June 2010 - TowKars | Kidney Car Donation in Utah

Another thank you Kidney Foundation of Utah

June 29, 2010/0 Comments/in Thank You /by kidneyadmin

Dear Kidney Foundation: You recently gifted us a payment toward our home mortgage during a very difficult financial time in which my husband, Aaron gave his kidney to our daughter Paige. The surgery took place on May 21, 2010 and Aaron was not able to work for about three weeks following the surgery. We are so grateful for the help afforded us at that time. It took a huge burden off our shoulders as Aaron attempted to save our daughter’s life by giving her his own kidney. Aaron is slowly recovering, and very pleased at how well Paige is doing! Thank you and God bless you for your generosity. Please be sure to thank the donors who made this possible. Sincerely, V. Turner

Kidney Kars of Utah helped make a difference

June 23, 2010/0 Comments/in Thank You /by kidneyadmin

Dear Kidney Kars: Thanks so much for helping us! Ihelped my mother-in-law, Sammie, donate her car to the Kidney Foundation. You have so well refined the process, it made it very easy. Kidney Kars of Utah was especially meaningful because Sammie’s niece, recently died of kidney failure, and her brother now endures dialysis. Helping Sammie give her car to Kidney Kars made Sammie feel that she was continuing her lifelong pursuit of helping others, even though she now needs the care of a nursing home. She knows her car will go to help people like her niece and her brother. Bless you for helping us to help Sammie, and for making her (and us) feel like we really made a difference for kidney patients here in Utah. In appreciation, K.E. Wood (Sammie’s Daughter-in-law)

Thank you Kidney Foundation of Utah

June 17, 2010/0 Comments/in Thank You /by kidneyadmin

Dear Kidney Foundation: Thank you so much for the help you are giving to our father. We have had four really hard years since his kidney stopped working and he’s been on dialysis. The medical expenses have devastated his and my mother’s life. Dad has to drive 130 miles a week to receive dialysis treatments to keep him alive. Keeping the only car they have running and buying gas to get him to and from dialysis is more than they can afford. Today they received a letter from Social Security informing them that they will be receiving $400 less a month from now on. They have no idea how they are going to make it now. They are having to depend on the generosity of the local food bank now. We are so grateful for the help you are providing through financial assistance. They could not survive at all were it not for the generosity of others. Sincerely, The Bird Family

Thank You Kidney Foundation for Dialysis Assistance

June 16, 2010/0 Comments/in Thank You /by kidneyadmin

We wanted to write a quick thank you to the National Kidney Foundation of Utah to say thank you for the help in buying us gasoline so I could drive from Logan to Ogden every day for two weeks so I could get trained helping my husband do diaysis here at home. Getting trained to help him dialyze at home we knew would be a huge blessing for our family, but the extra expense in gas and time away from our young family was a hurdle we just have not been able to surpass. Thank you for helping us take at least one of the burdens from our shoulders. Thank you to all the Kidney Foundation’s generous Kidney Kars donors, and other sponsors who help people like us living with kidney failure. God Bless you. K. Johnson