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Share a Spare: On the Road to a New Kidney With the cost of a transplant often exceeding $500,000, many transplant families are unable to shoulder the financial burden of such a procedure.  The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) is a national charity dedicated to organizing and guiding communities in raising funds for transplant-related expenses. 100% of each contribution made to COTA in honor of our patients helps meet transplant-related expenses....

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Updates

Transplant re-scheduled to Wednesday 12/5/18 @ 1:00 p.m.

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Journal entry by Carol Connelly — a minute ago Hi, This is an update on Sam's kidney transplant. As some of you may know already, last Wednesday 11/21/18, Sam was scheduled... Continue Reading »

Past Fundraisers

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Win a new Snap-on tool cabinet, worth approx. $5,200! Raffle for COTA, in honor of Sam Connelly! Only 200 tickets will be sold at $25 each! All proceeds... Continue Reading »

Carol’s Blog #4 Early Autumn 2016

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Hello to All our Friends and Family,Today is Friday, September 23, 2016 and I am writing to give an update on this leg of Sam's "Road to a... Continue Reading »

Bowling Fundraiser – May 21, 2016

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Carol’s Blog #3 – Mother’s Day 2016

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Happy Mother's Day to all the moms reading this! What a privilege it is to be Sam's mom. I remember when I found out that I was going... Continue Reading »

Carol’s Blog Entry #2 – “Watching and Waiting”

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Hello Family and Friends, It's been over a month since my first entry so am I checking back in with an update. Now that Sam is 18 years... Continue Reading »

Share a Spare…on the Road to a New Kidney – Blog Entry #1

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Hi, this is Carol, Sam's mom, writing Blog Entry #1. For those of you who know me personally, I usually am not at a loss for words; either... Continue Reading »

How You Can Help

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If you could help make a miracle, would you? The question is as simple as that.  If your answer is ‘yes', I invite you to join the nearly... Continue Reading »

Media Coverage

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News Restaurant Night Planned to Raise Funds for Transplant-Related Expenses Win a new Snap-on tool cabinet, worth approx. $5,200! T-shirts are now available! Cut-A-Thon for COTA in honor... Continue Reading »