- Hospital Partners
The Person Behind “The Call”
Imagine this: you’re diagnosed with a terminal illness, and a transplant is your only chance to survive. Instead of milestones, your life is measured in hospital visits, test results, and fear of the unknown. You wait….
- Community
As 2025 winds down, so does HonorBridge’s year-long celebration of its 40th anniversary. While 40 years might not sound like much in the grand scheme of things, in the world of organ and tissue donation, four decades of…
- Community
At HonorBridge, our chief officers don’t simply step into leadership roles at the top. Every single one of them, including Chief Operating Officer (COO) Kim Koontz, has grown within our organization over decades. …
- Community, News Stories
At a recent Town Hall Meeting, Danielle Bumarch, our President and CEO, shared the news that she will retire in June 2026. The emotional announcement brought many to tears, a testament to the incredible impact she has had…
- Advocacy, Community
At just 17 years old, Aiden is a healthy young man who has never needed an organ or tissue transplant, but that hasn’t stopped him from becoming an advocate for donation. The son of HonorBridge COO Kim Koontz and an…
- Donor Families, Recipients
Like many North Carolinians, Delores Evans struggled with kidney disease for over 30 years. Her son, Ryan Benton Evans, even stepped forward to undergo testing to become her living donor, only to be disqualified due to a…
- Hospital Partners
For Dr. Andrew Barbas, transplant surgery is where his love for problem-solving, cutting-edge medicine, and making a real difference in people’s lives all come together. “I started out in engineering at Duke,” he…
Stories of Hope
Read about the impact of organ, eye, and tissue donation in our community
