Winter Newsletter 2023 - The Living Bank

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Our Mission Is to eliminate the shortage of organs for lifesaving transplants by being a trusted education resource for living organ donation and the leading provider of advocacy services for living donors.

Our Vision

Is for living organ donation to be widely known, understood, and available to those needing a lifesaving transplant, and for living donors to receive the independent advocacy and support they need before, during, and after transplantation.

DearFriends We are excited to celebrate our 55th anniversary in the New Year. Looking back on the legacy of our five founders is humbling. Since 1968, The Living Bank is a grass-roots success and the first organ donor registry in the Nation. Today, we are the leading provider of advocacy services for living organ donors. We couldn’t have done this without YOU. Education has always been at the heart of our mission. Our team of Independent Living Donor Advocates are committed to ensuring living donors receive the protections and support they deserve when making this life-saving decision.

But many people simply do not know that living donation is an option. Start the conversation now and help us save more lives.

We are thankful for your support,

Kelly Perdue President and CEO

Stats

The need for organs is vastly greater than the number available for transplantation.

114,175 National Transplant Waiting List

people waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant.*

86% are waiting for a kidney

9%

98,400

10,276

are waiting for a liver

- 95% of those on the waiting list could be saved through a living organ donation.

- Last year, only 26% of those waiting for a kidney received their 2nd chance at life.

- 12 people die each day waiting for a kidney transplant. * Based on Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Data - November 2023

3,460

962

The Living Bank advances its mission with the following programs and services:

INDEPENDENT LIVING DONOR ADVOCACY The Living Bank’s licensed clinical transplant social workers serve as Independent Living Donor Advocates (ILDAs) to live donor transplant programs in the Texas Medical Center and throughout the Nation. ILDAs serve to protect and promote the best interests of living organ donors, ensuring their decision to donate is informed and free from coercion.

LIVING ORGAN DONATION AWARENESS Our community awareness program provides education on living organ donation and empowers communities to make informed health decisions. The program is provided to inform, inspire, and invoke our communities to start the living donation conversation. Additionally, we support our local and national communities through multiple communication channels, including online, print, social media, and in-person presentations in community and corporate venues throughout the region.

INDEPENDENT LIVING DONOR ADVOCATE NETWORK™ (ILDAN™) WEBINAR SERIES The Independent Living Donor Advocate Network™ (ILDAN™) is an online community of social workers, nurses, professional counselors, clergy, and other health professionals who serve in live donor transplant programs. The Living Bank produces a live webinar each quarter and offers previously recorded presentations for on demand viewing.

Attendees may earn one credit of continuing education for each ILDAN™ course completed.

Saving Lives through Education FAITH, FAMILY, AND A LIFELONG CALLING TO HELP OTHERS. SENATOR KELLY HANCOCK BRINGS LIVING ORGAN DONOR EDUCATION TO THE STATE OF TEXAS. Little information is available to the public on living organ donation. Conversely, most people are familiar with deceased organ donation. Many are registered as organ donors, typically signified by a heart on their state driver’s license. However, unless you have a family member or know someone who has had an organ transplant, living donation isn’t common knowledge. The Living Bank is continually seeking ways to bridge that information gap.

When Texas Senator, Kelly Hancock’s Senate Bill 1249 popped up on The Living Bank’s radar we reached out.

We discovered he was a kidney transplant recipient, and his living donor was son-in-law, Greg Cox. They were coming up on their one-year transplant anniversary!

During our visit two principles prevailed. One, was their unwavering Christian faith and two, their desire to make a positive difference in the lives of fellow Texans. Senator Hancock has been in public service for over thirty years. He first served on his local school board, then was elected to the Texas House for three terms, and presently presides as the Texas Senate President.

His bill created the Texas Living Donor Education Program. The program’s goal is to develop and deliver education to raise critical awareness about living organ donation. The potential impact cannot be overstated.

If the Texas legislation serves as a blueprint for other state legislatures, our National Transplant Waiting List

could one day encounter a significant reduction in the number of those waiting for a lifesaving transplant.

We then shifted the conversation to their personal donation and transplant journey. The Senator was diagnosed with a genetic kidney disease in his twenties. Through diet, exercise, and sheer doggedness he was able to keep it at bay for decades. Then the day finally came; his doctor said he would have to start dialysis or have a kidney transplant.

