your dreams. It will come true." Zion underwent a 10-hour surgery to have two new hands attached. He is the first child to receive a double hand transplant. "When I was 2, I had to get my hands cut off because I was sick," Zion simply stated. Pre-surgery video shows Zion strumming a mandolin, playing foosball, scrolling through an iPad's offerings and playfully covering his younger sister’s eyes with the stubs of his wrists. As for the bullies who made fun of him, he frankly states "They don’t mean to say mean things to me, but it just slips out. Somebody says something to me, and I just figure it slipped out and they didn’t mean to say it. Everybody has their own way of thinking." Zion's family is grateful to the Gift of Life Donor Program, a regional organ procurement organization. More on Zion's story can be found here. As of now, there has not been word of how one can help with expenses however, the Gift of Life Donor Program eagerly accepts donations.
post on July 24. "Please share and let's get him tons of reading material! Most kids his age wants electronics. It's great to see his desire, and you should have seen him beam when I said I could help." The rest of the story is here.
seemed simple and no more costly then the other projects in the works. They just simply wanted a Homeless Bill of Rights to include the following: 1. The right to move freely and sleep in public spaces without discrimination 2. The right to sleep in a parked vehicle 3. The right to eat and exchange food in public 4. The right to obtain legal counsel 5. The right to access hygiene facilities 24/7 6. The right to use the defense of necessity in any criminal prosecution. Sadly Colorado's HB 1264 did not pass.
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