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August for many is a time for care free days, leaving worry aside for a weekend, a week, maybe two or three. May you find joy in family and friends in beautiful places. May you have a quiet moment to reflect on the milestones so many among us are experiencing this month, years of life and love, success and loss. Best wishes, all.Add yours at https://livingdonorsonline.org/donor-experiences/donation-anniversaries/Fiftieth anniversaryTheodore Charles Lombard donated a kidney to his daughter on August 30th, 1967Thirty-seventh anniversaryJulie Edmonds donated a kidney to her sister, Susan Martin, on August 21st, 1980Twenty-fifth anniversaryPatrick M. Emmett donated a kidney to his ex-wife on August 28th, 1992Twenty-third anniversaryDonna Luebke donated a kidney to her sister on August 26th, 1994Nineteenth anniversaryMichael McGhee donated a kidney to his son, Michael, on August 25th, 1998Eighteenth anniversaryLisa Weisenberger donated a kidney to her brother, Chad, on August 5th, 1999Seventeenth anniversaryRita Kocian (deceased 2/12/04) donated a kidney to her mother in August, 2000Ellen donated part of her liver to her cousin on August 8th, 2000Laurie donated part of her liver to her cousin on August 8th, 2000Myron Thirtle donated a kidney to his father on August 31st, 2000. His father survived 10 years until succumbing to cancer in 2010Sixteenth anniversaryKatherine Coe donated a kidney to a friend on August 8th, 2001Fifteenth anniversaryKristin Barnes donated part of her liver to her father on August 29th, 2002Fourteenth anniversaryChuck Swartout donated part of his liver to his stepsister on August 5th, 2003Julie donated a kidney to her brother on August 20th, 2003Bruce Dobben donated a kidney to a friend on August 27th, 2003Kevin Rodgers donated a kidney to a friend on August 29th, 2003Thirteenth anniversaryCarolyn Ambrose donated a kidney to her husband on August 4th, 2004Ana Mora donated a kidney to her cousin on August 7th, 2004Jennifer Leigh McGuinn donated a kidney to her father on August 10th, 2004Michele Moeller donated a kidney and bone marrow to an unrelated person she found on LDO! on August 10th, 2004Alfonso Gaspar became a bone marrow donor to a young child on August 12th, 2004Jayne Kavanagh donated bone marrow to an internationally matched recipient on August 12th, 2004Amber D. Murray donated a kidney to her brother on August 17th, 2004Twelfth anniversaryAmber Allen donated a kidney to her cousin on August 9th, 2005Amber Billings donated a kidney to her cousin on August 10th, 2005Janet Saulter-Hemmer donated a kidney to her friend, Jim Morgenland, on August 18th, 2005Eleventh anniversaryJennifer donated a kidney to her father on August 1st, 2006Ruth Spang donated a kidney to her father, James, on August 3rd, 2006Lana J. James donated a kidney to her cousin on August 30th, 2006Tenth anniversaryTammy Pigion donated part of her liver to her son on August 2nd, 2007Melanie Hubbard donated a kidney to her friend, Dale Nix, on August 10th, 2007Amy Covert donated a kidney to a friend on August 15th, 2007Marsha Moran donated a kidney to her spouse, James, on August 15th, 2007Matthew Lynette donated a kidney to his brother, Andrew, on August 15th, 2007Katherine Howe donated part of her liver to her husband, David, on August 20th, 2007Ninth anniversaryMelissa Swanson donated a kidney to a stranger met on LDO on August 5th, 2008Marybeth Marshall donated a kidney to her brother on August 12th, 2008John Tran donated part of his liver to his wife, Christine, on August 14th, 2008Lonnie Howell donated a kidney to a stranger who had become a close friend by the time of donation on August 19th, 2008Kayla Asher donated a kidney to her cousin, Julie Mitchell, on August 20th, 2008Dominion Giventer gave part of his liver to his 1 year old nephew on August 29th, 2008Eighth anniversaryMarian Mamayek donated a kidney to her friend, Sharlene Bender, on August 6th, 2009Tania Eggleston donated a kidney to her Dad on August 11th, 2009Carleen Dickerson donated a kidney to her cousin on August 12th, 2009Patricia Roussin donated a kidney to Anthony Lopez, an unrelated person, on August 12th, 2009Rabbi Ephraim Simon donated a kidney to a stranger on August 13th, 2009Lessa Ennis donated a kidney to an unrelated person, Lee Kingery, on August 25th, 2009Patti Bartlett donated a kidney to her brother, Mark Manwar, on August 26th, 2009Seventh anniversarySamantha Perouty donated her left kidney to her uncle on August 2nd, 2010Stacie Brane donated a kidney to her sister, Kristie Goade, on August 12th, 2010Sixth anniversaryAvis Lynch donated a kidney to her mother, Winnetta F. Guthrie, on August 10th, 2011John made a non-directed kidney donation on August 11th, 2011Rick made a non-directed kidney donation that started an open chain with 17 donor-recipient pairs so far on August 15th, 2011David Lieu donated a kidney to his twin brother, Michael, on August 23rd, 2011Jodi Dykstra donated a kidney to her father on August 23rd, 2011Melinda Stern donated a kidney to her sister, Kristine Brenneman on August 31st, 2011Fifth anniversaryCathy May donated a kidney to her friend, Amy Gray Light, on August 16th, 2012Jennifer Ross made a non-directed kidney donation on August 16th, 2012Jeannette Myers-Whitney donated a kidney to a stranger on August 23rd, 2012, as a paired donation to benefit her husband, RodKim Merrell made an anonymous, non-directed kidney donation on August 30th, 2012Fourth anniversaryMargaret Koppelman donated a kidney on August 7th, 2013Linda donated a kidney to Priscilla's mom, Karen, on August 16th, 2013Third anniversaryJoshua Davies donated a kidney anonymously on August 8th, 2014Second anniversaryElle Gillum donated part of her liver to her dad, Dean Toney, on August 12th, 2015First anniversaryDiana Castillo donated a kidney to her friend, German Alech, on August 31st, 2016
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Unrelated directed kidney donor in 2003, recipient and I both well.
620 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!