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dress. Please send an email

to [email protected] or call

800.737. LIFE.

If you are not a member of

Team Kentucky and would like

to join, the process is painless!

Anyone who has received a

lifesaving solid organ trans-

plant--heart, liver, kidney, lung,

and pancreas can join. Bone

marrow recipients are also

eligible to participate. Those

ages 18 months-100 years

can be apart of our team!

Team Kentucky members

raise their own funds to travel

and compete in the U.S. Trans-

plant Games which are held

every two years.

Sincerely,

NKFK Staff

Dear Readers,

Welcome to the National Kid-

ney Foundation of Kentucky’s

inaugural issue of Celebrate

Life! This Newsletter is meant

to do just that, Celebrate the

Lives of all those involved with

Transplantation and the con-

tinuation of Life. We hope

that you will join us in connect-

ing people to the issues that

revolve around the process’ of

Organ Donation.

We at the NKFK desire to Cele-

brate the Gift of Life with Do-

nors, Donor Families, Trans-plant Recipients and those

who Support them. Please

feel free to make mention

some things that you would

like to see featured in Cele-

brate Life. All suggestions will

be considered for publication.

We’d also like to recognize

transplant anniversary dates

as well as organ donation an-

niversary dates so please let

us know when those are! You

all mean so much to our or-

ganization because of your

willingness to volunteer, share

your stories, and create a sup-

port system for others like you.

For this we thank you and

hope that you will continue to

help us to get the word out

about Chronic Kidney Disease

and the crucial need for organ

donation.

We request all Team Kentucky

members to update their email

address’ with us. For those

without an email account, we

must verify your mailing ad-

The U.S Transplant Games

were held July 11-16 in Pitts-

burgh, PA . Over 6000 ath-

letes participated and com-

peted for gold, silver and

bronze medals in twelve

sports. Congratulations Team

Kentucky for bringing home 20

medals!

The purpose of the U.S.

Transplant Games is to pro-

mote organ and tissue dona-

tion and organ donor aware-

ness, as well as to recognize

donor families. Currently,

there are over

100,000(Information obtained

from the United Network for

Organ Sharing ) people on the

waiting list for an organ trans-

plant in the United States.

Team Kentucky did an excel-

lent job competing against

athletes from across the

Cont’d on pg 2

F i r s t I s s u e o f C e l e b r a t e L i f e

P H O N E

L I S T

The National Kidney Foundation of Kentucky800.737.LIFE

Kentucky Organ Do- nor Affiliate800.525.3456

Kentucky CircuitCourt Clerks Trust For Life

866.945.5433

National Living Do- nor Assistance Center(NLDAC)703.414.1600

The Transplant Cen- ter at Jewish Hospital

502.587.4011

University of Ken- tucky TransplantCenter866.285.4337

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Welcome Readers 1

Team Kentucky 1

Volunteer Spotlight 3

What is Chronic Kidney Dis-

ease?3

Heart Healthy Recipe4

T e a m K e n t u c k y T a k e s H o m e 2 0

M e d a l s !

N A T I O N A L K I D N E Y F O U N D A T I O N

O F K E N T U C K Y

Celebrate Life Team Kentucky

Fall 2008 Volume 1, Issue 1

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Cont’d from pg 1

nation. The basketball team

succeeded with only four

players when other teams

had an average of six players

and we were down to only

three players in the champi-

onship game after an ankle

injury Robin Hinton sustained

during a previous game. Well

done gentlemen! The medal-

ists and their competing

sports are listed below:

Team Basketball

Junie Silvils Gold

Robin Hinton Gold

Leslie Howard Gold

Mark McGaha Gold

Team Bowling

Dot Duckworth Gold

Linda Basham Gold

Richard McKnight Bronze

Mark McGaha Bronze

Team Golf

Ron Pinchback Bronze

Bill D’Antoni Bronze

Singles Bowling

Dot Duckworth Bronze

Richard McKnight Silver

Ben Meibers Bronze

Singles Golf

Lance Alexander Silver

Ron Pinchback Silver

Single Swimming Breaststroke

Shirley Middleton Gold

Single Track & Field

25 Yard Dash-Riley Speck Bronze

100 Meter-Katie Raybould

Bronze

1500 Meter-Katie Raybould

Silver

2008 Sportsmanship Award

Jessica Owen Gold

Congratulations to all of

our Team Kentucky mem-

bers, you have made us

proud! The next U.S.

