Center for Donation & Transplant New York - Vermont

01/08/2026

01/08/2026

Thanks OneLegacy Donate Life Rose Parade Float for sharing links to awesome photos from the RoseParade:
Floragraph placement
https://photos.app.goo.gl/RWGm7BURsVDiMsdE6
Honoree Dinner
https://photos.app.goo.gl/nEN89swiMJnh1k4u5
Judging
https://photos.app.goo.gl/jTgJaWCW6huW3tAv9
NYE Party
https://photos.app.goo.gl/g38Jx2ywVzaBGno89
Pre Parade
https://photos.app.goo.gl/GmYM7NAwd2Rr53JW6
Best of Parade
https://photos.app.goo.gl/3k9CunuicuFLganR6
Parade Gallery 1
https://photos.app.goo.gl/FB4apv9szrRjxjGQ6
Parade Gallery 2
https://photos.app.goo.gl/mXazVqnjGa5TvmDP6
I am sharing a handful of my favs with Lorenzo Beronilla💚💙

12/31/2025

More Rose Parade fun! 💚💙

Lorenzo Beronilla, donor recipient, talks about his experience along with donor April Wilson.

12/30/2025

Check out this interview behind the scenes at 💚💙

Tap to view!

12/25/2025

We wish all of you and your families a safe holiday in whatever way you celebrate. To those who are missing a special someone this year, we hope you find peace and joy in the wonderful memories that you had together. We are thankful to all of our donors, donor families, to our recipients and to those who do this heartfelt work in the world of Organ, Tissue and Eye Donation. Many blessings to all!💙💚

12/24/2025

Coach Liam Gleason is forever a hero having saved 4 people's lives by being an organ donor. A final act of kindness from a man who gave so much to his community. 💚💙
You can register your decision to be a donor at www.cdtnyvt.org

Albany, NY (News10) — “What a special thing to do for somebody else. And that’s Liam. That’s who he was.” Those words were spoken to a crowd at the funeral service for…

12/18/2025

The Rose Parade featuring the Donate Life Float is just 2 weeks away and we are thrilled to be sending Lorenzo Beronilla to represent CDT! The theme is Treasure Every Moment Together.
For the past 23 years, OneLegacy's Donate Life Rose Parade® float has inspired people worldwide to save and heal lives with the powerful message of organ, eye, and tissue donation. The 2026 Rose Parade® theme, The Magic in Teamwork, celebrates the power of collaboration and collective achievement. It emphasizes that exceptional results come from a willingness to work together. Organ donation and transplantation would not be possible without the help of a team of people, working together to make the gift of life possible. OneLegacy’s twenty-third entry into the Rose Parade®, Treasure Every Moment Together, highlights gratitude for moments shared with others. This lush tropical paradise is a reminder that registered organ, eye, and tissue donors offer the greatest treasure: the gift of life. Grateful organ recipients will sail through Pasadena, California, in two traditional canoes placed at the front of the float. The 2026 OneLegacy Donate Life Rose Parade® Float honors a community of people touched by the power of organ, eye, and tissue donation. Three regal, great hornbill birds perch along the float, accompanied by monarch butterflies. Like donation and transplantation, great hornbills play a crucial role in sustaining the circle of life in their communities. Monarch butterflies represent transformation and rebirth and are often used as symbols of donation and transplantation. The centerpiece, an open treasure chest, overflows with flowers, pearls, and Floragraphs – floral portraits of organ, eye, and tissue donors. As the world's most visible campaign, the OneLegacy Donate Life Rose Parade® float inspires viewers to save and heal hundreds of thousands of people needing organ, eye, and tissue transplants each year.

12/10/2025

"To my husband, my lifesaver, hero, my answered prayer, thank you for saying 'yes.' You gave me the gift of life twice: once when you became my husband, and again when you became my donor. I can never thank you enough. I’m so proud of you and thankful for you, forever. I love you more than words could ever describe. First, you gave me your heart, then you turned around and gave me your left kidney. Now, that’s what I call true love!" 💙💚 Kamri received a kidney from her husband, Lotanna, and shared their donation story with us:
In 2022, what I thought would be a quick urgent care visit turned into a life-changing moment. A doctor looked at me and said, “You’re not going home. You need to go to the ER.” My labs were dangerously off, and that day marked the beginning of a journey I never expected to take.
Fast forward through doctor visits, medications and endless prayers…by 2023, my kidney function had dropped to 32%. I tried to keep pushing, even as my body grew weaker, my feet swelled, and the fatigue became unbearable. By the time of our wedding in 2024, while it was the happiest day of my life, my body was silently fighting its hardest battle. Behind my smile was extreme pain, swelling and exhaustion. Just weeks later, I learned my kidney function had fallen to 4%. I cried harder than I ever had before.
In August 2024, I began dialysis: 4 hours per treatment, 3 days a week. When my husband told me he was filling out the form to be a potential living donor, I will never forget what he said: “God has given me a feeling that I’m supposed to be the one to do this for you.” On Wednesday, October 22, 2025, at 8AM, our lives changed forever. My husband donated his left kidney to me, and it started working immediately. This journey has been filled with lessons in faith, surrender and unconditional love. What could’ve been a story of despair became a testimony of God’s power, timing and the beauty of love in action. We’re walking into this new chapter grateful, blessed and stronger than ever. We’re both healing very well and on the road to a full recovery." 💙💚