2015 5K Run/Walk

Memorial Medical Center's Transplant Services has a Transplant Patient Assistance Fund which assists with:

• Transportation expenses involved with doctor visits.
• Lodging needs for patients and their family members during pre-transplant workup, the period immediately following transplant surgery and during periods of treatment for rejection.
• Prescription medication costs and/or co-pays.
• Funding for other emergent transplant-related issues.

"Patients" includes living donors, so Tom in my case.

A 5K Run/Walk is held each year to raise money for this fund. This year it is being held on September 16 at Washington Park in Springfield. Our family has participated for the past couple of years, but obviously it has even more meaning for us now.

Participants do not have to run; I certainly don't. For that matter, they don't even have to show up (happened to us last year). While it is good to run or walk with other people who are beneficiaries and/or supporters of the transplant program, the purpose is to raise money, and simply registering or sponsoring a sign accomplishes that.

If you're interested, the link is here: 2015 5K Run/Walk

Thanks!