In this touching interview, Brandon’s parents share the emotional journey behind the book Letters to My Departed Son – Dear Brandon and reflect on the love, loss, and legacy that inspired its creation. They discuss Brandon’s life, the difficult choices their family faced, and the profound decision he made to donate his organs — his final act of generosity. This heartfelt conversation, presented by the Michigan Chronicle , offers an intimate glimpse into the story behind the

Gift of Life Michigan, headquartered in Ann Arbor, is the state’s federally designated organ and tissue recovery program, providing all services necessary for organ donation to occur in Michigan. Gift of Life was incorporated in 1971 by Michigan transplant surgeons to provide a network to get kidneys to the people who need them most.

Alive Alone is an organization for the education and charitable purposes to benefit bereaved parents, whose only child or all children are deceased, by providing a self-help network and publications to promote communication and healing, to assist in resolving their grief, and a means to reinvest their lives for a positive future.

Celebrating a significant and historic milestone achieved, in part, through your hard work and dedication to the families, donors, and patients we served: The U.S. organ donation system has surpassed 1 million organ transplants today! We honor our donor families and the love and legacy of the donors.