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Best wishes to all remembering past milestones this month, be they successes in our shared adventures in altruistic action, or grief at tragedy that unfortunately accompanies us on our journeys. In July we particularly think of all those listed here. We are in awe of Barbara who donated fifty years ago! We cry, again, at the memory of Patti who never woke up from her donation surgery, and her husband/recipient staying with her daily, singing, for nearly four years. Finally, we wonder about folks in the past eight years. Are social media media posts really sufficient memorial to the extraordinary acts we are party to? Please consider requesting we add your anniversary to our calendar at https://livingdonorsonline.org/donor-experiences/donation-anniversaries/. Looking forward to hearing from you!Take care, all!Fiftieth anniversary:Barbara Outz Johnson donated a kidney to her brother on July 5th, 1973Forty-sixth anniversary:Kathleen Mahoney donated a kidney to her brother when she was 20 and he was 14, on July 11th, 1977Thirty-third anniversary:Joan Schurman donated a kidney to her son on July 8th, 1990Twenty-eighth anniversary:Mare Medernach donated a kidney to her brother, Mark, on July 19th, 1995Twenty-seventh anniversary:David Scott donated a kidney to his sister, Gail Haisley, on July 10th, 1996Twenty-third anniversary:Laura Hawes donated part of her liver to her mother on July 25th, 2000Patti McRoberts, a living kidney donor to her husband on July 31st, 2000, never woke up, and died on July 29th, 2004 Twenty-second anniversary:Jenny Lee donated a kidney to her daughter on July 9th, 2001Lisa Steele donated a kidney to an unrelated recipient on July 12th, 2001Stephanie Ritchon donated a kidney to her sister on July 16th, 2001Twenty-first anniversary:Jess Coleman donated part of his liver to his wife on July 3rd, 2002Gerda A. Coakley donated a kidney to her brother on July 10th, 2002Margaret donated part of her liver to her mother on July 12th, 2002Michaela Robertson donated a kidney to her father, Calder Robertson, on July 16th, 2002Ted Whitehead donated part of his liver to his brother on July 19th, 2002Julie Michaels donated a kidney to a friend on July 24th, 2002Tim Hurley donated a kidney to his son on July 24th, 2002Twentieth anniversary:Steven Seidner donated a kidney to his father on July 8th, 2003Tom Falsey donated a kidney to a stranger on July 15th, 2003Patricia donated a kidney to a stranger on July 22nd, 2003Zell Kravinsky donated a kidney to a stranger on July 22nd, 2003Donna Vogelgesang donated a kidney to her father on July 30th, 2003Karen Kennedy donated a kidney to her mother on July 30th, 2003Linda Marshall donated a kidney to her mom on July 30th, 2003 Nineteenth anniversary:Gary W. donated a kidney to his father on July 7th, 2004Lisa Quinn donated a kidney to her mother-in-law on July 7th, 2004Susan Kuhn donated a kidney to her husband on July 9th, 2004Kimberly Moity donated a kidney to her husband on July 13th, 2004Mike donated a kidney to his uncle on July 20th, 2004Barbara Romine donated a kidney to her daughter on July 28th, 2004Sherry donated a kidney to her husband on July 28th, 2004Sixteenth anniversary:Irismer donated a kidney to her cousin on July 2nd, 2007Kevin Vericker donated a kidney to his brother on July 5th, 2007Ellen Sweeney donated part of her liver to her sister, Susan, on July 12th, 2007Tristan Smith donated a kidney to his 11 year old cousin on July 12th, 2007Tanya Moder donated a kidney to a stranger on July 17th, 2007Charissa Cook donated a kidney to her father, Joseph DiBeneditto, on July 18th, 2007Matt Jones donated a kidney to