Opportunity Drawing Winners Announced at FairThank You, Sponsors & Ticket buyers!With your help, 25 people were able to attend the U.S. Transplant Games in July as part of the first-ever Team San Diego ... and we have some very happy opportunity drawing winners. On Sunday night, July 7 (closing day of the 2008 San Diego Fair) former Charger Willie Buchanon and our esteemed emcee coordinated a much-anticipated opportunity drawing. |
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2008 Poster Contest Winners Named & $5000 in Scholarships Awarded to Students
Winning Posters PDF Winners in Lifesharing's Fourth Annual Donate Life High School Scholarship program were recognized at the San Diego Fair July 7. "The entries continue to amaze us," said Lifesharing Executive Director Lisa Stocks. "The students' work is so impressive that it made selecting the top winners a real challenge this year for our judges. We commend all who entered and thank them for helping us raise awareness about the Gift of Life possible only from donation." |
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First-ever Team San Diego Wins 8 medals at U.S. Transplant Games
*Check out the Gallery Pictures Here Pittsburgh - July 16 -- While many eyes are focused on the upcoming Olympics in China, members of Team San Diego brought home the gold, silver and bronze for our City Wednesday night from the U.S. Transplant Games in Pittsburgh. San Diego's first-ever Transplant Games team included 25 members -- heart, double lung, kidney recipients, living donors and donor family members. The Games, designed to show the healthy life possible after transplant, offer competitive athletic events for people who are already winners - organ recipients who have received a precious Gift of Life. The Games also underscores the need for donation. Last year, 90 San Diegans died waiting here because there weren't enough donors. Our medal winners: - With his living donor and niece Nancy Connor watching, Phil Pressel took a gold and 3 silver medals in swimming. He even set a new American record for people in the 70+ age category.
- Otay Ranch High School Coach and kidney recipient Ernie Medina of Chula Vista won silver and bronze medals in swimming.
- John Faron of Oceanside received gold medals in Golf and Volleyball
Special kudos also go to Mountain Empire resident Charley Sherry who walked the 5k in less than an hour -- pretty impressive for a heart recipient who celebrated his 56th birthday at the Games. The Team, sponsored by Lifesharing, our region's organ and tissue recovery organization, already is making plans for the next Games scheduled for 2010 in Madison, WI |
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