PATIENT’S NEWSLETTER



July - December 2007

The information provided in this newsletter is for educational purposes only, and it is not nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult your own physician or healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Bill Greising

Hope Chest News lost a strong advocate and dedicated Board member when Bill Greising passed away this past August 28, 2007. More importantly, we lost a great friend.

Bill received a single lung transplant in May 2003. He and his wife Kathy have worked tirelessly since then to educate people about organ transplantation. They have both been on the Board of Directors of Hope Chest News and have spent countless hours as editors of this publication. Bill and Kathy also have spent much of their time as volunteer speakers for LifeSource.

Bill was always ready to support and help others. You could always find him talking to other patients in clinic, contributing his experiences in the weekly lung transplant support group meetings or spending his time mentoring a fellow recipient. If you had a need, Bill was there.

I know many of you share the same feelings that I do. I have lost a dear friend that can never be replaced. I think of Bill often. His legacy within Hope Chest News will never be forgotten and he will continue to touch many through the work of this organization. I know that would make Bill smile!

Kip Peterson

President

Hope Chest News

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Newsletter Changes

The Newsletter is produced on a quarterly basis. We are asking any of you who no longer wish to receive the newsletter to indicate this on the form located later in this document.

The Newsletter is also available on line at our Web Site - . Click on the “Newsletter” tab on the left hand side of the page. You can view the newsletter online, download a copy to your home PC or make copies if you wish. We will provide email notification to you when the latest copy is available on the web. Please send an email to HopeChestNews@ if you wish to receive email notification.

If you would like to share any personal stories about your transplant experience, or have questions, or information you would like to share with other lung or heart transplant patients, please contact Ed Aubitz, editor of the HOPE CHEST NEWS at HopeChestNews@ or call 952-457-8281. You can also submit articles to Hope Chest News, address 161 East 105th Street, Bloomington, MN 55420

Current Transplants

As of November 26, 2007 there have been 30 Lung transplants and 37 Heart transplants.

