause of organ, tissue, and cornea donation, recognizing the lasting impact […]
West Virginia Legislature Recognizes National Donor Day
February 14th, 2025
Charleston, WV (February 14, 2025) — On February 14, National Donor Day, the West Virginia Legislature recognized the impact of organ, tissue, and cornea donation while honoring the lifesaving legacy of Seilah Stanley, a young organ donor whose generosity saved and healed lives. Seilah’s family attended the event at the State Capitol as lawmakers introduced […]
6th Consecutive Record-Breaking Year for CORE
January 14th, 2025
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Jan. 14, 2025) — The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) has broken records for the sixth consecutive year, saving and healing more lives through organ, tissue, and cornea donation than ever before. In 2024, the selfless contributions of 472 organ donors from CORE’s service area—spanning western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Chemung […]
CORE Names Eye Bank Director, Continue Focus on Innovation and Excellence
March 8th, 2021
PITTSBURGH – Jan. 22, 2021 – The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE), the organ procurement organization (OPO) serving western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, has named Anita Gordon, CTBS, as Director of Eye Bank Operations. In this role, Gordon will lead CORE’s Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA)-accredited onsite eye bank at their Pittsburgh headquarters […]
For Second Consecutive Year, CORE Breaks Organ Donation Record
January 11th, 2021
Undeterred by Pandemic Year, CORE Saves Nearly 800 Lives, Credits Organ Donors and Hospital Partners Click here for an infographic of CORE’s 2020 record-breaking year. The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) announced today that 2020 was the second record-breaking year in a row for Saving and Healing lives through organ, tissue and cornea donation in western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. CORE, […]
CORE Welcomes In-House Procurement and Transplant Surgeon Ahmad Abdelaal, MD
August 26th, 2020
The newly created role will contribute to CORE’s mission of Saving and Healing lives through donation. Pittsburgh, PA, August 21, 2020 – The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) has welcomed Ahmad Abdelaal, MD, as its in-house procurement and transplant surgeon. In this newly created role, Dr. Abdelaal will perform the surgical recovery of deceased donor […]
Center for Organ Recovery & Education Receives Katie Coolican-Nicholas Miller Donor Care Award for Excellence in Donor Family Support
March 27th, 2020
Honor From MTF Biologics and AOPO Recognizes Organ Procurement Organization Serving Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia for Its Exemplary Support of Donor Families Edison, N.J. (March 13, 2020) – MTF Biologics and the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) recently awarded the Katie Coolican-Nicholas Miller Donor Care Award for Excellence in Donor Family Support to the Center for Organ Recovery […]
CORE Breaks Organ Donation Record; Credits Donors, Hospital Partners, Focus On Excellence
January 10th, 2020
Unprecedented Number of Donations Save and Heal More Than 80,000 People PITTSBURGH, Jan. 10, 2020 – The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) announced today that 2019 was a record-breaking year for saving and healing lives in western Pennsylvania and West Virginia through organ, tissue and cornea donation. CORE, the nonprofit organization that […]
CORE, Donate Life Pennsylvania Hold First-Ever PA Donor Day
January 8th, 2020
Aiming to Reach Milestone of 5 Million Pennsylvanians Registered as Organ, Tissue and Cornea Donors PITTSBURGH, Jan. 8, 2020 – Every 10 minutes someone in Pennsylvania is told they need a life-saving transplant. With more than 7,500 patients currently on the transplant waiting list, the need for more registered organ and tissue donors is a […]
WV Hunting And Fishing License Application Now Includes Option For Organ Donation
December 10th, 2019
New Application Offering Hunters in West Virginia Option to Register as an Organ Donor is Now Live PITTSBURGH, Dec.11, 2019 – The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) is proud to announce that for the the first time, hunting and fishing license applications in West Virginia will include the option to register as an […]
