Save a Life - Donate a Kidney!

"Retired Cop, Sibs Wrestle With Rare Genetic Kidney Ill."

for the

article.

As a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found, living kidney donors live as

long or longer

and enjoy better quality of life than the general population.

Personal note:

Not long ago, I took a blood test that showed that m

y c

reatenine level has

improved

since my

kidney donation! Which means, I have even better kidney function with having

only one

kidney, instead of two!

Also, my HDL (good cholesterol) level is about 10 points higher

now then

before

my kidney donation! OK - this

has nothing to do with my kidney functioning, but

overall I

may

be able

say, I am healthier now with one kidney,

then I was with two!

Please note:

Most of us who have donated a kidney, prior to our kidney donation, in

discussing

with

others our

plans to give up a kidne

(

which we don't generally need,

according

to experts

the field,

)

have encountered people who have thought that we

were

crazy for

donating a

kidney.

Generally

since

most of the population

doesn't know

anything

about kidney

donation,

this is a "normal"

reaction.

I strongly

suggest for those

considering kidney

donation, to

speak to

people who are educated

about

kidney donation

whether it is someone who

has already

donated a

kidney, a doctor who specializes in

this field,

contact any kidney

transplant

center that would

be happy

give you all the information you need

you

can

always feel free to contact

or refer them

to me and

would

be happy to provide

them

with

information.

Or you

can also always

refer them to

this

website! Let

them check out the quotes from

people in the kidney

transplant

field on

the

onat

idney

page of

this

website

and

see

Quotes

from Kidne

y Transplant

Professionals

idney

onatio

on the

left

hand

side of that

page.

Also, please note

Depending on the state you live in, you may be able to deduct up to $10,000 from

your

taxes for

lost wages or transportation due to organ donation And if you are a Federal employee,

you

can

take off up to 30 days

for donating an organ. However one cannot get paid for kidney donation,

which

illegal

For those

in need of a kidney

Ask your family members to get tested first! No family member? How about friends! Sometimes this is not
easy - depending on the relation or the friend. But, please read this great article that can be helpful, click on "Talking
Increases Kidney Donation." This article says that "get-togethers with a kidney disease patient's family and
friends can improve their willingness to consider donation." A must read article for anyone in need of a
kidney!

If you have someone who is considering donating a kidney and needs more information or would like to
contact others who have done so - please click on the above "C ontact U s " tab.

If you have someone who has tested for you and is not a match, but willing to donate a kidney to someone
else instead, the National Kidney Registry may be able to find you a compatible donor. For more information
check go to their website at n a tionalk idneyr egistry.org. (For more information on this and other great
organizations that can assist you in other ways as well, please click on the "N eed a K idney" tab above. Swapping
is the way to go!!! Read this important article and watch the video:"Doctors: Kidney Swapping Can Save More
Lives." For the article, click here. For the video, click here.

Note

There has been numerous articles written about my latest match, and I have

been

flooded with e-

mails. I

already have a huge list of people, many of them in a very desperate

need

and

unfortunately

can't

help mostly all of

them at this time

since I rarely get responses from

people who

want

to donate a

kidney.

At least 9

% of the e-mails

I get

regarding a kidney - is

from people

who

NEED a

kidney

not

from

people who want to donate

kidney!

Sorry to tell

you this.

If you

mail

me and

I don't

respond on

time, or don't respond

at all

, please

forgive

me. I get so many

mails I

have to

respond

to as is, and

have a

n older

mother I have to

help out as

well. I

apologize from

the

bottom

of my

heart. I

wish I can help

you all, but unfortunately,

it's

hard to

get any donors

despite all

the

publicity

getting.

Most of the

time I post for others,

unfortunately, I don't get

responses.

Where

are

all the good

people?

That's why it is

so important to

get family members to test.

If no family

members,

then other

relatives. If

no relatives can

donate a

kidney, then friends,

acquaintances, etc.

And if

someone wants to

donate

and

is not your blood

type,

to do a swap through

your hospital. If you

have a

potential donor and

unsure or needs more

info -

have that person contact

me. Thanks and

again

, my apologies

* * * *

For those who already donated a kidney:

Welcome to the "club!" I am in touch with many kidney donors who are delighted to have been able to

donate a

kidney and many wish they can do more - like encourage others to donate a kidney. Please

click

on the

Already

Donated a Kidney"

tab, for ideas,

share experiences etc. I would happy to

hear

from

you! There is a form you

can fill out on that page - optional, of course.

Also, I recently started

a Kidney

Donors Club on Facebook - so you can

join me on Facebook as well.

* * * *

A match that I have not made, but was happy to have gotten involved with:

I had

once

read a story about

June McGlashen,

n ex

cop

who was in need of a kidney in the

Daily

News.

The article

was titled,

I had

contacted

Ernie

Nespretto

who was a

reporter

that time with the NY Daily News

saying that I would like to try to help

her.

