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Golf 3.0 – Rain Delay

**9/7/25 RAIN DELAY** Good Morning! It's Golf Day! Unfortunately Mother Nature is changing our plans slightly. Registration will begin at 10:00am, Shotgun Start at 11:00am. This pushes lunch...

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Goal Amendment

The fundraising goal has recently been updated per a conversation between Hank’s family and Rick Lofgren, COTA President & CEO. This letter below from Rick explains the recent...

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Hank’s Update April 2025

Here we are in 2025! Hank will be 3 in May and we are hosting our 3rd Annual Golf Tournament: COTA Golf for Hank 3.0 on SUNDAY [not...

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Cota for Hank Golf Tournament 2.0

Thank you for such a successful day!! We had such a beautiful day for golf and a great fundraiser. Thank you everyone for your generosity and attendance. The...

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Keep Gardner Beautiful

We had a wonderful day for the keep Gardner Beautiful event. Dianne "Neon" Leblanc is dedicated to picking up trash in Gardner year round and has worked tiredlessly...

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3 months post transplant

February 16th brought us to 3 months post transplant!! Hank is growing quite a bit! He is standing almost all the time now, making his way around the...

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Hank at 1 Month Post-Transplant

We are 1 month post-transplant and Hank is doing so well! He is slowly sleeping better. He has lots of energy and is so busy. He is playing...

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Thanksgiving Thanks from Hank

We are so thankful for YOU! As we gather around our table today, we are giving thanks for the generous donations that have been given to COTA for...

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Hank & Rob’s Big Day! 11-16-23

Thursday was a very big day! Rob donated his kidney to Hank! Hank has started to pee and isn't quite sure how that feels about wet diapers yet....

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Henry (Hank) Roy

Gardner, MA

Transplant Type: Kidney

Transplant Status: Transplanted

Goal: $200,000.00

Raised: $132,585 of $200,000 goal

Raised by 549 contributors