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 BREAKS REGION’S ORGAN DONATION RECORD FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR

January 6th, 2022

CORE Credits Organ, Tissue and Cornea Donors and Hospital Partners for More Than 100,000 Lives Saved & Healed in 2021   PITTSBURGH – January 6, 2022 – The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) announced today that 2021 was the third consecutive record-breaking year for Saving and Healing lives through organ, tissue and cornea donation across […]

CORE: WEST VIRGINIA MAN BECOMES OLDEST ORGAN DONOR IN U.S. HISTORY

May 10th, 2021

[SOTS/BROLL AVAILABLE. CONTACT MEDIA@CORE.ORG] Life-saving Liver Recovered From Heroic 95-year-old Organ Donor; Recipient Recovering Well PITTSBURGH – May 10, 2021 – The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) announced Monday that it recovered the liver from the oldest recorded organ donor in United States history, as confirmed by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). The […]

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 […]