Meredith Haga Fox was not shy about encouraging others to become organ donors—quite the opposite, she was passionate and determined. “She didn’t take ‘no’ very well,” remembers NASCAR driver Joey Gase, who became friends with Meredith during his work with Donate Life Virginia.
If anyone knew the power of direct statements, it was Meredith. A 2015 photo of her at her commencement from Sweet Briar College went viral—a radiant young woman at the start of her adult life with “I AM HERE BECAUSE OF AN ORGAN DONOR” stated simply on her mortarboard. It reached two million people.