Unbeknownst to the Senator, eight family members were evaluated for living donor candidacy. Greg tested as the best match and there was no question in his mind. God’s path was clear, he would donate one of his kidneys to his father-in-law. Senator Hancock wasn’t as quick to jump on board, he needed time to consider his son-in-law’s lifesaving offer. Greg joked telling him, “I’m giving my kidney to somebody, so you might as well take it.”

By the time the transplant was scheduled in July 2022 the Senator was in excruciating pain. The contaminants had built up, most notably in his feet, and he could barely walk.

The transplant was a success. Greg was up and walking around the evening of the surgery and discharged home the next day. In commemoration, Greg’s mom had robes embroidered with, “I Gave It” and “I Got It.” The Senator had more energy than he initially knew what to do with. His proactive tenacity kicked in and he began putting that newfound spirit to work even harder helping others. This has always been core to who he is and remains a lifelong calling.

“I GAVE IT” AND “I GOT IT.”

Today Greg works out almost every day, chases after three young children, and is living a life full of gratitude and thanks. Immediately following donation, he said the fatigue he experienced was next level for several months. Now he doesn’t notice a difference from before he donated one of his kidneys. He testified during the legislative session in support of SB 1249 and insists he got more out of his donation than his father-in-law did. After donation Greg’s perspective on life was infused with an even greater appreciation for life and love of family.

There are approximately 10,000 Texans waiting for an organ transplant. If a mere fraction of the 30 million residents were educated and willing to be a living organ donor; think of the possibilities. If you have questions about living organ donation and transplant, call The Living Bank at (800) 528-2971 or email Cathleen Thomas at cathleen@livingbank.org.

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CHANGING THE CULTURE OF LIVING DONATION CHERIE PETERS AMIT D. TEVAR, MD Living Donation Surgical Director, U PMC Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program Liaison, UPMC Changing the Changing the Associate Professor of Surgery Kidney Transplant of Living of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Decreasing Financial Program Culture of LivingUniversityCulture The Living Bank uses InReach Continuing Education Solutions to deliver our webinars. If you have technical issues when trying to register please contact InReach Registration Assistance or Technical Support at 1-877-880-1335.

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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SURGERY

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Locations Served Emily C. Walz, MSW, LCSW, CCTSW

American Society of Transplant Surgeons-National Living Donor Assistance Center

Outreach Coordinator

Emily is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Clinical Transplant Social Worker. She has worked in the area of organ transplant and living

donation since 2014 and joined the National Living Donor Assistance Center in 2022. In her role as the Outreach Coordinator at NLDAC, Emily is

Cherie Peters

responsible for NLDAC’s educational materials, provide presentations on the program, and advise transplant centers on how to increase their NLDAC

Living Donation Liaison,

usage. Emily also participates in the day to day operations of the program by processing applications and providing funding to donors.

UPMC Kidney Transplant Program

CALIFORNIA MICHIGAN TEXAS WASHINGTON Los Angeles Detroit Austin Seattle Cherie Peters has been following her passion for organ donation and The Independent Living Donor Advocate Network™ Palo Alto Galveston kidney health for her entire professional career after losing a close friend in WISCONSIN NEW YORK - donation Texas high schoolSyracuse to organ failure. She pursued a Houston career in organ Madison FLORIDA Medical Center awareness upon graduation from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with Hollywood degrees in Communications Media and Journalism/Public Relations. Cherie Orlando

Offers 24/7 virtual resources through live and on demand webinars to

social workers, nurses, and other health professionals serving in live donor transplant programs throughout the Nation.

Professional education programs are offered at no cost to our attendees.

Professional Development | Solutions | Collaborations | Peer Support

worked with the Center for Organ Recovery & Education as the Community

Relations Coordinator for four years before joining the National Kidney CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT Foundation as the Program Manager for 11 years. She currently works with Social Workers

This webinar is approved by the National Association of Social

UPMC's kidney transplant team as the Living Donation Liaison. Her role includes training kidney patients on how to find a living donor, as well as

Workers, provider number 886638758-XXXX. Social Workers may earn one contact hour of continuing education credit.

This program follows the Texas Behavioral Health Executive

managing a youth education program. She resides in the Pittsburgh area with her husband and two sons.

Counsel’s guidelines on continuing education for Social Workers.

