Chris Henry's mother lost a son but found a cause
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Carolyn Henry Glasby has become spokesperson - and soul - of organ donation
EAST PRICE HILL - Carolyn Henry Glaspy stocked shelves and helped unload a truck during her shift Tuesday at the Warsaw Avenue Family Dollar Store.
On Wednesday morning she took a flight to Tampa, Fla., where she sat for TV interviews that afternoon and was a featured speaker Thursday at the 19th annual national convention of the Association of Multicultural Affairs in Transplantation. The Richmond, Va.-based organization works to increase organ donation among African-Americans and other minority groups.
Glaspy was back at work at the store Friday before driving to Mason to participate at a fundraiser for LifeCenter Organ Donor Network - Greater Cincinnati's organ and tissue procurement organization for which she's made 25 appearances in the past year.
Glaspy, 46, the mother of former Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry, says her life changed the morning of Dec. 17, 2009, when in a Charlotte, N.C., hospital she made the decision to donate her son's organs and tissue.
Carolyn Henry Glasby has become spokesperson - and soul - of organ donation
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| Chris Henry's mother, Carolyn Henry Glasby, treasures a tapesty bearing a life-like image of Chris in his Bengals helmet and No. 15 jersey. / The Enquirer/Michael E. Keating |
On Wednesday morning she took a flight to Tampa, Fla., where she sat for TV interviews that afternoon and was a featured speaker Thursday at the 19th annual national convention of the Association of Multicultural Affairs in Transplantation. The Richmond, Va.-based organization works to increase organ donation among African-Americans and other minority groups.
Glaspy was back at work at the store Friday before driving to Mason to participate at a fundraiser for LifeCenter Organ Donor Network - Greater Cincinnati's organ and tissue procurement organization for which she's made 25 appearances in the past year.
Glaspy, 46, the mother of former Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry, says her life changed the morning of Dec. 17, 2009, when in a Charlotte, N.C., hospital she made the decision to donate her son's organs and tissue.
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