So,

got in

touch

with each

other and I invited June

to hear me speak. I had decided to incorporate in

speech

that

evening

about

June, this ex-cop

who has done so much for

New York, making it one of the

safest

big cities

the

US - that

should

now

try to do something

for her. Her boyfriend came

as well to hear

speak that

evenin

So I decided

speak to her boyfriend to try to get him

to donate a kidney to his

girlfriend,

At that

point,

he didn't

even know his

blood type. Anyhow, in the end, I went to visit them

in the

hospital after

the

kidney

donation and

they

both said that

it was because of me that he ended up donating a

kidney to

her.

Sometimes

even a

friend

can

reluctant to do

so. With the right education many others might

consider as

well. For a

speech I gave at

this

event

in which I spoke

about this ex-cop - click here:

My speech

at a Kidney

Disease and

Organ

Transplantation

Forum

This

speech also tells the

story about my

kidney donation

and why I was

turned

down a

number of

times before I

was

finally able

to donate a kidney

Update:

June McGlash

married her

boyfriend who donated a kidney to her!

Congratulations!!!

* * * *

HELP SAVE A LIFE

Mother of

desperate need

of a life-saving kidney. If you would like to help save the life of

this

wonderful mom,

ple

ase c

lic

k on the

ontact

tab above

the

page

contact

e-mail

KidneyMitzvah@aol.com

. (Please note. People of all blood types

needed

general, for kidney

donation

So please

feel free to contact me to help save a life.

)

* * * *

KIDNEY DONORS - HONOR ROLL

Below is a partial list of some gre

t people

who

have donated a kidney

and

most

nated

kidney

stranger

I have be

en in

touch

with

many

these wonderful

people. This

website

dedicated to

them!

Chaya Ben Baruch, of Tzfat, Israel, (formerly of the USA), was a 54 year old mother of 10, when she donated a kidney to a
father of 3. Chaya Ben Baruch got in touch with Chaya Lipschutz after seeing her posting that she had in Israel for someone
there who was in need of a kidney. She donated a kidney in August 2010. Hospital: Beilinson, Petach Tikvah, Israel. More
about her below, under "newsletter"

Leah W. of Jerusalem Israel, (formerly of the USA), wife of a Rabbi - was a 49 year old mother of 12 when she donated a
kidney to Yaron of Kfar Saba, (near Tel Aviv), Israel. Leah had thought about doing this after reading about kidney donation in
a magazine and was then forwarded a posting for someone who was in need of a kidney and got in touch with Chaya who had
made this match. Hospital: Beilinson, Tel Aviv, Israel. To see a You Tube video regarding this match I made, here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdeQ4si0Klk. She donated a kidney in January 2010. Hospital: Beilinson, Petach Tikvah,
Israel.

Chaya L., of Jerusalem Israel, (formerly of the USA) was in her early 50's when she donated a kidney to a mother of 12 from
Israel. This kidney donor Chaya, got in touch with this website's Chaya after seeing her posting in a Yahoo group for the person
she ended up donating a kidney to. She donated a kidney in March 2010. Hospital: Beilinson, Petach Tikvah, Israel.

Dean Miller, Lawson, Mo, a great-grandfather, was 76 years old when he donated a kidney to his wife. To read his story,
click on "Man Gives His Wife Precious Gift: His Kidney."

Jordan Brough, Washington, DC - was 29 years old, father of a 1 year old when he donated a kidney to a stranger, and his
kidney donation resulted in a 14 person kidney exchange! Jordan had heard Chaya speak on "This American Life" on NPR and
decided he too would like to donate a kidney. To read his story, click on "The Chain of Life: Kidney Exchange Pools
Doctors, Donors, Recipients." Hospital: George Washington University, Washington, DC

Rabbi Efraim Simon, Teaneck, NJ - was 41 years old, father of 9, youngest child 2 years old, when he donated a kidney to a
stranger, a father of 10. Rabbi Simon saw a posting Chaya had in a Jewish Yahoo group for someone who had needed a
kidney. To read his story, click on "Rabbi's Kidney Donation Inspires Community" He donated a kidney in August 2009.
Hospital: New York Presbytarian-Cornell, New York, NY

Sheva Chana W., Monroe, NY - was 40 years old, mother of 9, youngest child 1 years old,donated a kidney to a stranger,
after seeing an ad in a newspaper for someone who needed a kidney. She donated a kidney in October, 2008. Hospital:
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

John Feal, Neconset, NY - was 40 years old, when he donated a kidney to a stranger as part of a 6 way kidney donor swap,
He donated a kidney in August, 2007. Hospital: Columbia Presbytarian, New York, NY. You can read John's story on his
website: Fe a lgoodfoundation.com

Shmuel W., Lakewood, NJ - was 26 years old, father of 2 (youngest 1 years old) when he donated a kidney to a stranger,
after seeing an ad in a newspaper for someone who needed a kidney. He donated a kidney in July, 2004. Hospital: National
Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Avrohom P., Brooklyn, - was 25 years old, father of 3, youngest only a few months old, when he donated a kidney to a
stranger. Hospital: Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY (Avrohom's sister-in-law and his sister-in-law's aunt also donated
their kidney to a stranger!