Social workers may earn one contact hour of continuing education credit.

Nurses

Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) hours are provided by Terri Goodman & Associates, an approved provider by the TERRI GOODMAN & ASSOCIATES

California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider number CEP

Amit D. Tevar, MD

Surgical Director, UPMC Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program

16550. CNE credits are valid nationwide and accepted by nursing professional organizations in many foreign countries. Nurses will earn one contact hour of continuing nursing education credit.

Professional Counselors

This program follows the Texas Behavioral Health Executive

Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Counsel’s guidelines on continuing education for Professional Counselors. Professional Counselors may earn one contact hour of continuing education credit.

Certificate of Successful Completion

Amit D. Tevar, MD, is surgical director of the UPMC Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program and associate professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Tevar is board-certified by the American

For attendees not included in one of the above categories, The

Living Bank issues a Certificate of Successful Completion for each program completed.

Board of Surgery specializing in multi-organ transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery. His clinical focus includes solid organ transplantation, minimally invasive, and hepatobiliary surgery.

OUR MISSION is to eliminate the shortage of organs for lifesaving transplants by being a trusted education resource for living organ donation and the leading provider of advocacy services for living donors.

Dr. Tevar received his medical degree from the University of Missouri

cathleen@livingbank.org | www.livingbank.org The Living Bank is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 1968.

School of Medicine. He completed his residency in general surgery at

IndianaDONOR University School of Medicine where he served as chief resident.NATIONWIDE SUPPORTING LIVING TRANSPLANT CENTERS Copyright © 2023 The Living Bank all rights reserved.

Dr. Tevar completed his fellowship training in multi-organ transplant surgery

PUBLIC EDUCATION

Social Media Outreach Through Comics The Wholesome Beans are a brand new addition to The Living Bank family.

The Beans are a cast of whimsical, organ-inspired characters that seek to spread living donation awareness. Their comics and stories educate in a fun and engaging way, using puns, word play, and common social media events as a spring board.

The Beans have a bright future ahead, including a line of animated gifs and social media stickers on GIPHY, which will feed into any app that utilizes the GIPHY Sticker engine. This will allow the Beans to be shared in messages, stories, and video content.

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WE DEDICATE THIS ISSUE TO

JAMES WOOLSEY “JAMIE” ROBERTSON

AUGUST 6, 1942 – DECEMBER 27, 2022

SAVE THE DATE

Jamie was a longtime supporter of The Living Bank and son to founding member, Marjorie Robertson.

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Realizing our Purpose Serving

13 Transplant Centers 40% INCREASE FROM PRIOR YEAR California + Florida + Michigan + Texas + Washington + Wisconsin

3,300

Independent Living Donor Advocate Social Work Evaluations for Living Kidney Donors + Living Liver Donors

IN-PERSON + TELEHEALTH

70% INCREASE from prior year

Independent Living Donor Advocate (ILDA) Social Work Services

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Provided

OVER 1,500 INQUIRIES

to over

via email + telephone about living + deceased + whole-body donation

Constituents Nationwide In-Person + Online + Print + Newsletter

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Produced

ON DEMAND WEBINARS

PUBLIC EDUCATION

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LIVE WEBINARS Continuing Education for Transplant Professionals

1,200

Registered over transplant professionals for continuing education.

Live+On Demand Webinars

30%

INCREASE FROM PRIOR YEAR

36

Continuing Education for Transplant Professionals

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CREDIT HOURS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION

Social Workers + Nurses + Other Healthcare Professionals AT NO COST TO OUR ATTENDEES

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS Ms. Erin E. Aafedt Jacquelyn Acres D. Marguerite Adams, DVM Margo J. Adams Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Marcia Allen Arturo Almaraz Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Anderson Diane Anderson Donna Anderson Annie E. Casey Foundation Matching Gift Program Ms. Vicky L. Arbuckle Martha L. Armstrong John Ballard Timothy B. Baloian Mrs. Diane M. Bank Ms. Anne Marie Bartholomay and Mr. Robert T. Supinski Mr. and Mrs. Dennis O. Baumgardner Vanessa R. Behr Mary Bell Richard Benadum Major and Mrs. Charles F. Bernhardt, Jr. Stephanie Bice Mr. Mark A. Biscone Dr. Mark J. Biscone, Ph.D., FACHE Robert Bladorn Mrs. Rita N. Blumenfeld Heather Blundall Diane E. Boisvert Karen Borek Carol Bornstein Mr. Wilber R. Boykin Bonita Brennan Mrs. Harriet R. Brin Kevin Brown Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Burdette Beverly Burmeier Paula Burns Ms. Betty Burton Gail Butler Mr. Sam A. Bybee Michelle Byers Justyna Carlson Poppy CaRN nelson Carolyn M. Carollo Mr. Vincent P. Cerisano