Transplant Games will

take place July 30th-

August 4th 2010 in Madi-

son, WI. Become a Team

Kentucky Member! For more

information contact: Lisa

Allgood, Team Manger

800.737.5433 [email protected].

Place Your

Ad

Here

Contact:

[email protected]

Team Kentucky pictured at the

2008 U.S. Transplant Games,

Pittsburg, PA.

T e a m K e n t u c k y

P a g e 2 C e l e b r a t e L i f e

“Hope is the

thing with feathers

that perches in the soul and sings the

tune without the

words and never

stops at all.”

-Emily Dickinson

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I n M e m o r i a m

Carroll H. Williams,60, of Louisvillepassed away on FridayOctober 10, 2008 at

Jewish Hospital. Hewas a member of TrustFor Life, KentuckyOrgan Donor Affili-ates, Second Chance atLife, Team Kentucky,and an army veteran of the United Sates of America military. Heis survived by hiswife, the former Deb-bie Snellen; daughters,Lexie and Angie Wil-liams and KarenKemper; sons, Jamesand Scott Williams,and Mike, Don, Scottand Brian Shepherd;sister, Pauline Hellard;brother, David

The National Kidney Foundation is offering a series of FREE monthlyinteractive telephone discussions called Coffee House Conversa-

tions™. These calls are being held to educate and empower you tobecome your own best advocate by giving you valuable informationon different topics related to chronic kidney disease, donation ortransplantation.Join us for Coffee House Conversations™ telephone discussions

on:

“Getting the Care You Need”

January 14, 2009

&

“Knowing Your Rights & Responsibilities”

February 11, 2009

(Toll free) Number for Calls: 888-603-9220 Password: KIDNEY

Hear featured panelists give presentations, and have the opportu-

nity to ask them questions by registering with the NKF. Space is limited! Be sure to register by calling 1-888-JOIN-NKF

(888-564-6653) or by filling out the attached registration form and

e-mailing it to [email protected] or fax it to Elizabeth Dun-phy at 212-889-2038.

Williams; twentygrandchildren and hisdonor family, Mi-chelle, Burt, Dawn

Miller and the YatesFamily. Carroll meantso much to the Na-tional Kidney Founda-tion and we will misshim so much, our sin-cerest condolences tohis family and friends.

Chronic Kidney Disease is

a condition that damages

your kidneys. It de-

creases your kidneys’ abil-

ity to balance your body’s

fluids and important min-

erals in your blood, re-

move waste products

from your blood, remove

drugs and toxins from

your body, and release

hormones into your blood.

The two main cause of

chronic kidney disease

are diabetes and high

blood pressure. Diabetes

occurs when your blood

sugar is too high, causing

damage to many organs

in your body, including

the kidneys and heart as

well as

blood vessels, eyes and

nerves.

High blood pressure, or

hypertension, occurs

when the pressure of blood against the walls

of your blood vessels

increases. If uncon-

trolled, or poorly con-

trolled, high blood pres-

sure can be a lead cause

of chronic kidney dis-

ease, heart attacks and

strokes. Chronic Kidney

Disease can also cause

high blood pressure.

(National Kidney Founda-tion , Kidney Learning

System)For more informationcontact the NKFK800.737.LIFE or [email protected].

