Barb Heals with Love
Barbara Thomas, Brookfield, not only works for Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network, but she also has firsthand experience as a living donor. On Oct. 22, 2009, at Loyola, Thomas donated a kidney to her then tenant, James Love. At the time, she worked elsewhere. The very first thing my boss said to me was, ‘You know you don't have any vacation days or sick days left.’" She soon discovered there weren’t a lot of financial resources available to donors. So she founded the