Daily Archives January 23, 2013

FishHawk girl, 11, raises money for Operation Kidney

January 23, 2013 Posted in  Press

By Teresa Slattery Amin, Times Correspondent

In Print: Sunday, January 20, 2013

LITHIA

Maddie Eisenberg saw the Facebook request asking for gift baskets for a silent auction and bowl-a-thon to benefit Operation Kidney for Devon Cooley Carter, a young mom in need of a kidney donor.

Maddie, 11, wanted to help, so she and her mom, Debbie, made a gift basket with a theme of keeping kids busy on a rainy day. It included movie tickets and books.

That was just the beginning.

Maddie then enlisted the help of her neighbors in FishHawk to bake and sell cupcakes during the FishHawk Ranch yard sale. She made poster boards to draw awareness to Carter’s cause.

Eventually, she raised $625 for Operation Kidney to benefit Carter, and she continues to stay involved to help Carter draw awareness to her caus...

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ABC Action News- Stranger Donates Billboard for Kidney Patient

January 23, 2013 Posted in  Press

Posted: 01/16/2013

LITHIA, Fla. – Devon Carver desperately needs a kidney, and a stranger has stepped in to help with a message for all the Tampa Bay area to see.

When Carver is not hooked up to a dialysis machine, she is going through her bills to figure out how her family can make ends meet.  And more importantly, how she can stay alive.

“I have not felt remotely healthy since I was 21.” said Carver. “They don’t think I have time to wait for a cadaver kidney, which could take six or seven years. Doctors think a live kidney is my best chance, but we’ve been praying and waiting for more than a year-and-a-half.”

The loving wife and mother to a 12-year-old son, Devon needs a kidney.

The family has drained their savings and the college account for David is depleted.

La...

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