C h r o n i c K i d n e y

D i s e a s e

More than 26 million Americans havesome form of kidney or urologic

disease. Millions more are at risk. TheNational Kidney Foundation, a major

voluntary health organization seeks toprevent kidney and urinary tract

diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals and families

affected by these diseases, and increasethe availability of all organs fortransplantation. Through its 51

affiliates & divisions nationwide, thefoundation conducts programs inresearch, professional education,

patient and community services, publiceducation and organ donation. The

work of the National KidneyFoundation is funded by public

donations.

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Greetings to each of youand I hope you all hadan experience of a life-

time at the U.S. Trans-plant Games in Pitts-burgh this year.

The U.S. TransplantGames will be held July30-August 4, 2010 inMadison, Wisconsin.We will begin planningfor Team Kentucky totravel to the Games

soon. As in the past, aTeam Kentucky Plan-ning Committee com-prised of sub commit-tees will prepare for allaspects of “getting to theGames”.

The Team KentuckyPlanning Committeewill be comprised of

members from the pro-fessional transplant/ organ and tissue dona-tion community, recipi-ents, donor families, liv-ing donors and a mem-ber of the National Kid-ney Foundation of Ken-tucky Board of Direc-tors.These members will be

appointed by the TeamManager, Lisa Allgood.All members will bevery capable representa-tives for Team Kentuckyand will keep the best

interests of Team Ken-tucky in mind in all deci-sion making. The Plan-

ning Committee will meetquarterly in 2009 andmonthly in 2010. Themeetings are held inFrankfort, KY to accom-modate committee mem-bers who live in the east-ern and western part of theKentucky.

Members of the Planning

Committee will be askedto participate on at leastone subcommittee. Theseinclude: Fund Raising,Athlete/Donor Family Re-cruitment, Uniform andPublicity. This is not aninclusive list and othersubcommittees may beadded as the Team Man-ager/Planning Committeedeems necessary.

All team members will beprovided a list of theCommittee members andare encouraged to shareyour thoughts and ideaswith them. Communica-tion with Team Kentuckymembers will be by email,regular mail (for thosewho request it) and theCelebrate Life newsletter.

Team Kentucky raises alltheir own money to “getto the Games” and all ath-letes are invited and

expected to participatein fundraising activities.In the current economic

climate, raising fundswill pose a challengebut we are resilient andcreative and we willsucceed.

The National KidneyFoundation of Kentuckyis looking forward tothe 2010 Games and isdedicated to the man-

agement of Team Ken-tucky. Any questionsregarding Team Ken-tucky should be directedto the Team Manager,Lisa Allgood at 502-585-4433 or [email protected]

Best to each of you aswe get “On the Road to

Madison”!!

Lisa

O N T H E R O A D T O M A D I S O N ! !

Many thanks to our

Team Kentucky Spon-

sors! You helped to

make our trip to this

year’s games in Pitts-

burgh, PA a great suc-

cess.

KENTUCKY CIRCUIT

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TRUST FOR LIFE

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FAMILY

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V o l u n t e e r

S p o t l i g h t

P a g e 5 V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 1

Helpful Websites

National Donor Family Council

http://www.kidney.org/

transplantation/donorFamilies/

index.cfm

The NKF transAction Council

www.transplantrecipients.org

U.S Senate

http://www.senate.gov/

Did you know that The LivingDonor Assistance Program willpay up to $6000 in financial as-sistance to those who qualify.

For a list of guidelines and appli-cation materials go to:

http://

www.livingdonorassistance.org/ -or-

National Living Donor Assis-

tance Center (NLDAC) 2461 S. Clark Street, Suite 640

Arlington, VA 22202Phone: 703.414.1600

Pictured: Silvester “Junie” Sivils, Lisa Allgood(Executive Director NKFK, Manager Team Kentucky)

We would like to thank Junie Sivils for being anoutstanding volunteer. He was the emcee at

The National Kidney Foundation of Kentucky

8th annual Kidney Walk. The Walk took place

on September 20, 2008 and was a huge suc-

cess.

Junie is a kidney recipient and received his

kidney from a related living donor in 1993.