Leah G., Brooklyn, NY - was 37 years old - mother of 6 when she donated a kidney to a stranger, after seeing an ad in a
newspaper for someone in need of a kidney. She donated a kidney in May 2008. Hospital: Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New
York, NY

Baila Teitelbaum, Brookyn, NY - was 33 years old, mother of 3, when she donated a kidney to a stranger. Baila saw a flier I
had hung up at a local fish store for someone in need of a kidney. Chaya matched her up with someone who had a shoe store
only a few doors down from that fish store! She donated a kidney in August 2007. Hospital: Columbia Presbytarian Medical
Center, New York, NY Update: Baila had her 4th child in June 2009, less than 2 years after she donated a kidney! And years
later, Baila's husband donated a kidney as well!

Lori Palatnik, Silver Spring, MD - was 48 years old, mother of 5 when she donated her kidney to a stranger. Lori saw a
posting for someone else I had who had needed a kidney. Since that person wasn't well enough at the time to have a kidney
transplant, she agreed to test for someone else. Lori donated a kidney in December 2007. Hospital: Montefiore Medical
Center, You can read a story Lori wrote about her kidney donation - click here: "A Kidney to Give". Lori spoke about her
kidney donation last Summer in Israel. To hear her speech, clic on this link: AishAudio.com (Please note: This website may
charge a fee to access her speech.)

Yosef Lipschutz, Brooklyn, NY - Chaya's brother - was 50 years old when he donated a kidney to a stranger. He donated a
kidney to someone on my list of people in need of a kidney. He donated a kidney in March 2007. Hospital SUNY/Downstate
Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Moshe M., Brooklyn, NY - was 37 years old, father of 9 children when he donated a kidney a kidney to a stranger. He had
seen an ad in a newspaper placed by that person who he ended up donating a kidney to. Two years after donating a kidney,
his wife had her 10th child! Moshe donated a kidney in December 2005. Hospital Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Faigy, Brooklyn, NY - was 23 years old, with a 1 year old baby, when she donated a kidney to a stranger, also a result of
seeing an ad in a Jewish newspaper placed by the person she donated a kidney to. She donated a kidney in June 2005. Since
her kidney donation, 2 years later, she had her 2nd child! This family is awesome-first her brother-in-law donated a kidney, then
she did and then her aunt! All 3 donated kidneys to strangers! Faigy donated a kidney in June 2005. The person whom Faigy
donated a kidney to, couldn't have more children before his kidney donation. However, since his kidney donation, his wife had
another baby, approximately 2 years after receiving a kidney! Hospital: Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Rabbi Moskowitz, Long Island, NY - was 38 years old when he donated a kidney to a stranger after seeing an ad placed in a
newspaper by the person he ended up donating a kidney to. Rabbi Moskowitz is a school teacher and donated a kidney during
the school year. His students were awe struck. What a great example he was to his students! He donated a kidney in 2004.
Hospital: Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Baila B., Brooklyn, NY - was a 42 years old, mother of 8 when she donated a kidney to a stranger after seeing an ad in a
newspaper for someone in need of a kidney. She donated a kidney in May 2008. Hospital: Montefiore Medical Center, New
York, NY

David Koster, Brooklyn, NY - was 55 years old when he donated a kidney to a kidney to a stranger after seeing an ad in a
newspaper placed by someone who was in need of a kidney. He donated a kidney in November 2003. Hospital: Westchester
Medical Center, Valhalia, NY. You could read David's story here - click on "Kidney Donor Speaks Out" Also, see to see his
video on You Tube click on, "The Day in the Life of a Kidney Donor"

Chaim B., Brooklyn, NY - was 30 years old, father of 4 when he donated a kidney to a stranger after seeing an ad in a
newspaper. He donated a kidney in January 2007. Hospital: Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Rabbi Ginsburg, Brooklyn, NY - was 38 years old when he donated a kidney to a co-worker. He donated a kidney in 2006.
Hospital: SUNY/Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

David W. Brooklyn, NY - was in his 30's when he donated a kidney to a stranger as a result of seeing an ad in a newspaper
placed by the person who was in need of a kidney. He donated a kidney in April 2005. Hospital: Montefiore Medical Center,
Bronx, NY

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                                                                        Newsletter
                                                             February 2015 - March 2015

MY LATEST KIDNEY MATCH! Nurse donates a kidney!

Congratulations to Yifat Levin, a 36 year old

nurse, mother of

3 from Atlanta, Georgia, donated a kidney to Lauren Gitelson, a mother of 3 from Stony

Brook,

NY.

Transplant took place at

New York Presbytarian-Cornell. Yifat contacted me that she wanted

to donate a

kidney

after seeing a posting I had in a Jewish

internet group! Yifat was the 2nd nurse that I had

who donated a

kidney!

Special thank

to the organization, TRIO, (Transplant Recipients International) for supplying FREE airline tickets for my donor

to fly in for her medical testing and then again for her surgery!!!

This great organizations website is

www.trioweb.org

MY LATEST TV INTERVIEW!

I was on TV on behalf of a former NY Councilman who is in need of a kidney. To view this

video that was no News12, Brooklyn,

click here.

KIDNEY MATCHES IN THE WORKS!

