Work in the world

Advocacy

A heart transplant at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in 2016 turned into a decade of organ donation advocacy — a high school club, a DMV podium, California’s first chapter of a national student organization, a Rose Parade float — and, in 2026, into the Megan Mehta Family Foundation. This is the through‑line.

  1. 2016

    Heart transplant

    Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford

  2. 2018

    Founded the Pink Dot Club

    Amador Valley High School

    A student club built to promote organ donation awareness among teens.

  3. 2018

    Donate Life spokesperson

    Donor Network West

    Spoke for Donate Life at California DMVs.

  4. 2018 — 2019

    Guest speaker, Donor Family Gathering

    Donor Network West

  5. 2019

    Launched California’s first chapter

    Student Organ Donation Advocates

  6. 2023

    Rose Parade float honoree

    Donate Life Rose Parade

    Recipient honoree, sponsored by Donor Network West and Stanford Children’s Health.

  7. 2026

    Founded the Megan Mehta Family Foundation

    Megan Mehta Family Foundation

    A nonprofit advancing comfort care for pediatric patients in California, serving UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.

By the numbers

The Foundation’s first year.

  • 17,000+ Items donated
  • ~$250,000 Value delivered
  • 2 Children’s hospital systems
  • 85,000+ Readers reached

A 2026 Valentine’s Day donation drive, covered by NBC Bay Area and four regional print outlets, brought the Foundation’s story to more than 85,000 readers within six months of incorporation.

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