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21Mar/16

Best friend of tragic Bromley teen George Verrier running London Marathon in his memory – News Shopper


News Shopper

Best friend of tragic Bromley teen George Verrier running London Marathon in his memory
News Shopper
… with just five weeks to go until the big day. On her fundraising page, Susan said she wants to raise awareness of the capital’s air ambulance doctors and paramedics after their efforts to save George, who she described as “simply irreplaceable

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21Mar/16

Two KOTA Territory residents raise awareness to kidney disease and donations – Kotatv


Kotatv

Two KOTA Territory residents raise awareness to kidney disease and donations
Kotatv
Rapid City Sheriff’s Office Booking Technician Taylor Erickson donated his kidney to his mother June 2015 after watching her go through dialysis three days a week due to kidney failure. … He believes everyone should consider being an organ donor.

21Mar/16

Muscatine woman wants to raise awareness for National Kidney Month – Quad City Times


Quad City Times

Muscatine woman wants to raise awareness for National Kidney Month
Quad City Times
A golf outing for organ and tissue donation awareness, the Iowa Transplant Open, is associated with the Iowa Donor Network, and will be held in Muscatine on May 21. For more information about the Iowa Transplant Open, call Doug Stewart at 563-506-3389.
Wife’s greatest gift: I gave her my heart now she’s giving me her kidneyScottish Daily Record

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20Mar/16

Ex-MU assistant Trey Schwab dies 12 years after double-lung transplant – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Ex-MU assistant Trey Schwab dies 12 years after double-lung transplant
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Then, less than three weeks later, he suffered a massive pulmonary embolism and cardiac arrest. … There’s no question Schwab left an impression on everyone he came into contact with both in the game of basketball and in raising organ donor awareness.

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20Mar/16

Fundraising, the national press – and that piece of tiffin – Hertfordshire Mercury

Fundraising, the national press – and that piece of tiffin
Hertfordshire Mercury
It’s a beautifully written piece and I do hope that by reaching a wider audience, we can encourage others to think about becoming an organ donor. So…working out…Glenn was at my door yesterday after we had missed a week and I told him I was feeling

19Mar/16

Taber residents rally around councillor in need of liver transplant – Lethbridge Herald

Taber residents rally around councillor in need of liver transplant
Lethbridge Herald
organ donation save my life, and I felt I had to do something for Jack.” A small group of Taberites mobilized last week upon hearing that Brewin’s friend, Paul Turcato, was not a match. … Committee member Sharla Kane said a goal is to raise