Two 67 year old women had contacted me that wanted to donate a kidney.

Both are a match and have to have their medical tests done first.

And someone else, whom I had tested

for a man

with high antibodies, was not a match, but started her medical testing to go into a swap for that person she

tested for

and wasn't a match for.

Swaps a great way for those hard to match, to get a kidney transplant.

MY KIDNEY DONOR WRITING A BOOK ON KIDNEY DONATION!

Bini Masin,a kidney donor from one of my kidney

matches, will be interviewing people for her book on kidney donation. Anyone out there who donated a kidney, and would like to

be interviewed for this book, or for those who received a kidney transplant from a living donor or deceased donor, please

contact Bini at TeamMasin@yahoo.com.

ADIO INTERVIEW RESULTS IN MORE LIVES BEING SAVED!

Years ago, I was on 2 shows on "This

American

Life": on NPR. My interview resulted in numerous lives being saved and still continued to save lives after

all these years!

First,

last summer,

Sophia Goode of Clinton, Washington, contact

ed me

telling me that she

donated

kidney

and that s

he was

inspired to d

o so,

after hearing me on "This American Life!" She

walked

into

her local

hospital, started a kidney chain!

The

kidney chain she started, resulted in 4 lives being saved!

I also received an e-mail from MIke Koetting of a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota who told me that he was also

inspired to

donate a kidney after hearing me on this same radio program! He contacted the Mayo Clinic in

Minnesota, offering to donate a

kidney

and they matched him up with someone in need. He donated a kidney last

December.

And recently, weeks after donating

a kidney, he ran about 13 miles in a Marathon! Wow!

My gratitude to those

involved with this

NPR

radio program for asking me to be on their show that

helped save many lives!

* * * *

TV KI

DNEY MATCH

that I was a part of that happened

last

June: My last TV interview: I was on PIX11 TV news

based

New York City, on behalf of Torrey Green from Florida, who was about 7 years on dialysis and in

desperate

need

of a kidney.

One of the things I mentioned in my interview, that Torrey: "he is a special person and

whom ever

donates a kidney to him, will

be lucky" Sara Toffelli, 43 years old, of Bound Brook, NJ is one of those

who

responded and donated a kidney to him! What a

wonderful person she is!

To watch this TV interview that

Torrey

and I were initially on

when he was interviewed about his

needing a kidney,October 2013,

And

here is a

follow-up story on this kidney match - with Torrey and his donor that

aired in June. Great story!

"Donate A Kidney To Save Your Life".

This website inspires a man in Israel to donate a kidney!

I was in Israel in December

2013

and had

posted

Facebook that I was there. Someone from Israel contacted me through Facebook that he wanted to

thank

person, not

realizing that I had already come back to the USA. I ask

d him why he wanted to thank me.

said, he

donated a kidney in

Israel to a stranger, because of this website! How cool is that!

One of my

last newspaper interview

To read the article,

"The Human Spirit: When One Good Deed Leads To Another"

here:

Also,

kidney recipient from a match I had made in Israel, was interviewed for The Jerusalem Post. I

was

mentioned in

this

article. For

the article,

* * * *

Personal Note:

My beloved mother

had passed away, in December 2012

e were so close. She was my

best

friend! A

very special person

who did

great

Mitzvahs (good deeds) for decades. Since she passed

away, I took

upon myself my

mother's Mitzvah

project

and since

then,

have not been able to do

much with

my kidney

donation project.

sorry I

won't be able to help most of the people who have

contacted me who

are in need

of a kidney. If

anyone

out there would like

to donate a kidney - will still be

matching up when I can,

so please

contact me.

I wrote about my beloved mother, and the article was in 2 newspapers. For the article I wrote about her in the

Hamodia,

For the article I wrote about her in Yated Ne'eman,

click here.

* * * *

HUSBAND AND WIFE both d

onated a kidney to a stranger!!

First the wife - Baila Teitelbaum, 37 years

old,

from

Brooklyn, (lives a few blocks from my house,) donated a kidney years ago, as a result of a flier I hung up

couple of blocks

away at a fish store, seeking kidney donors. Then, her husband, Aaron, 43 years old, donated a

kidney

, too!

(I had only

made

the wife's kidney match). What special people they are!

My donor donates a kidney in a kidney swap!

A f

ather of 2, in his 40's from New Jersey, who wishes to

remain

anonymous,

donated

a kidney in a kidney swap! He contacted me that he wanted to donate a kidney, as a

result of a Jewish

internet

group. He was not a match for a man in Illinois whom I had him test for, but donated a

kidney in a kidney

swap

through

the National Kidney Registry. And in return, the person I had him test for and

wasn't a match for,

got a

kidney from someone

else in the swap! Swaps are the way to go for many who have a

hard time finding a

match!

Transplant took place at New York

Presbytarian-

February

2013.

Prior to that. I had another kidney match that happened, less than 2 months before. A

man in his 50's, father of 3

from New

Jersey, who had moved to Israel some years ago

donated a kidney to Enid

Wurtman, a 70 year old

woman, who was from

ila

delphia who had moved to Israel decades ago.

