Montoya: Please help us help Arizona’s deserving families
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Letter by Lynn Montoya of Children’s Organ Transplant Association
The Children’s Organ Transplant Association has been removing the financial barriers for families facing transplants for more than 35 years. Right here in Phoenix, a group of caring and committed volunteers have been working hard to do just that for the Damper family.
COTA organizes volunteers across the country to raise funds for transplant-related expenses. Harrison Damper, 1 year old, has received a heart transplant. Harrison’s family has turned to COTA for assistance, support and guidance.
COTA funds help with expenses such as food and lodging while the family is at the transplant center; transportation to and from the transplant center; co-pays, deductibles and medications, and assistance with household expenses while a parent is out of work during the time of the transplant.
All of these expenses add up quickly and can stand in the way of a child receiving a life-saving transplant. Transplant-related expenses last a lifetime due to anti-rejection medications, follow-up visits, procedures, and sometimes another transplant.
You can help.
Transplant families from every corner of this country have worked with COTA. Since 1986, generous individuals have made contributions to help ensure transplant-needy children and young adults receive a life-saving transplant.
April is National Donate Life Month. Every day 20 people die waiting for an organ transplant in the United States. One organ donor can save eight lives. Harrison needs you to go to www.RegisterMe.org and sign up to be a registered organ and/or tissue donor, and to support COTA in honor of him at COTAforHarrisonsHeart.com.
The Children’s Organ Transplant Association is a national charity dedicated to guiding communities in raising funds for transplant-related expenses.
COTA’s priority is to assure that no child or young adult is denied a transplant or excluded from a waiting list due to lack of funds. 100% of funds raised in honor of patients assist with a lifetime of transplant-related expenses.
