Inspirational Stories

More than 100 volunteers from across Duke Health called more than 5,000 donors just to say "Thank you" for their support of Duke Health and all of its schools, institutes, and programs. Your gifts really do make a difference!

The Duke Eye Center dedicated the Frances and Stephen Foster Center for Ocular Immunology on October 9, 2018. This is a historic milestone for Duke Eye Center, as the Center is the first of its kind in the world.

Though she has battled melanoma that spread to her brain, Tricia Gallagher says that cancer has changed her life, and not in a negative way. "It's not the end of the road, it's not the end of your story. It's just a chapter in it," she says.

Small bowel cancer survivor Jim Slaughter says he gets more out of volunteering than he puts in. He encourages others to volunteer with the Duke Cancer Patient Support Program, as he does every week. "It's going to make you a better person," he says.

Eight-year-old Shania Robinson's life was saved at Duke with a double transplant of a heart and kidney.

When Paige Walker was diagnosed with cancer she knew she wanted to best care and treatment possible. She says Duke went far beyond her expectations.

Peter Morrisette and his family are grateful to Duke for saving his life after multiple tumors were discovered in his lower leg.

Duke Children's patient Graham Rogers and his family share their moving story of Graham's kidney transplant and how his Duke Pediatric Nephrology Care Team saved his life and secured a promising future for the now-20-year-old.

Bill Hudson and L.C. Industries provided major financial support for building the new state-of-the-art Duke Eye Center building. Mr. Hudson and Duke's world-class ophthalmologists and researchers, share a passion to cure all blindness by creating the future of eye care at Duke.

Like many teens, Kameron Horton of Durham loves to play basketball. But for Kameron, basketball has been more than just a game; it has helped him through serious life challenges.