Mr. Subramaniyan Venkataraman and Mrs. Anita Chadha Mr. and Mrs. David Champion Mr. and Mrs. Gerardo Chavez Anne Clare Ms. Catherine Copeland Sharon and Mike Coplon Glenn H. Corley Mark and Cathy Curran Barbara Jane Daine William Dana Salil V. Deshpande, MD, MBA Sister Lillian J. Devlin Ray Domino Ann Donoghue Nancy K. Dop Mr. Richard W. Drabek Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dugick Glenn Eckhoff Fran Edwards Ramsay M. Elder John Engle Marguerite Lesley Fant Mr. and Ms. Edward R. Feagins, Jr. Martin J. Feeney, Jr. Jule Fey Mr. Raymond K. Fink Sherrie Finn David L. Finney Ms. Helen Fletcher Jaye Florendo Jo and John Flores Mike Flynn Mr. Danny A. Foceri Norman W. Fraga Carole B. Fuller Joe Garson Mr. Douglas G. Genereux George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Prof. and Mrs. David R. Gergen Margaret and John Gibbens Kaye Gill Mrs. Veronica M. Gillespie and Mr. Jeremy M. Jay Judy and Bill Gochenour Laura A. Godfrey James and Linda Graham Susan Gray David M. Gregory, Esq.

Alfred O. and Janet L. Grimminger Edward Grodsky Anne F. Hall Ms. Emily T. Hallock Roseann D. Harris Mr. and Mrs. James L. Harwood Mr. and Mrs. John P. Hearson Christine F. Henderson Anne and Jackson Hershbell Jane Hilt David E. Hine Joyce Hirano Sara Hogan Jim Hooks Ayke Hoppenreijs Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hoppler Roberta Horowitz Bob Houck Mr. Thomas E. Houston and Mr. Wayne Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Steven K. Howell Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Inglis Isabella Iverson ‘Tini Lulu Fund Les and Lyn Jacobs Laura T. Jensen Robert Johnson Ms. Nina Jones Carol Jones-Pufpaff Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Karas Dietmar and Pat Karle Ditza Katz Dorothy Kaufmann The Kayser Foundation Paul Kirscht Steven Koehler Paul Kouba Mr. Ken Kramlich Ms. Debbie LaJeunesse Jacqueline Lang Nancy LeBoeuf Ms. Viola M. Leslie Kristine W. Levenhagen Mr. and Mrs. John E. Lewis, Jr. Mr. Timothy S. Libassi Catherine Lightfoot George Littell Diane K. Loeffler Ms. Elizabeth M. Mager Michele Maio Anne Marcello

Sandra Marcotte Ms. Deborah Maurer, MBA, RN Mr. William B. Maze and Ms. Virginia B. Sisson James M. McCarthy Ms. Diana L. McCracken Mr. James McIlroy Mr. Everett McLaughlin Mr. Richard N. Michael Mr. and Mrs. Merle L. Miller Mary Mitchell James F. Moffa Ms. Arline H. Moss Tom and Sarah Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Murray Virginia A. Myer Mr. and Mrs. Calvin D. Nelson Paul R. Netta Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Neubrand Don Neville Loren T. Newton Linda Novick Betty Nozer Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Oelkers Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Oglesby Rintaro Okoshi Ms. Dolores Olejniczak Charles T. Ondrej Lindy Orr Carol Paradowski Celeste Pardee Mr. Daniel L. Parker A. Lynette Parsons Karen S. Pasewark Carolyn Patrick Gloria Patterson Doris Perlin Thomas E. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Kent E. Ping James P. Reardon Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Regan Christen Reinert Constance E. Ressler Brenda Riner Mr. and Mrs. George Roberts Nancy M. Rogers Ms. Evelyn Rollison Anne and Joe Romano Marianne Rosenthal Marie B. Ryan Sue Salvage Diesa Samp

