{"id":172,"date":"2026-04-29T17:45:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota.org\/isabelsimpact\/?p=172"},"modified":"2026-04-29T17:45:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:45:02","slug":"your-11th-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/isabelsimpact\/2026\/04\/29\/your-11th-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Your 11th Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Isabel\u2019s Impact Update<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April was very good to us! We were fortunate enough to be able to attend the COTA 40th Anniversary fundraiser where over $425,000 were raised for transplant-needy kids. Janelle was officially announced as a member of COTA\u2019s President Advisory Council (PAC) where she will aid in determining policies and regulations, assist in raising funds, and monitor organizational performance. We couldn\u2019t think of a better way to commemorate Donate Life Month and Isa\u2019s birth month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are honored to to make a repeat donation to the following family:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sofia Volz (3 y\/o)<\/strong> from North Carolina (<a href=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforsofiasheartjourney\/\">https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforsofiasheartjourney\/<\/a> )<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We also wanted to announce five new families that we will be assisting which you can read about here. Isabel&#8217;s Impact has now <strong>supported 54 families and made a total of 59 donations. <\/strong>We are deeply grateful to each of you who make this work possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Noah Meth, 7 months old: <\/strong>Noah and his family are from Evansville, Indiana, and he is currently inpatient at Riley Hospital. <a href=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotafornoahsheart\/\">Noah<\/a> is currently waiting on a life-saving heart transplant and will need to remain inpatient until after transplant as a status 1A patient.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/isabelsimpact\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6415\/2026\/04\/image-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-173\" style=\"width:521px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/isabelsimpact\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6415\/2026\/04\/image-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/cota.org\/isabelsimpact\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6415\/2026\/04\/image-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cota.org\/isabelsimpact\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6415\/2026\/04\/image-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cota.org\/isabelsimpact\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6415\/2026\/04\/image-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/cota.org\/isabelsimpact\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6415\/2026\/04\/image-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/cota.org\/isabelsimpact\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6415\/2026\/04\/image.png 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jayce McClary, 3 years old<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforjaycesjourney\/\">Jayce<\/a> and his family are from Delaware, Ohio but have been living at Nationwide Children&#8217;s Hospital where Jayce has been in-patient since November of 2025. Jayce is waiting for a heart transplant and will remain in the hospital until he receives it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"333.00000000000006\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/096e364e-7d2c-45d3-9582-e2d4099220cd\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rory Brooks, 6 years old (old picture): <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforteamrory\/\">Rory<\/a> lives with his family in Boise, Idaho, and he received a life-saving heart transplant when he was just 6 months old. The Brooks family continues to have many transplant-related expenses nearly 6 years after his transplant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"319.114006514658\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/f6d612f8-69c0-4a5e-adc6-1677658e8692\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Asher Potts, 7 years old: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforteamasher\/\">Asher<\/a> will be 8 years-old in May, and he became a COTA patient in 2018 due to his heart transplant when he was just 3 months old. Asher is doing well post-transplant and lives with this family in Orem, Utah. They still have many transplant-related expenses from follow up appointments and post-transplant medications.<br><br><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/21f575b4-da65-45fa-a9a9-f0a1818f52d3\" width=\"364\" height=\"263\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trace Askins, 17 years old:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotafortracesheart\/\">Trace<\/a> lives with his mom Alina in Galesburg, Illinois. He and his mom are making numerous trips back and forth to St. Louis Children\u2019s Hospital as they await a heart transplant for Trace. His volunteer team was trained last month and is starting to gain some traction, but has severely limited resources to work with right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"512.6001730548868\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/873658f9-a9da-4da9-8938-a283ca25c4a2\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isabel\u2019s Impact Update April was very good to us! We were fortunate enough to be able to attend the COTA 40th Anniversary fundraiser where over $425,000 were raised for transplant-needy kids. 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