From the moment I met him I was able to rec-

ognize his kindred and easy going spirit. He is

always very encouraging to others and has the

ability to transfer his contagious smile to any

audience. He has been a participant in the

U.S. Transplant Games since 1996 and even

took home a gold medal this year in three on

three Basketball.

The reason Junie participates in the Transplant

Games is because “[I]t gives him a better un-

derstanding about life, that is, we are all the

same”. Thank you for your wonderful attitude

about life and remaining positive throughout

life’s daily struggles.

can’t help but fall in love with herand her exuberant spirit. Sheblesses so many people in her lifeand could teach us all a few of life’s lessons. Jessica participatedin the 2008 U.S. Transplantgames where she competed in:softball toss, bowling and swim-ming. She received the teammanager’s gold medal for sports-manship. For Jessica the gameswere more than a competition tobeat out one’s opponent but an

opportunity to meet new friendsand others who share in under-standing the common strugglesheld by transplant recipients.

Meet Jessica Tandy Owen, TeamKentucky member and vivaciousfourteen year old. Jessica wasborn with biliary atresia, a rarecondition in newborn infants inwhich the bile duct between theliver and small intestines isblocked or absent. Jessica spentmuch of her infancy making tripsto and from the hospital until shereceived a liver transplant onJanuary 25, 2004. Jessica’smother became a living donor

when Jessica was in need of akidney transplant which she re-ceived on September 14, 2006.When you first meet Jessica you

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Good nutrition is the key to good health

for everyone. It is especially importantfor people with chronic kidney disease.Even with the help of artificial kidneytreatments (dialysis), you cannot get ridof all the wastes and fluids that build upin your body from what you eat anddrink. (National Kidney Foundation,Kidney Learning System)Try this quick and easy recipe to haveready during a weekend football game orfor dinner during the week.

Ingredients:

Dough1/2 package (1 1/4 teaspoon) dry yeast

1 cup warm water

1 tablespoon oil

1 tablespoon sugar

2 cups flour

Sauce

3 oz no-salt tomato paste

1/2 cup water

250 East Liberty Street, Suite 710

Louisville, Kentucky 40202

Phone: 800-737-LIFE/502-585-5433

Fax: 502-585-1445

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.nkfk.org

The National Kidney Foundation of Kentucky

Seeks to Become the State-Wide Leader in

the Prevention of Kidney Disease and a Val-ued Source of Information and Support for

Kidney Patients and Their Families.

Our Goals Include:

• Supporting Research and Research

Training

• Continuing Education of Health Care Pro-

fessionals

• Expanding Patient Services and Commu-

nity Resources

• Educating the Public

• Shaping Health Policy

• Fund Raising

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1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon oregano1 tablespoon sugar

1 tablespoon oil

1/4 cup chopped onion

1/4 cup chopped green pepper

1/2 lb cooked gourd beef, well drained (my

mother would always rinse under cold water

to rid the excess oil)

6 oz mozzarella cheese, shredded

Directions:

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Stir in 1

tablespoon oil, 1 tablespoon sugar and

enough flour to make a soft dough. Stir

20 strokes. Place in a greased bowl,

turn to moisten all surfaces, cover and

let set in warm area. Combine tomato

paste, 1/2 cup water, garlic powder,

oregano, 1 tablespoon sugar and 1 ta-

blespoon oil in a small saucepan.

Simmer 5 minutes. Grease a 17x 14

- inch baking sheet. Press dough over

sheet to edges. Cover with sauce.

Top with onion, green pepper, beef

and cheese. Bake at 400°F for 20 to

30 minutes until dough and cheese

are golden brown. Cut into 12 pieces.

Per Serving:Serves 12/1 piece per serving

Calories 201

Carbohydrates 19

Protein 11

Fat 9Sodium 75

Potassium 176

Phosphorus 115

Renal and Renal Diabetic Exchanges:

1 Meat

1 Starch

1 Low Potassium Vegetable

1 Fat

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