Lisa Sanders Gretchen M. Schmalz Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Guy A. Schneider Pamela Schulz Patricia Schwartz Gabrielle and Bob Seekely Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Shaffer Mr. and Mrs. Scott Shaw Mr. and Mrs. Lee Shaw Simkins Enterprise, LLC Ms. Emily C. Smith Jerry Q. Smith

Alice Snyder B.J. Spence Robert Spry Linda Steinberger Karl J. Strobl Ralph Tamper Mr. and Mrs. Lynn C. Tindall Ms. Emily L. Todd Jean Trammel Warren J. Tripp John and Julie Tyczynski Susan L. Utter Lynn Van Orden

Nancy Van Vorce Mary C. VanderSchaaf Ms. Nancy Vilayet John J. Vrablik Kim and Larry Wall Eric Walther R. Bruce Wanlass Debra Warford Jack Watson Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Westling Claire Wickens Virginia Wiggins Furman Williamson

David and Dorothy Wilson Mrs. Susan Smith Wolf Ms. Lillian G. Woo Mr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Wood Dr. and Mrs. R. Patrick Wood Mr. and Mrs. Noel G. Wray Carl T. Wrubel Michael Yacobellis Mr. and Mrs. David L. Yarbrough Leslie E. Zalles

TRIBUTE DONATIONS IN HONOR OF

Anonymous in honor of Charles Tabek David C. Bray in honor of Angelica Hale Mr. and Mrs. Lacy V. Faires

in honor of grandson, Jeremy Domain, who is waiting for kidney transplant Martha Friedman

in honor of Jim and Melissa Friedman (kidney donor and recipient) Ms. Deborah A. Larson in honor of Kathleen Larson Gay Roane

in honor of Mr. and Mrs. John Durie, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henricksen

J. Guez in memory of Joan Anderson, Ph.D. David N. Hooper in memory of

Cameron Barney Marvin Doyal Ryan Enrique Marin Lilia Couvillion Mr. Husband Moquin Verl “Moe” Sims Barbara McMahan and Naomi Johnson Lewis Thorne Ty Johnson Colena McAfee and Danny Barreiro Cindy Rodriguez Linda Burford Wren

Sheila and Frank Mazurek in memory of

Toni Glover Louise Piccolomini LaVonne McCombie in memory of Al and Rose Obermueller Ms. Carolyn M. Morris in memory of Charles Burleson Ophelia L. Pujol in memory of Anita Diane Pujol Thomas Rapp in memory of Rose Rapp Claire Rivers in memory of

Marina Verriest Antonio Hiciano

Madeleine Ross in honor of Charles Davis

David Hooper, James Boyd, Tom Hollingsworth, Andrew Hull, Lou Hutchison, Taylor Lee and Matt Reist in memory of Mrs. Hoffman

Mr. and Mrs. William Sing in honor of Mark Biscone

Mrs. Amity K. Horowitz in memory of Danny Horowitz

Mr. and Mrs. Ethan A. Schrader in memory of Martha Schrader

James Thies in honor of Dr. Mark Biscone

Claire and Keith Huebinger in memory of Nelda Hitchcock

Leslie and Craig Smith in memory of Benjamin Owen Smith

Mr. Kyle Van Hook in honor of Briscoe Van Hook

Roy Henry Hunt in memory of Scott A. Hunt

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sussman in memory of Elizabeth Sciabarra

Susan and Bill Wescott in honor of Kelly Perdue

Jody L. Johnston in memory of Sally Joy and Karen Ing

IN MEMORY OF

Mr. and Mrs. Harris Katchen in memory of Wm. Stewart Buchanan David E. Good

Mr. and Mrs. William P. Tschinkel in memory of

Erik Sa Tim Lyons Robert J. Stephens Joann Vitanza Philip Angelillo

William Bostock in memory of Billy Bostock Barbara Z. Duncan in memory of Christopher Duncan Mr. and Mrs. Lacy V. Faires in memory of Kevin Domain Melanie Fleming in memory of Sandy Haley

Sharon Kerby in memory of Earnest Kerby Marilyn Lenz in memory of

Patrick Garner Walter Mentzer

Patricia Roser in memory of Glen Roser Jr.

Louis and Donna Urschel in memory of Shawn M. Urschel Mr. Kyle Van Hook in memory of Loyce Van Hook

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