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What does it mean to be an organ donor? That was the question discussed by presenters Kim Harbur and Debra Callaway during their presentation to Health students on Wednesday, Sept. 19 during Silver 3. Harbur founded the organization The Gift of Life after her son Luke Harbur received a liver transplant at 11 months of age. Harbur now speaks to over 90 high schools in the Kansas City area about organ donation.

“[After we present], I know we have made a difference,” Harbur said. “Our work lasts past the hour that we’re there.”

Harbur was approached almost eight years ago by Health teacher Amy McClure about speaking to her classes. Since then, she has returned every semester to share the presentation with students.

“[The presentation] is a good awareness piece,” McClure said. “Kim [Harbur] does a fantastic job of presenting the information to the kids.”

For sophomore Greyson Jenista, the presentation did not change his mind about being an organ donor. Instead, he said it reassured his decision.

“I learned that [by donating] you could possibly save 58 lives,” Jenista said. “It makes you think that your life is about more than just you.”

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Ellen Bodine, JAG editor-in-chief
Senior Ellen Bodine has been on the JAG yearbook staff for two years, first as a section editor and now as an editor-in-chief. Outside of journalism, she is involved in girls golf, NHS and Ambassadors. In the future, Bodine hopes to work for the National Archives, have several pet dogs and travel the world. As for now, she looks forward to creating another excellent edition of the JAG and graduating at the end of the year.

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