|Lung Transplants |Heart Transplants |

|Name |Type |# |Date |Name |# |Date |

|Lester Fuhrmann |S/L |338 |01/04/07 | |601 |01/04/07 |

|Karen Jacobson |S/L |339 |01/12/07 | |602 |01/05/07 |

| |D/L |192 |02/03/07 | |603 |01/13/07 |

|Donna Meagan |S/L |340 |02/17/07 | |604 |01/15/07 |

|Mary Fern Olson |S/L |341 |02/20/07 | |605 |02/15/07 |

|Sue Martin |S/L |342 |02/20/07 | |606 |03/04/07 |

| |D/L |193 |02/27/07 | |607 |03/16/07 |

|Timothy Olby |D/L |194 |03/01/07 | |608 |03/20/07 |

| |D/L |195 |03/02/07 | |609 |04/06/07 |

| |S/L |343 |03/20/07 | |610 |04/12/07 |

| |S/L |344 |03/20/07 | |611 |04/13/07 |

| |D/L |196 |04/05/07 | |612 |04/19/07 |

| |D/L |197 |05/02/07 | |613 |04/21/93 |

| |S/L |345 |05/19/07 | |614 |05/22/07 |

| |D/L |198 |05/22/07 | |615 |05/23/07 |

|Worth Littlejohn |S/L |346 |06/02/07 | |616 |05/24/07 |

|Vern Jackson |S/L |347 |06/20/07 | |617 |05/27/07 |

| |S/L |348 |06/23/07 | |618 |05/28/07 |

| |S/L |349 |07/16/07 | |619 |05/30/07 |

|Mark Nyman |D/L |199 |07/24/07 | |620 |05/30/07 |

|Alice Wishard |S/L |350 |07/28/07 | |621 |07/16/07 |

| |S/L |351 |08/07/07 | |622 |07/21/07 |

|Lowell Amundson |D/L |200 |08/08/07 | |623 |08/09/07 |

| |S/L |352 |09/04/07 | |624 |08/15/07 |

| |S/L |353 |09/04/07 | |625 |08/21/07 |

|Elissa Owen |D/L |201 |09/09/07 | |626 |08/28/07 |

| |S/L |354 |10/10/07 | |626 |09/08/07 |

|Ann Alexander |D/L |202 |10/28/07 | |628 |09/24/07 |

|Steve Messner |S/L |355 |10/30/07 | |629 |09/25/07 |

|Janet Klein |S/L |356 |10/31/07 | |630 |09/28/07 |

| |S/L |357 |12/12/07 | |631 |10/10/07 |

| | | | | |632 |10/19/07 |

| | | | | |633 |10/23/07 |

| | | | | |634 |10/25/07 |

| | | | | |635 |10/28/07 |

| | | | | |636 |10/30/07 |

| | | | | |637 |11/07/07 |

Due to HIPPA rules Marget Schmidtke needs permission from patients to release their name and transplant number and data. Contact her for your transplant number. If any of the people transplanted this year would like to have their name printed in the newsletter, please email HopeChestNews@ or you can call 952-457-8281. If you let us know the date of your transplant and your transplant number, we can also make a button for you.

