ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A display at Strong Memorial Hospital honors people who have donated organs and tissues to save lives. The “Gift of Life” honor wall added more life stories to its wall Thursday. The digital display, which is updated annually, aims to remind people about the importance of registering as an organ donor.

Rhonda Remmel was at Strong on Thursday to see her son’s name added to the display. Zachary saved lives through donation after he died last year.

“I’m very proud of my son,” Remmel said. “I think this is what he would have wanted. He didn’t have a voice to choose his own – but him living on is what he would want.”

Strong Hospital is the region’s leading transplant and living donation center, providing 406 patients with heart, liver, pancreas, blood and marrow transplants.

Every year, hundreds of people in the Rochester area wait for donor organs. You can learn how to become an organ donor in New York State here.