VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — This weekend, runners and walkers will gather in Virginia Beach for LifeNet Health’s annual Race for Hope — an event raising thousands of dollars to support organ donation awareness, fund medical research, and provide care for donor families.

News 3 is sponsoring the Saturday event that includes one-mile and 5K races, but most importantly, its an opportunity for families of organ donors to honor and celebrate lost loved ones.

Among those sharing their story will be Vivian Hoover, whose daughter Brittany died suddenly three years ago at age 32. She'd suffered a cardiac arrest.

“She just lived life on her own terms. She loved cats, tattoos and she loved the Celtics," said Hoover. "She was an aunt, she was a sister, and a granddaughter and a niece and my daughter…and

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