September

91 Jan Ankeny DL 09/30/99

Kenneth Bourke SL 09/03/07

332 Wally Brandt SL 09/06/06

Susan A. Campina SL 09/20/02

593 Brenda Daml H 09/22/06

127 Trudy Davey DL 09/08/02

331 Duane Erickson SL 09/06/06

161 Ashley Gelking DL 09/26/05

Susan Hackert SL 09/12/06

281 Charles Hagenah SL 09/14/04

Roger Hamm H 09/16/01

301 Robert Haugen SL 09/20/05

13 Larry Larrivy HL 09/28/89

201 Harlan Lehto SL 09/07/00

169 Viki Lelm SL 09/13/99

269 Eldred (Al) Lorenz SL 09/07/03

245 Lavonne Maring SL 09/20/02

119 Leroy Martin SL 09/05/96

41 Daniel McCullough DL 09/06/95

29 Carmen Moser DL 09/16/94

140 Terry Olson DL 09/28/03

Dale Oman SL 09/04/05

Elissa Owen DL 09/10/07

272 Melodie Purk SL 09/09/03

117 Robert Smith SL 09/03/96

63 Barbara Stuart DL 09/16/97

Kristi Van Buren DL 09/25/05

270 Carla Viseth SL 09/07/03

216 Carole L. Vondall SL 09/05/01

19 Richard Ziegler DL 09/30/93

50 Brent Zook DL 09/27/96

October

292 Ann Alexander DL 10/28/07

82 Arlen Anderson DL 10/24/98

307 Ed Aubitz SL 10/17/05

61 Roger Beck SL 10/25/93

59 Jo Brouwer SL 10/22/93

305 Judy Cannon SL 10/09/05

14 Mack Croyle. Sr HL 10/04/89

100 Harold Ezzone DL 10/25/00

Sharon Flatequal SL 10/07/03

30 Mathew Gould DL 10/16/94

33 David Graves HL 10/11/94

34 Ricky Gustafson HL 10/27/94

147 Gina Hanson DL 10/06/04

220 Jane Harmon SL 10/29/01

333 Ross House SL 10/26/06

306 Shirley Irwin SL 10/09/05

218 Valdamar Jacobson SL 10/25/01

152 Judy Johnson SL 10/14/98

44 Terry Juezk HL 10/12/98

Janet Klein SL 10/31/07

Pamela Krake SL 10/01/02

129 Vern Kuehnl DL 10/05/02

Steve Messner SL 10/30/07

304 Doris Oman SL 10/05/05

1 Heather Penick LL 10/05/00

101 Kathy Rabbitt DL 10/27/00

58 Norman Rathbun SL 10/19/93

81 Sally Reagan DL 10/21/98

4 Allen Sorenson LL 10/10/01

51 David Swanson DL 10/01/96

Melissa Thomason DL 10/30/05

43 Gaye Trcka DL 10/29/95

52 Ellen Varney DL 10/26/96

244 Dennis J. Weiland SL 10/11/02

116 Hal Wenaas DL 10/07/01

308 Eunice Zimprich SL 10/17/05

November

153 Barbara Beck SL 11/18/98

Ron Bergerson SL 11/17/03

178 Bonnie Bieber SL 11/29/99

173 Mary Cordes SL 11/01/99

164 Lisa Dekowski DL 11/01/05

174 Richard Fitzgerald SL 11/01/99

310 Colleen Goodin SL 11/04/05

16 Cherry Hamlin SL 11/05/90

177 Lester Hanson SL 11/17/99

312 Robert Howden SL 11/26/05

224 Emma Jean Knopik SL 11/25/01

335 Brad Knutson SL 11/03/06

336 Hugh McDonald SL 11/03/06

175 Gordon Olson SL 11/02/99

141 Delores Opatz SL 11/09/97

311 Roger Remer SL 11/17/05

334 Darlene Reynolds SL 11/03/06

310 Sandra Sazama SL 11/04/05

Diane Sydnes 11/26/01

63 Sandra White SL 11/15/93

53 Mary Williams DL 11/06/96

December

Pat Chmieleiwski 12/01/00

117 Pete Conwell DL 12/20/01

166 Pam Cullen DL 12/07/05

Linda Curran DL 12/25/02

227 Dennis Dahl SL 12/16/01

313 Ron Daily SL 12/12/05

427 Gary Harris H 12/15/01

Tom Hovorka H 12/01/03

182 Bob Kozieck SL 12/17/99

87 James Laser SL 12/08/94

28 Joan Longmuir SL 12/06/91

106 Sandra Majeski SL 12/19/95

314 Rose Otterstetter SL 12/27/05

James Pratt DL 12/19/02

Don Russell H 12/12/06

183 Pat Swirtz SL 12/31/99

181 Frank Vermeulen SL 12/03/99

67 William Way DL 12/20/97

Congratulations To All

The number preceding the name is the Fairview Hospital list number (how many transplants to date, single lungs (SL) are one group, double lungs (DL), heart-lung (HL) and hearts (H)) as they received their organs, Please let us know of any corrections to this information.

News from the Board

Annual Board Meeting

The Annual Board Meeting was held July 16, 2007 at 12:30 PM. Results of the election of Board members and the officers follow. The number in parenthesis ( ) is the term in years for that Board Member. The lengths of terms were determined by a random drawing. Contact information is also provided. If you have any suggestions you would like to make to improve our organization or services to you, please contact any of your board members or come to one of our monthly board meetings. The next Board Meeting will be on December17th 2007 on the 8th floor of the hospital

|Kip Peterson, President (3) |952-431-8442 |PetersonKip@ |

|Ed Aubitz, Vice President (2) |952-457-8281 |eca123@ |

|Judy Vermeulen, Treasurer (1) |952-445-2497 |javfpv@ |

|Kathy Greising, Secretary (2) |651-738-2954 |kjgreising@ |

|Julie Caron, Corresponding Secretary (3) | |julicaron@ |

|Ross Bourgeois, Director (2) |763-522-6053 |marross2537@ |

|Brenda Daml, Director (1) |763-753-4169 |damltruck@ |

|Ramona Foore, Director (3) |952-431-2884 |rfoore@ |

|Philip Gracia, Director (3) |651-293-0718 |pgracia@ |

|Hinda Litman, Director (1) |952-935-1687 |hlitman@ |

|Elliot Sovell, Director (1) |507-694-1433 | |

|Eileen Vierow, Director (2) |651-483-3146 |eileenV10@ |

|Harriette Wock, Director (2) |651-439-1808 |Hmw1808@ |

President’s Review

It has been a sad, challenging, exciting and rewarding year. With sadness we have seen more of our transplant friends pass away this year as their extension of life from transplant ended. This as always brings to mind how fragile life is, especially for us as recipients.

Hope Chest News now includes heart recipients as well as lung recipients.

The third annual Daml Golf Tournament was held in June and was a success again this year. We also held the first Marie Anderson Memorial Golf tournament on July 30th, 2007. This tournament went far beyond our expectations and we have been told by several participants that they are looking forward to coming back in 2008.

We have helped several Heart / Lung transplant families this year with funds raised from these tournaments as well as other fundraisers held through out the year.

My thanks to the Hope Chest News Board and all the volunteers that have helped with these projects. It’s a lot of work and we couldn’t do it without each of you.

Of course we are also very appreciative of those of you that have sent generous contributions to Hope Chest News throughout the year.

On behalf of myself and the Board we wish you a healthy holiday season and may all the bumps in your road be minor ones!

