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https://livingdonorsonline.org/donor-experiences/donation-anniversaries/Please join me in remembering the gifts offered by all these people in Novembers past. I have had the privilege of meeting Susan, Michael, Sherri, Stephanie, and Bill. You all have made my life better. Thank you.The U. S. National Donor Sabbath is this coming weekend, presenting an opportunity for those of us who belong to a community of faith to bear witness to our experiences as living organ donors. Please discuss ways to recognize this in your congregation with your community’s leaders. Thank you!Forty-fourth anniversaryMara McRae donated a kidney to her sister, Clair, on November 28th, 1973Forty-first anniversarySusan Inoue donated a kidney to her brother, Stephen, on November 4th, 1976Thirty-fourth anniversaryFr. Gerry Pehler O.F.M.Cap. donated a kidney to his brother Nov. 15th, 1983. Both were present at the 2010 "Transplant Games" in Wisconsin, where the recipient competed as an athlete for "Team Wisconsin", with wife and daughter cheering him on.Thirty-second anniversaryMike Hogan donated a kidney to his brother, Kevin, on November 8th, 1985Twenty-eighth anniversaryLynne donated a kidney to her stepsister, Michelle, on November 20th, 1989Teresa A. Smith donated part of her liver to her 21-month-old daughter, Alyssa on November 25th, 1989. She is the first living liver donor in the US.Twenty-sixth anniversaryMichael Murphy, founder of LDO!, donated a kidney to his sister on November 20th, 1991Twenty-third anniversaryMary Sue Owen donated a kidney to her daughter, Rachel Miller, on November 23rd, 1994Twentieth anniversaryJohanna Young donated a kidney to her father, Niels Johnson, on November 13th, 1997Eighteenth anniversaryJohn C. Fama donated a kidney to his brother-in-law in November, 1999Jamie Smith donated a kidney to her father, Raymond Marsh, on November 15th, 1999, his second transplant. Though he died 4 years later, at age 48, Jamie "would do it again in a heartbeat."Seventeenth anniversaryPatricia Roche donated a kidney to her father on November 1st, 2000Daniel donated a kidney to his wife on November 8th, 2000Sixteenth anniversaryKristin Mulhall donated a kidney to her father on November 13th, 2001Jean Carolyn Belk donated a kidney to her husband on November 19th, 2001Shaun R. Diamond donated a kidney to his son, Kelly, on November 28th, 2001Fifteenth anniversaryVic donated a kidney to his stepdaughter on November 22nd, 2002Ruthellen Frey donated a kidney to her sister on November 26th, 2002Fourteenth anniversaryKathleen donated a kidney to a friend on November 19th, 2003Aimee donated a kidney to a friend on November 21st, 2003Julie Anna Gowan donated part of her liver to her daughter on November 25th, 2003Janet donated a kidney to her adopted brother on November 26th, 2003Thirteenth anniversaryDoreen Valero donated a kidney to her brother on November 11th, 2004Rhonda Smith donated a kidney to an unrelated person on November 16th, 2004Eileen Rooney donated a kidney to a stranger on November 17th, 2004Pam Benson donated a kidney to her friend, Anna Nichols, on November 18th, 2004Michael Sullivan donated a kidney to his mother on November 22nd, 2004Terry Manley donated a kidney to her husband on November 24th, 2004Jodi McKinley donated a kidney to Gerrit Heijnen on November 30th, 2004Twelfth anniversaryWende Shurin donated a kidney to her father, Frank Bianco, on November 10th, 2005Brad McCooey donated a kidney to his brother on November 16th, 2005Karen Kuzsel donated a kidney to her daughter on November 16th, 2005Nancy Conley donated part of her liver to a stranger on November 16th, 2005Eleventh anniversaryMaria Hannah Azul donated a kidney to her best friend, Marimel Lamsin, on November 3rd, 2006Pam Garrett donated a kidney to Mason Steinmark on November 9th, 2006Eddie Sloan donated a kidney to an unrelated person on November 14th, 2006Elizabeth Morgan donated a kidney to her father on November 21th, 2006Amanda West donated a kidney to her father on November 23rd, 2006Kimberly Weathers donated her left kidney to her nephew, Jeffery Weathers, on November 26th, 2006Tenth anniversaryLori McDaniel donated a kidney to her mother on November 1st, 2007Allison Slater donated a kidney to her mother, Sharon, on November 5th, 2007Tracy Deitz donated a kidney to a friend on November 6th, 2007Mike Terry donated a kidney to a friend on November 11th, 2007Sherri Bauman donated a kidney to her brother on November 12th, 2007Justine Graham donated a kidney to her stepfather, Kevin Fazakarley, on November 20th, 2007Tom donated a kidney on November 27th, 2007Ninth anniversaryDesiree Germick donated part of her liver to her mother, Judith, on November 5th, 2008Stephanie Woolfolk donated a kidney to her aunt on November 13th, 2008William Freeman made a non-directed kidney donation on November 24th, 2008Eighth anniversaryAngela Gibson became a non-directed kidney donor on November 9th, 2009Fr. Mark Seitz donated a kidney to a parishioner on November 10th, 2009Seventh anniversaryKamillah donated a kidney to her mother on November 1st, 2010Liz LaPoint donated a kidney to a friend of a friend, Ken Thomas, on November 9th, 2010Nicole Haggiag donated a kidney to an unrelated person on November 18th, 2010Sixth anniversarySangita Nandan donated a kidney to her sister, Malti Chandra, on November 1st, 2011Millie Griffey-Bryson donated a kidney to her niece on November 3rd, 2011Jill Fetzer donated a kidney to her cousin, Laura Blanchard, on November 4th, 2011Larry Snyder donated a kidney to his Dad on November 11th, 2011Casey A. Carlson donated a kidney to his sister, Kristy, on November 16th, 2011Jim Russell donated a kidney to his uncle on November 16th, 2011Amanda donated a kidney to her aunt on November 18th, 2011Fifth anniversaryDena Lawson donated a kidney to Bob Rodgers, an unrelated person, on November 9th, 2012Roger donated a kidney to a stranger through paired exchange on behalf of his wife, Liz, on November 13th, 2012Jamie Wynn donated a kidney to her Dad, James "Rocky" Peterson, on November 15th, 2012Paige Ovick donated a kidney to her son, Damien Klemz, on November 24th, 2012Fourth anniversaryJackie Murray Taylor donated a kidney to her sister in law on November 6th, 2013Lillian Poli donated a kidney to an unrelated person on November 13th, 2013Valerie Brown donated a kidney to Christine Curti, unrelated, on November 13th, 2013Nosheen Athar Abro donated part of her liver to her friend, Muhammad Naveed Anwar, on November 18th, 2013Maria Gonzalez donated a kidney to her nephew, Daniel Foster, on November 19th, 2013Jesse Holzhauer donated a kidney to his 2nd cousin, Danny Lancelot, on November 25th, 2013Third anniversaryPeggy donated her left kidney to her husband Ryan on November 17th, 2014Second anniversaryElizabeth Meyer donated a kidney to Mary Raines via Matching Donors on November 4th, 2015https://livingdonorsonline.org/donor-experiences/donation-anniversaries/
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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!