There were many news stories about

her

in the USA and in Israel and s

had at

least 20 donors prior and none had worked out!

Donor was a result

of my

posting for her in a Jewish internet group.

Transplant took place at Beilinson in Israel last December.

FACEBOOK KIDNEY MATCH!

I had my first Fac

book kidney match! P

eter DelMasto,

a 58 year old Special

Ed teacher

from

ssachussets

donated a kidney to a 71 year old man, as a result of a posting I had on

one of my

Facebook groups,

for

his

recipient! Transplant took place at New York Presbytarian - Columbia

November 2012

* * * *

Donated a kidney while spending the year in

Israel!

octor Devora

Steinmetz, mother of 8, wife of a

Rabbi

from New

York City,

donated a kidney

to a stranger

May

2012

to a 22 year old man from Israel! Kidney

transplant

was in Israel.

This

mother of 8,

was

spending a year in Israel

decided to donate a kidney while there!

She

contacted me that she had wanted to

donate a kidney after seeing a posting I had for the person she ended

donating a kidney to.

ONE OF M

LATEST INTERNET INTERVIEW

"The Kidney Matchmaker"

Interview by Chabad.

org.

For the

article

click here.

ONE OF MY

LATEST

TV INTERVIEW

I was interviewed

for News12, Bronx. Filming took place at

Montefiore Medical

Center in the Bronx. Also interviewed, was a doctor with that hospital and also someone on

list who needs a kidney. I was

also interviewed

in 2010

on News1

2, Brooklyn

Also interviewed, was

as a

kidney

recipient from a kidney match I made. To

watch this short interview,

"Kidney Matchmaker

TEACHER DONATES A KIDNEY!

Congratulations to:

Jennifer Rothstein, 39 year old teacher, mother of 2, from Cherry Hill, New Jersey,

donated

a kidney to

a 13 year old girl form Brooklyn, New York. Article about this match was in the

October 30,

2011 edition

of the New York Daily

News.

Jennifer contacted me after seeing a posting I had

in a

Jewish internet

group. For the

article, titled,

"Brooklyn Teen

Sofia Manfredi Finds Kidney Match, Donor on

Web"

Transplant

took

place at New York Presbytarian - Cornell

in New York City.

This match also

made the

news in other

newspapers as

well.

SCIENTIST DONATES A KIDNEY!

Congratulations to:

Jessica Langer, a 40 year old SCIENTIST and mother of 3, from Highland Park, NJ,

donated

a kidney

August

to a 33 year old mother of 3 from Brooklyn. Jessica donated a kidney after seeing a

posting I

had in a Jewish internet

group. Transplant took place at Montefiore Medical Center, New York.

Congratulations to:

Marci Rapps, 57 year old mother of

from Israel, (who had moved there from Canada),

her

kidney

donation! Marci donated a kidney to a mother of 6, who also had moved to Israel from

Canada.

Marci

contacted me that she

had wanted to donate a kidney after she saw a posting I had in a Jewish

internet

group in

Israel, for one of 2 sisters who needed

a kidney. She ended up testing for both sisters and was

a match

for both!

Judith Abrahams, who moved to Israel from Scotland,

ended up donating to the other sister.

Both Marci

and Judith

have become close friends, since meeting! Transplant took place

at Beilinson in Israel.

Marci has a

great modest

swimwear business called MarSea Swimwear - www.Marseamodest.com.

read

Marci's great

interview, "Modest

Swimsuit Designer Donates Kidney to a Stranger,"

Congratulations to:

Aaron Lapp, 30 year old father of

4, from New York, (formerly of New Jersey),

who

donated

a kidney to

a mother of 2 from Israel! This match was made with another kidney donor, who had

asked

to find a

donor for

this woman. I

had posted for her in a Jewish internet group and Aaron responded!

Transplant

took place

Montefiore Medical Center, in

New York.

Congratulations to

Judith Lowitz a 50 year old nurse of Maryland, who donated a kidney

March

to a

woman

from

New York

Judith was

referred to me by Lori Palatnik, another kidney donor, who's kidney match I

had

made

! Judith

did so well, thank G-d,

was released from the hospital the next day! Surgery was held at New

York

Presbytarian

hospital-

Columbia, in New York.

Transplant was filmed for a major TV network documentary.

Congratulations to

Liba Bracha of Israel- formerly of the USA, on her kidney donation to a stranger

She

donated a kidney

to a father of 7. Transplant took place at Beilinson hospital in Israel. Liba

Bracha contacted me

that she wanted to donate a

kidney, after seeing a posting I had in a Jewish Yahoo Group.

Liba means beloved

and

Bracha means, blessing! She is a very

beloved person and a blessing to society! She

certainly lives up to

her

name!

Thank you to Feigie Morgenstern of New York who

spoke on a radio program about kidney donation

, on

behalf

of someone

in desperate need of a kidney. I asked her to speak instead of me, as I knew she would do a

greater

job, which she did! She

was a 57 year old mother of 6 when she donated a kidney to a stranger. And, her

niece and

brother-in-law also donated a

kidney to a stranger! What a family!

