Meredith Haga Foundation in the News
Letter to the Editor | Let’s find a kidney donor for Zoe — and normalize living donation
A K-State student shares his own living donor experience. Hopefully, by the time this article is published, dozens of Wildcats have already begun the screening process to see if they get to be the one to save Zoe Schumacher from the suffering of dialysis. On Aug. 30,...
Sweet Briar Grad’s Viral Photo
“I am here because of an organ donor.” These are the words Sweet Briar College graduate Meredith Haga wrote on the black mortarboard she wore at the College’s 107th commencement on May 14. For her, nothing else could possibly express the emotion of that day. She was...
Meredith & Joey Gase – Racing for Organ Donation
Joey Gase has been one of the biggest proponents of Organ and Tissue Donation in professional sports especially with his Donate Life car circling the Xfinity and NASCAR tracks throughout the country. Joey's first hand personal relationship with organ donation has...
Wedding Bells for Sweet Briar Grad
She never expected to be famous. Meredith Haga just wanted to live. Even still, her graduation photo has been seen by more than 1.5 million people since it posted on Facebook last summer. The image features a simple message on top of her cap: I am here because of an...
Joey Gase takes Meredith’s Message to fans
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...