an unrelated person on July 18th, 2007Laurie Fosburg Carlo donated a kidney to her sister-in-law on July 20th, 2007Joyce Hennes donated a kidney to a friend on July 24th, 2007Fifteenth anniversary:Breann Dobben donated a kidney to her boyfriend on July 7th, 2008Marilyn (Moe) Shea donated a part of her liver to her employer on July 1st, 2008Jonas Read donated a kidney to his childhood friend, Austin Pierce, on July 31st, 2008Fourteenth anniversary:Anne Caldwell donated a kidney to a friend from church on July 7th, 2009Jody Clement donated a kidney to her best friend, Faye, on July 8th, 2009Macey Leigh donated a kidney to her cousin, Marc, on July 10th, 2009Cathy Hopkins donated a kidney to her uncle on July 16th, 2009Jordan Brough donated a kidney to a stranger (and then friend) on July 16th, 2009Laurie Stuart donated a kidney to her ex-husband, Paul, on July 22nd, 2009Thirteenth anniversary:Nicki Hayes became a non-directed kidney donor on July 13th, 2010Rasula Rashid donated a kidney to her daughter, Firoza, on July 13th, 2010Tom O'Driscoll donated a kidney to Carolyn Branson, suggested by Chaya Lipschutz, on July 23rd, 2010Nina Brown donated 60% of her liver to her sister-in-law's best friend, Lynn Deal, on July 15th, 2010Dawn made a non-directed kidney donation on July 26th, 2010Betty (Bryant) Shelton made a non-directed kidney donation on July 27th, 2010Sara Guzman donated a kidney to her husband, Julian, on July 27th, 2010, after he received a liver transplant. He died on November 1st, 2010 due to other complications.Jeanne Blackburn donated a kidney to an unidentified unrelated person on July 28th, 2010Twelfth anniversary:Jeremy Hunsicker donated a kidney to his sister, Naomi Schlaner, on July 7th, 2011Rebecca Kelley donated a kidney to her ex-husband, Frank, on July 7th, 2011David Frazier donated a kidney to his co-worker, Kristen Adams, on July 12th, 2011Donna Reed Foster donated a kidney to Kerry Anthony Conrad, no relation, on July 13th, 2011 Patrick Liam O'Connor donated a kidney to his uncle, Francis Nolan, on July 14th, 2011Julie donated a kidney to her adopted sister on July 15th, 2011Leticia Rodriguez donated a kidney to her friend, Elizabeth Lopez, on July 20th, 2011John Milligan donated a kidney to his wife, Jane, on July 22nd, 2011Eleventh anniversary:Robin donated a kidney to Toby, her son, on July 5th, 2012Shelli Hudson-Altringer donated a kidney to her brother, Jim Hudson, on July 17th, 2012Annie Wright donated a kidney to a co-worker as part of a chain on July 19th, 2012Tenth anniversary:Peggy Williams donated a kidney to an unrelated person on July 3rd, 2013Maurice Bryant donated a kidney to his father, Alvin, on July 9th, 2013Nancy B Ross donated a kidney on July 10th, 2013Jessica Kuhn donated a kidney on July 30th, 2013Sharon Topai donated a kidney to a dear friend on July 31st, 2013Ninth anniversary:Shipra Singh donated a kidney to his mother, Santosh Singh, on July 7th, 2014Lynn Bakiares donated a kidney to her husband, Jeffrey, on July 9th, 2014Randy Browder donated a kidney to his friend, Ronnie Scott, on July 10th, 2014Ashley Hoyng donated a kidney to an unrelated person on July 22nd, 2014Yanira Santos donated a kidney to her mother, Carmen Urena, on July 22nd, 2014Susan Clark donated a kidney to an unrelated person, Yennifer Guitterez, on July 24th, 2014
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Unrelated directed kidney donor in 2003, recipient and I both well.
625 time blood and platelet donor since 1976 and still giving!
Elected to the OPTN/UNOS Boards of Directors & Executive, Kidney Transplantation, and Ad Hoc Public Solicitation of Organ Donors Committees, 2005-2011
Proud grandpa!