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Living donor information for kidney disease - those trying to find or considering donating a kidney

09/16/2026

Want to golf with a former Phillie? ⚾️⛳

The Darren Daulton Foundation is hosting its 13th Annual Golf Outing, and this year's celebrity lineup is stacked. We're talking Cole Hamels, Larry Bowa, Ruben Amaro Jr., Von Hayes, Rob Thomson, Brian Propp, and a whole roster of former Phillies and local celebrities scheduled to join.

It all goes down at DuPont Country Club, and it's a full day: breakfast, a sh***un start, cocktail hour, and a dinner reception with silent and live auctions. There's even pickleball if that's more your speed.

Here's the rundown:
📅 Registration 8:30am, sh***un start 10:30am
📍 DuPont Country Club or Nemours
⛳ 4-person scramble
🎉 Cocktail reception + dinner + auctions to close it out

And it's all for a great cause, the foundation gives back to those in need. A day of golf, Phillies legends, and good food, while doing some good.

Foursomes, celebrity foursomes, dinner-only tickets, and pickleball entries are all available. Register at the link in the comments. 👇

09/15/2026

Steve DiGrazia is in desperate need of a kidney. He is now on the transplant list . He has now been on dialysis for 3 1/2 years .His biggest strike against him is that he is B positive, and so many people are, too, and are in need. He has a longer wait for a kidney. He started with PD, so he can continue working for FedEx in Chicago as the maintenance supervisor, as he’s done for the last 30 years. Now, within the last six months, he needed to change over to hemodialysis, which is incredibly painful on his joints and body.
Before the kidney disease, he was active in life and a mentor. Steve designed many of the features that are now prominently used in FedEx, such as finding ways to get packages to people faster and better.
A Chicago native born and bred here. He graduated from high school from Brother Rice. Then he went on to earn an engineering degree from Lewis University, all the while working at Midway and Southwest Airlines, putting himself through school. At Lewis, he joined the university's fraternity Sigma Delta. He has two children and 5 grandchildren. His story is the same as that of many people. He worked his entire life so that he could finally get to enjoy some relaxation and be able to do all the things that he’s wanted to do but couldn’t because he was working. Then his kidney disease hit him and took that all away. Due to his kidney disease, he has missed out on so much in life, such as being a bigger part of family life; he is always so tired. He missed seeing his niece playing in the winter women's hockey games and winning Gold with the rest of the family as they were in ITALY, cheering her on.
Please consider helping Steve find a new kidney and save his life.

07/07/2026

Scientists just took a major step toward solving one of transplant medicine's biggest problems: blood type mismatch.
For over a decade, researchers Stephen Withers and Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu at the University of British Columbia worked on enzymes that could strip away the sugar markers that define blood type A on human cells. In 2019, they found two enzymes that could do exactly that, effectively turning type A into type O, the universal donor type.

In October 2025, that research reached a milestone. A team led by Dr. Turun Song at West China Hospital, working with UBC and the spinout company Avivo Biomedical, used these enzymes to convert a donor kidney from type A to type O. They transplanted this "enzyme-converted" kidney into a brain-dead patient whose family had consented to the study, allowing scientists to observe the immune response without risking a living patient's life.

The results were encouraging. For two full days, the kidney functioned with no signs of hyperacute rejection, the rapid immune attack that can destroy a mismatched organ within minutes. By day three, some of the original blood markers reappeared and triggered a mild reaction, but it was far less severe than a typical mismatch, and there were signs the body was starting to tolerate the organ.

This matters because blood type compatibility is one of the biggest bottlenecks in kidney transplants. Right now, thousands of patients wait years for a matching donor. If this technology is refined and approved for clinical trials, a single donated kidney could one day be converted to work for patients regardless of their blood type, dramatically shrinking waitlists and saving lives.

The research was published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. Regulatory approval for clinical trials is the next step before this could become part of real patient care.

04/07/2026

Steve DiGrazia is in desperate need of a kidney. His biggest strike against him is that he is B positive, and so many people are, too, and are in need. He has a longer wait for a kidney. He has been on dialysis now for over three years. He started with PD, so he can continue working for FedEx in Chicago as the maintenance supervisor, as he’s done for the last 30 years. Now, within the last six months, he needed to change over to hemodialysis, which is incredibly painful on his joints and body.
Before the kidney disease, he was active in life and a mentor. Steve designed many of the features that are now prominently used in FedEx, such as finding ways to get packages to people faster and better.
A Chicago native born and bred here. He graduated from high school from Brother Rice. Then he went on to earn an engineering degree from Lewis University, all the while working at Midway and Southwest Airlines, putting himself through school. At Lewis, he joined the university's fraternity Sigma Delta. He has two children and 5 grandchildren. His story is the same as that of many people. He worked his entire life so that he could finally get to enjoy some relaxation and be able to do all the things that he’s wanted to do but couldn’t because he was working. Then his kidney disease hit him and took that all away. Due to his kidney disease, he has missed out on so much in life, such as being a bigger part of family life; he is always so tired. He missed seeing his niece playing in the winter women's hockey games and winning Gold with the rest of the family as they were in ITALY, cheering her on.
Please consider helping Steve find a new kidney and save his life.

03/11/2026

Please help my friend Dan Leader with his wife - she needs a kidney.

Some of you may or may not know that Margarida has been battling kidney disease for over 15 years, and while her care at Penn Medicine has been amazing, it is time for her to start her search for a living kidney donor.
A living donor transplant offers the best possible outcome for her— a longer, healthier life and a chance to move forward with more freedom and energy. It’s not just about adding years, it’s about adding quality to those years.
The donor doesn’t have to be a match to help. Sharing her story could connect us to the right person. One generous act could change everything for her.
If you, or someone you know, is curious about becoming a living donor, there’s no obligation in learning more. It simply starts with the information that I have attached to the email by scanning the QR code.
Please feel free to share with family , friends and on your social media, we never know who can help.
Thank you all for your consideration and help.

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