Gratitude was abundant today, as Transplant House guests and staff visited Lifebanc offices to receive a check in the amount of $10,000 from CEO, Gordon Bowen. The check fulfilled the second part of a five-year commitment made by Lifebanc-to match donations to Transplant House that come from new donors, up to $10,000 per year. This year’s new…
Read MoreTransplant House of Cleveland, a home-away-from-home for organ transplant patients and their families, is raising awareness of the importance of organ donation by trimming the House in blue and green on Friday, with the help of its neighborhood friends, ZBT fraternity. April is organ donation awareness month, and Blue & Green Day was designed to…
Read MoreA recent guest at Transplant House expressed thanks for the wonderful “surprises” during her stay. Among those, she said, were the shared meals. She is right- there are many “surprises” in that homey gift: Who will the volunteers be? What will they bring? Who will come to share this meal with me? Each dinner is…
Read MoreDue to the growing demand for its accommodations, Transplant House of Cleveland added one more apartment to its offerings on E. 115th Street this month! The eighth family guest suite was made possible through continued generous gifts from the team we have come to call our “Comfort Specialists!” Roger Magowitz, “team leader,” sent out the…
Read MoreA message from Kay Kendall, Transplant House of Cleveland Board MemberSenior Social Worker, Heart Transplant Team, Cleveland Clinic Twenty six years ago my family and I moved to Cleveland. I had already worked as a social worker in outpatient mental health settings for a number of years, but I had never been employed at a hospital. I applied for…
Read MoreWe are pleased to have the permission of two Transplant House guests, to share this video with you. Tony and Ashley, both transplant patients, show better than we can explain, the importance of providing a safe, caring, comfortable space for families who are going through organ transplant evaluation and transplantation. What the video doesn’t show…
Read MoreLook at this pile of gifts that came last week by personal delivery from Norwalk, Ohio! Kathi and Russ Flew were our surprise Santas, putting their love for their son, Dylan, into action by giving these gifts in his memory. Dylan saved five lives through organ donation, and Kathi and Russ have been very active in the promotion…
Read MoreWhen Jim & Margo Walker team up with their friends, John & Beth Fung and Michelle & Marty McGreevy, to entertain guests, good feelings flow! Thank you, Margo and Jim, for opening your beautifully-decorated home to more than 80 friends and allowing Transplant House board members to speak about our mission. More than $5,000 in contributions were…
Read MoreTransplant House of Cleveland was the honored beneficiary of more than $8,600 in contributions from the November 14 “Rock the House” fundraiser held at AJ Rocco’s and planned by Gretchen Garibaldi, Molly Nikolic, Tracey Raleigh and Cassie Rosenbaum. The event was sold out and supported by more than 100 individuals, many of whom were from the…
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