Kip

Board Meeting Actions

The following are motions and action items presented at the last four Hope Chest News board meetings. If you have any suggestions or comments for the board please contact any of the board members listed previously

◊ A motion was made, seconded and approved by voice vote to design and produce a donation envelope and to distribute them in the next Newsletter.

◊ The revised Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the organization were approved and will be submitted to the Minnesota Secretary of State.

◊ A motion was made, seconded and approved by voice vote that Hope Chest News purchase novelty give-away items to be available to the public at the Hope Chest News booth at conferences, etc. Such an item would be imprinted with our name to promote our organization and make our name more familiar to the community. The decision was to purchase luggage tags as the give-away item.

◊ A motion was made, seconded and approved by voice vote that we increase the money given out at Christmas from $2,000 to $3,000 for families with Marget overseeing the distribution of a maximum of $200.00 per family.

◊ A suggestion was made by Ed Aubitz to save all Hope Chest News electronic files in a common place online. This location would be protected by a Password which would only be available to Board members. Currently historical files; e.g. copies of past Newsletters and Board Meeting minutes are scattered on several members PC hard drives. Members can be sidelined with transplant complications making or extended vacation. Having a centralized place for all files makes them available when needed.

◊ Hope Chest News had representatives at the Pulmonary Fibrosis/Scleroderma Education Day held in U of M McNamara Center on October 27, 2007. Information was passed out about our organization

◊ A motion was made, seconded and approved by voice vote to increase the maximum amount of financial aid for those in need was raised $750 to $1,000 per person, per year. Previously the amount of the aid was reduced because of lack of funds in the account.

Important Numbers:

We’ve bored you enough with descriptions of the various programs and requests for information changes, the following chart will help you if you need assistance in one of these areas.

|Purpose |Who to Contact |Phone Number |Email Address |

|Address or Email Change |Ed Aubitz |952-457-8281 |eca123@ |

|In the Hospital |Any Board member |See list elsewhere |hopechestnews@ |

|Financial Assistance |Marget Schmidtke, Thoracic |612-273-5796 or | |

| |Transplant Social Worker |1-800-478-5864 | |

|Lung Status Change |Ed Aubitz |952-457-8281 |hopechestnews@ |

|Mentorship Program |Eileen Vierow |651-483-3146 |eileenv10@ |

|Obtain your Transplant Number |Marget Schmidtke |612-273-5796 or | |

| | |1-800-478-5864 | |

|Heart Buttons |Ed Aubitz |952-457-8281 |eca123@ |

12th Annual Hats and Mittens Ball

The annual Hats and Mittens, black-tie optional benefit ball to support children’s charities in the Twin Cities will be held on December 30th, 2007 from 6PM until Midnight. The evening consists of dinner, dancing, a short program, and a silent and live auction. This is a great way to enjoy an evening and support local charities at the same time.

LifeSource is this year’s recipient, and the money raised will support high school and driver education about donation and transplantation so Minnesota youth can make an informed donation decision and, hopefully, document that decision on their driver’s license

If you are interested more information is available at the following Web site

home/

Or call:

Rebecca Jorgenson Larsen

Phone 952.935.5300

Cell 952-474-1522

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We have lost more of our lung buddies:

Bill Greising – s/l transplanted 05/19/03 Passed away 08/28/07

Richard Thanghe – s/l transplanted 02/15/02 Passed away 09/02/07

Mary Ann Caldwell waiting Passed away 09/04/07

Ricky Hauer – d/l transplanted 09/19/06 Passed away 09/24/07

Sig Arnorsson waiting Passed away 11/21/07

Our prayers go out to their families and for any others who have passed away that we are not aware of.

Thank You

A special thanks to all those who have donated to the Hope Chest News through memorials or personal donations.