* * * *

Patrick Duncan of Virginia, (a Veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq) had asked me "What is a

swap?"

Then

ends up donating a kidney in the world's largest kidney swap, in which 16

people

received

a kidney!

Patrick Duncan of Virginia, contacted me last July after seeing my Craigs List posting for Flora, a Virginia woman

who needed a

kidney. Flora had very high antibodies and was very difficult to find a match for. I had asked him if

he wasn't a match for her, if

he can be in a swap for her at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington DC -

one

of the hospitals that Flora was registered

with. Anyhow, at that time, he didn't know anything about kidney

swaps,

and asked me back then, "What exactly is a kidney

swap and what does it entail?" I explained to him in

depth what

meant and Patrick got very interested in swaps based on the

info I gave him. Anyhow, so he joined

the swap that

would increase Flora's chances in getting a kidney as she was difficult to

match, and swaps are the

way to go with

people who are so difficult to match up.

In the end, I also had a kidney donor in a swap program at John Hopkins Hospital in Maryland. Coincidentally,

both

hospitals

had a swap for Flora. John Hopkins was the first hospital that contacted Flora that a match was

found.

Another donor I had in a

swap for her at John Hopkins, Sean Mackiewicz, ended up donating a kidney to

someone

else in the swap, so she can get a

kidney! And so I told Patrick that Flora got a kidney from someone at

John

Hopkins and being that I asked Patrick to be in a

swap for Flora at Georgetown University Hospital, he went

ahead

and donated a kidney in their swap anyhow, which ended up

being part of a swap in which 16 people got a

kidney!

Way to go, Patrick! There was a great article written about his kidney

swap. To read the article,

"Surgeons Swap

32 Kidneys in Largest Ever Transplant in the U.S.",

. To watch his

fantastic NBC

interview,

click here.

North Dakota man donated a kidney as a result of Craigs List!

Sean Mackiewicz donated a kidney

in a kidney chain

that resulted in the woman he tested for and wasn't a match

for, got a

kidney as a result!

Sean

was

years old,

the time

and works in the oil fields, and is from North

Dakota (formerly of

Colorado) and had contacted me

years

ago as a result of Craigs List posting I had seeking

kidney donors.

I asked Sean to test

for Flora, but he

was not a

match for her, but agreed to be in a swap for her

that

would increase her chances in getting a

kidney.

He stood by

her all these years waiting for a swap to come

along!

He is an amazing!

He was the 7th person to

donate

a kidney

in the chain! And because of Sean's kidney

donation

8th person received a

kidney, as part

of the chain!

Sean

doing very well an went back to work 9

days after his

kidney donation!

watch Sean's

interview "Williston Man

Donates A

Kidney", that was on KXNET

(CBS-TV, N.

Dakota),

read the

article version of this story,

900 people show up to hear a Kidney Donor speak about her kidney donation!

When

Lori Palatnik of Maryland (who's kidney match I made,

spoke in London

about her kidney

donation.

900

people showed

up to hear her speak! Wow!

Great!

Not many people can get a crowd like that!

Another "Chaya" donates a kidney!
Chaya (Bini) Masin, Mother of 4 from Florida, donated a kidney to a father of 2!

This

was

my 4th kidney match, in which the donor who donated a kidney h

the

name Chaya! Not surprising as

the name

Chaya, means life-giving! Chaya M

asin,

a mother of 4 from Florida

donated a kidney to Gabriel, a

father

2 from Jerusalem.

The kidney transplant took place in the USA. Chaya

first contacted me when her

friend was in

need of a kidney.

he wasn't the

right

blood type

but wanted to donate

to someone

else instead.

Chaya and her

recipient are doing great, thank G-d! A

nother

life, saved!

* * * *

Kidney Donor's own life saved by her kidney donation!

Read this remarkable story, and see the great video, '

'Kidney Donor's Life Saved By Surgery''

click here

There are many people out there who have wanted to donate a kidney, but because of the extensive medical

testing

one has to

do prior to donating a kidney, people have been ruled out from donating a kidney because

they

found

out they had a medical

issue they didn't know about prior. So

donating a kidney can result in

one's own

life

being saved!

In this story though,

this woman found out she had a tumor the size of a golf ball,

behind her

kidney.

Doctors were able to remove it and she still was

able to donate a kidney! But had she not

offered to

donate a

kidney, she may have never found out about it! Someone once

told me about a young man

who was

tested to

donate a kidney to someone, and he found out from one of the tests he had

cancer! The

cancer was

removed as a

result. He was no longer able to donate a kidney, but if he didn't offer to test for

someone in need of

a kidney, he

may have not found out until much later on which could have been too late!

Mother of 10 from Tsfat (Safed), Israel, donated a kidney to a father of 3!

Chaya Ben Baruch of Jerusalem, (formerly of New York and then Alaska), a

mother of

children

, donated a

kidney

last

August

to a father of 3 from Israel! Someone in Israel who knows Chaya, saw my posting in Israel

for

someone in need of a

kidney and told her about it! She is an extraordinary person.

e has one biological

child

with

Down's Syndrome and

adopted 3 more Down's Syndrome children abandoned at birth!

