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The wheel of the year turns again, summer fades as the daylight shortens, and classrooms and offices, whether downtown or at home, fill up. Harvest time is ‘round the corner.Remember with us this wonderful collection of folks who have enduring reasons to take stock every September. Donors and recipients, family, friends, strangers. Add your own: https://livingdonorsonline.org/donor-experiences/donation-anniversaries/Personally, my imagination pulls me toward Christine, the surgical teams, and the family gathered two days after 9/11. All those in 2001 and since have some complex feelings in September. I started on my path to donation that same day, 9/13/2001, getting my first blood draw at the Brigham, where all this started.Best wishes all, truly, whatever time has done to your memories of extraordinary altruism. We are thinking of you.Thirty-second anniversary:Lee donated a kidney to his father on September 11th, 1991Thirtieth anniversary:Rory Eckmann donated part of his liver to his niece, Megan, on September 7th, 1993Twenty-third anniversary:Cindy Leuty Jones donated a kidney to her brother on September 20th, 2000Twenty-second anniversary:Becky Bailey donated a kidney to her daughter, Brittney, on September 5th, 2001Christine donated a kidney to a stranger on September 13th, 2001Suzanne Hunter donated a kidney to her son, Ian, on September 17th, 2001. The graft failed four years later and Ian has been back on dialysis.Marcia Pitlor donated a kidney to her brother on September 18th, 2001Irene Lewis donated a kidney to her husband's ex's daughter on September 19th, 2001Twenty-first anniversary:The Reverend Ronda L. Hawkins donated a kidney to one of her parishioners on September 4th, 2002Brandi Wittman donated a kidney to a co-worker on September 25th, 2002Wendy Miller donated a kidney to her sister on September 25th, 2002Joe Zangara donated a kidney to his mother, Audrey, on September 30th, 2002Twentieth anniversary:Beth Wilson donated a kidney to her mother, Lola, on September 16th, 2003Clay donated a kidney to a stranger on September 26th, 2003Christopher Yanakos donated part of his liver to his mother on September 28th, 2003Nineteenth anniversary:Joyce A. Falsey donated a kidney to a stranger on September 7th, 2004Emalene Englestad donated a kidney to her sister-in-law on September 9th, 2004Nancy Foster donated part of her liver to her brother on September 13th, 2004Debbie Petway donated a kidney to her father, Melvin, on September 21st, 2004Shelby Humberg Richardson donated a kidney to her brother on September 22nd, 2004Eighteenth anniversary:Chaya Lipschutz donated a kidney to a stranger in September 2005Cindy Fox donated part of her liver to her husband, Victor, on September 1st, 2005Jenn donated a kidney to her brother on September 20th, 2005Lisa Branting donated a kidney to her best friend's husband on September 25th, 2005Suzanne Weiner donated a kidney to a friend on September 26th, 2005Lillie donated a kidney to an unrelated recipient on September 27th, 2005Rose Crawford donated a kidney to her brother on September 30th, 2005Seventeenth anniversary:Janice Kost donated a kidney to her nephew on September 5th, 2006Christina Dobosiewicz donated a kidney to her stepfather, John Fattorusso, now deceased, on September 6th, 2006Kelvin Hockstock donated a kidney to his wife on September 8th, 2006Kathie Jackson donated a kidney to Ken Singer, no relation, on September 26th, 2006Malkah Buchweitz donated a kidney to her brother on September 28th, 2006Sixteenth anniversary:Kimberly Hill donated a kidney to her brother, Tim Edgar, on September 5th, 2007Kim Alice donated a kidney to her stepfather on September 12th, 2007Ray Vidic donated a kidney to his friend, Troy Kahklen, on September 13th, 2007Stacey Canas donated a kidney to her best friend's mom on September 13th, 2007Gabrielle Benson donated a kidney to her husband on September 24th, 2007Fifteenth anniversary:Ailey donated a kidney to a church associate on September 16th, 2008Carmen Spanglers donated a kidney to her friend's husband on September 22nd, 2008Diane donated a kidney to her brother-in-law, Mark, on September 23rd, 2008Margaret Florence donated a kidney to her cousin on September 23rd, 2008Krystal Star Garcia donated a kidney to her husband, Manuel, on September 24th, 2008Jill Andahazy donated a kidney to her husband's cousin Katie on September 25th, 2008Carla Giampaglia donated a kidney to an unrelated person on September 26th, 2008Angi Kaltenbach donated a kidney to a friend on September 30th, 2008Jeff Hill donated a kidney to Eric Miller on September 30th, 2008Tammy Stickney donated a kidney to her father on September 30th, 2008Fourteenth anniversary:Tom Stalsitz donated a kidney to his friend, Joseph R. Brugger, on September 4th, 2009 Cathleen Aliberti donated part of her liver to her sister, Maureen Manning, on September 9th, 2009Melissa Foskett Goleno donated a piece of her liver to her then 12 year old niece on September 10th, 2009Leonard Spogis donated part of his liver to his brother-in-law, Michael Olson, on September 23rd, 2009Terri O'Brien donated her left kidney to her cousin's wife on September 29th, 2009Thirteenth anniversary:Julie Coronel donated a kidney to her husband, Ruben, on September 7th, 2010Brett Hartmann donated a kidney to a friend's son on September 18th, 2010Andria donated a kidney to her son, Daniel, on September 28th, 2010George Taniwaki made a non-directed kidney donation on September 10th 2010Twelfth anniversary:Michelle Wortman donated a kidney to her sister on September 1st, 2011Jeff Smith made a non-directed kidney donation on September 5th, 2011Tori Neese Bergstrom donated "Billy the Kidney" to her friend on September 6th, 2011Angela Stimpson became a non-directed kidney donor on September 22nd, 2011Eleventh anniversary:Pam donated part of her liver to her brother, Edwin Dudley, on September 4th, 2012Sue donated a kidney to her husband, Jeff, on September 4th, 2012Sara Stallings donated a kidney to her son, Mac Yeida, on September 12th, 2012Dawn donated a kidney to her daughter, Mandy, on September 27th, 2012Tenth anniversary:Brian Hartung donated a kidney to his brother, Brad, on September 9th, 2013Sally Obrien donated a kidney to her friend, Sally Busset, on September 18th, 2013Patty Hogan Jack donated part of her liver to her sister on September 24th, 2013Terry Hunter made a non-directed kidney donation on September 30th, 2013Eighth anniversary:Julianne Bancroft made a non-directed kidney donation on September 16th, 2015Archie White donated a kidney to his daughter, Carrie, on September 30th, 2015Seventh anniversary:Susan Huizenga donated a kidney to Buddi Subba, found through their church bulletin, on September 12th, 2016Natasha Richards donated a kidney to her step-father, Bernardo Bermudez, on September 20th, 2016Fourth anniversary:Constance M. Smith made a non-directed donation to Connie Cull on September 27th 2019
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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!