She

has

also

launched an organization in Israel called

Birkat Haderech

to encourage women either to keep their

Down's

babies,

or she helps them find the babies a loving home. The

organization keeps a list of families

prepared to

foster Down's

babies, and contacts them when there is a baby in need of a

home. Amazing! What a

great mitzvah!

Her transplant

took place at Beilinson Medical Center in Israel

To read her story,

Mother of 3 from Monsey, NY donated a kidney to father of a young child from Israel!

Tirtza, a mother of 3 from New York

, donated a k

idney to a

father of a 5 year old from Jerusalem at Mt. Sinai

hospital,

Tirtza go in

touch with me after seeing a posting I had in Yahoo group for

someone in need

a kidney.

The

man

she donated a kidney to

is hoping that he would now be able to have

more children, as he

hasn't been

able to when

he was on dialysis!

Tirtza met the

person she donated a kidney to, for the first time

when they both

came out after

surgery!

Texas man donated a kidney to a stranger, as a result of a radio program!'

Tom O'Driscoll, of Houston Texas,

donat

ed a kidney

to Carolyn

, a radio producer

of Los

Angeles

Cedars

Sinai Medical

Center, Los Angeles.

Tom

contacted me that he wanted to donate a kidney, after hearing

''This

American Life'' on NPR

My thanks to

Amanda Nathan

, a kidney recipient from

San Antonio, Texas

who

ccompan

ied

Tom to Los Angeles for his

kidney

donation

, so she can assist him during his stay at the

hospital!

And

manda also arranged for Tom to stay

with her

relatives in

Los Angeles for his

recuperation! Wow!

Amanda

you

are awesome!!! Thank you so much!

Carolyn's new kidney is working

great, thank G-d!

San Francisco woman's kidney donation, ended up starting a kidney chain!

Maggie of San Francisco,

onated a kidney recently

r kidney donation

started a

kidney

chain!

people

got a kidney

as a result!

Maggie had contacted

me after hearing me on

This American Life

on NPR

and

had

wanted to

donate a

kidney.

We met when she first came to

New York, and she is awesome! So humble

and so

sweet!

Anyhow, since

she took a full time job

she decided to donate

locally and walked into a hospital and

ended

starting a kidney

chain!

Wow! To see

video of this

amazing person

and read about

her kidney

donation

''How

This American Life, Saved A Life'',

"The Chain Of Life: "Kidney Exchange Pools

* * * *

Shmuel W

aldman

of Lakewood, NJ,

who donated a kidney, inspired

his sister-in-law to

donate

kidney

as well!

And

Shmuel, made

her kidney match!

* * * *

* Congratulations to Rabbi Ephraim Simon, a father of 9 and kidney donor - who

spoke at an event i

n Toronto

behalf of

people who need of a kidney,

which resulted in

people coming forward to be

tested

for

people

in need of a kidney!

Wow!

* * * *

There were

blood driv

and

bone marrow drives

in my community and other areas of the city I live in.

People

attend

blood

drives

and bone marrow drives

, because they want to save lives

! So

I figured it may be

worth

going

talk to people

about

kidney donation as well

If you or a loved one is in need of a kidney, and does

not

have

anyone

to donate a

kidney to

them, it may pay to go to a community blood drive

or bone marrow drive

and

talk

to people

about kidney

donation.

I was contacted by a Canadian production company for info

on kidney donation,

for a

TV special

that

was

* * * *

* A special thank you to Dr. Jonathan Winston,

nephrologist at Mt. Sinai Medical Center

, New York, NY for

inviting

me to a

very fascinating symposium

on the

organ shortag

Dr. Winston was

program

chair

and

moderator at this event which was

organized by the Kidney & Urology Foundation of America.

* * * *

had met

former

New York

Mayor Michael Bloomberg

while ago

when he was still Mayor,

and

I mentioned to him

about

something needs to

done

about the kidney shortage in New York. I handed him a letter about my ideas

for

incentives to get

people

donate a kidney. Yes, the kidney shortage is not

just a New York problem, but

major problem in every

city in

the

USA. And because of some of

former

Mayor

Bloomberg's past reforms, New

York

has served as a role

model

for

other

cities

and countries throughout the

world! So if something is done here

in New

York to get more

people

donate a kidney to prevent

more people

from dying, whatever program he would

come

up with, that

could help

alleviate the kidney shortage not just in New

York but perhaps in other cities in the

USA as

well! Over

7,000

people

are waiting for a kidney in NY al

one.

* * * *

Congratulations to:

* David Koster of Brooklyn, New York, who donated a kidney many years ago, inspired someone else to donate a

kidney! He is

a car service driver and years ago spoke to this woman who was a passenger at the time, about

kidney donation. And she

contacted David after her kidney donation recently, and said it was because of him

she

donated a kidney to a stranger! H often

speaks to his passengers about kidney donation and others have

been

inspired and will hopefully others will donate a kidney as

well.

Wow! And all the other kidney donors who

have

done

so much like,

Moshe M. - a father of 10 from Brooklyn, NY who

donated a kidney to a stranger about

years

ago,

also

made his 2nd kidney match! Another kidney donor, Shmuel W. of

Lakewood, NJ,

was

a young

father of

kids,

when he donated a kidney,

has made numerous kidney matches as well. And Lori

Palatnik, of

Silver Spring,

Maryland who is a mother of 5 and who also donated a kidney to a stranger, is a public speaker and

has

encouraged people as well to donate a kidney. Wow! This doesn't surprise me!

All of us kidney

donors feel

it was

no big

deal to donate a kidney and want to do so much more! And some have!

* Chaya L. a mother of 9 children, of Jerusalem Israel, (yes another woman with my initials), donated a kidney

mother of

12! Chaya L. had seen my posting in a Yahoo group about this mother of 12 who needed a

kidney.

Donor and recipient are

doing very well, thank G-d! I had made her kidney match.

* Leah W., a mother of 12, also of Jerusalem Israel

donated a kidney

to a father of 2

I had made

her kidney

match. Leah had

found out about me through a posting I had for kidney donors that was forwarded to

her,and

asked me to match her up with

someone in need of a kidney, which I was happy to do!

* Leah

of Brooklyn, NY donated a kidney

to a father of 7! Leah

had seen a flyer I had put up for someone who

was

need

of a kidney and contacted me that she had wanted to donate a kidney. This flyer was in a printing

store

Flatbush, Brooklyn,

That was an old flyer

and that person had already had a kidney transplant. Leah

ended

donating a kidney to someone else

(not through me). She was supposed to donate a kidney years ago

to her

mother - but her mother had died before she was

able to donate a kidney to her. G-d bless Leah for doing

wonderful thing in her mother's memory.

Karen Glover, of Boston, Massachussets

donated a kidney

to a stranger!

Karen

heard me on "This American

Life"

on NPR

and contacted me that she had wanted to donate a kidney. I had

matched her up with someone,

but

she

was not a match.

She

had

then

decided to just walk into her local

hospital

and

donate a kidney to anyone

who

needed one!

Wow!

Anyhow, I spoke

to Karen since her

kidney donation

and she and the person she

donated a

kidney to, are doing great! She met her kidney

recipient

for the first time,

2 days after she donated a

kidney to

him!

Karen, way to go! So proud of you!!!

Rabbi E

phr

aim Simon of Chabad Lubavitch, Teaneck, NJ

donated a kidney

to a stranger!

Rabbi Simon is a

father

10,

youngest child is only 2 years old. Rabbi Simon saw a posting I had in a

Jewish Yahoo Group. He is

awesome. Other times he

had seen postings that I had for people who needed a

kidney - he has said to me,

"What

about me?" He wanted to save the

world!

To read his story, click on

"Local

Rabbi Donates Kidney To

Stranger."

Also you can

hear his radio interview

on the

"Donate A

Kidney"

page

this website - left hand side,

towards bottom of the page.

Jordan Brough a father of a 1 year old

boy donated a kidney

and started a kidney chain

Jordan

heard Chaya

talk on "This

American Life" and decided to walk into a hospital to donate a kidney to anyone!

And

that resulted

14 person

kidney

exchange!! Jordan first met his recipient 2 weeks after donating a

kidney.

Wow! (see his

picture,

left) For

his story, click on,

Doctors,

Donors,

Recipients."

Must

say a

hearty

ank you to his wife

for

allowing him to donate a

kidney, despite

having a

young

child! G-d bless

you!

And a great big thank you to all spouses out

there who

have allowed their

spouse to

donate

a kidney! They

are

amazing!!!

Nancy Murrell

of Pittsburgh, PA,

donated a kidney

to a Stranger! I

had

made

Nancy's kidney match. Nancy

contacted

hat

she

wanted to donate a kidney after

hearing

"This

American

Life" on NPR, which was

repeated

on the air again, last

January. Hospital: Mt.

Sinai.

(This

match

will be featured

on a TV documentary

and

has been the subject of

recent newspaper

articles

and

on-line

websites

)

BOTH

NANCY &

her recipient

ANTHONY

ARE DOING GREAT!

Neither had any pain after

their

surgery!

Nancy

left

the hospital only 1

day after

her kidney

donation! And Anthony is home

as well. H

new kidney, which

working

great

Thank G-d,

o more

dialysis for

him!

Also, congratulations to Nancy on

her new website!

Check it out

Kidney Mama: A

Resource

for Living

Kidney Donors."

her news...

Someone from England who needed a kidney (received one from a cadaver)

told me that

a story that

was

written

about 3

yea

ago

about m

y kidney donation and project to help others,

in an England

newspaper -

that

article

has

been

posted for the

past

years

the main

board of the Kidney

Transplant Division of the

Royal

Free

Hospital in

London to

encourage more

kidney donation!

* * * *

Great article:

"What Prospective Kidney Donors Need to Know"

Excellent,

must read

article

for

anyone

considering

kidney donation

Published in the New York Daily News.

or the article.

Check out great

Kidney Donation

article,

Chain of Life"

reat three part multi-media series by

Star

Ledger-

New Jersey. .