Memorials and Honorariums

In Memory of Ricky Hauer

Sandy and Ed Aubitz, DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc , Gina Hanson, Lynn Murray

In Memory of Donna Brown

Patricia Allmann, Mary Jane Berends, Dona J. Jenum,

Rodney and Ladonna Stensrud

In Memory of Bill Greising

Brett & Heather Abrahamson, Margarita B. Alvarez, Wayne Anderson,

Jan Ankeny, Sandy and Ed Aubitz, Gary and Barb Broberg, Mary C. Davis,

Deb Werkman, Jane Delisle, Peter D Farstad,. Ed Fiore, Nancy Geiger,

Darlene Z.Gieser, Daniel Greising, Jodie Greising, Susan Gunderson,

Susan and Francis Hacjertm, Chris Hines, Kathleen Hines, Michael and Kris Hudalla,

Robert and Elizabeth Hudalla, Charles and Shirley Irwin,

Randal and Tracy Kuchenmeister, Vern J. Kuehnl, John and Janice Kurtz,

Donald and Cheryl Lindeman, Dave and Sharon Lindgren, Hinda Litman,

Steve or Jeanette Loken, John E. Mannillo and Associates, Julie McGaughey,

Jennifer Lachner Co/Merit Chev. Nancy Meyer, APWU Minneapolis Area Local,

MSP BMC Emp Soc. and Rec., Aaron Muelhbauer, Pamela Muelhbauer,

Terry and Rosalind Neal, Robert and Amy Niven, Charles and Romona Nordquist,

Albert and Doris Oman, Pat and Katie Parnell, Kip Peterson,

Donald and Evelyn Reichert, Andrew Reinhardt, Roger Remer, Elaine Rhode,

Opal and James Ronning, Bruce and Susan Saffel, Sandra A. Sazama,

Edward Schuck, Shelley and Robert Shutes, Jeffrey and Lisa Sjobeck,

Coreen Straiton, James W.Straiton, Mike and Heidi Tuttle, Frank Vermeulen,

Eileen Vierow, Ian Roy and Susan Warfield, Daniel or Ronda Weber,

Hal Wenaas, Linda L.Willard, Harriette Wock, James or Marlene Yarusso,

Wanda Zych,

In Memory of Phillip D. Niemann

Delores A. Neimann

In Memory of Richard Thanghe

Hinda Litman

In Memory of Lori Wething

Frank Vermeulen, Harriette Wock

Transplant Center Doctors and Nurses

Judith Ann Spray

Thank you to the following individuals for your generous donations

Lonny and Ronda Walker, Mary Davis, and an Anonymous donor

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Donations

Any donations made to Hope Chest News will be used to either defray the costs of producing and mailing the newsletter or will be used to provide financial assistance to other FUMC heart/lung transplant patients and waiters. Proceeds from the sale of the cookbook and other items will also be used in this manner. Hope Chest News is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and all donations are tax deductible. Please keep us in mind when you are making Honorariums, Memorials, or wish to make a tax deductible charitable donation. All donations should be made out to Hope Chest News and be mailed to: Judy Vermeulen, 796 Regent Drive, Shakopee, MN 55379-8261.

The 1st Annual Marie Anderson Memorial Golf Scramble

The First Annual Marie Anderson Golf Scramble that was held July 30, 2007 at the Les Bolstad Golf course. We had 120 golfers which is remarkable considering this was our first attempt and organizing such and event!

We hope that participants had as much fun as we did hosting it. We had many positive remarks about the golf course and the dinner, silent auction, and sports material show at Elsie’s.

The proceeds from the tournament go to Hope Chest News, a 501 (c)(3) organization. With the proceeds from this tournament alone we will be able to help many people that are progressing through the process of transplantation at the University of Minnesota, Fairview hospital.

We are including a few pictures to bring back memories of the day. We wish they could have been printed in color to show what fantastic weather we had for the event.

1st Annual Marie Anderson Memorial Golf Scramble Results

1st Place Nilles, Allen, Nelson and Richard with a score of 60 (29-31)

2nd Place Godbout, Godbout, Godbout and Wilson with a score of 62 (27-35)

3rd Place Rolnick, Johnson, Vanderbloeme and Kottke with a score of 64 (33-31) 3rd place was a tie. Final results were decided by comparing the scores on hole 16 for the winner to emerge!

1st Annual Marie Anderson Memorial Golf Scramble Overall Scores

Out In Total

1A Kadelbach, Klimstra, Minton, Wenaas 31 33 64

1B Sprout, Sprout, Anderson, Anderson 37 37 74

2A Hill, Aubitz, Hong, Li 35 36 71

3A Hendrickson, Hendrickson Ackerly, Raymond 33 34 67

3B Johnson, Lander, Steiner, Albrecht 37 38 75

4A Strong, O’Rourka, Rombolt, Vierow 39 39 78

4B Hertz, D’Cunha, Kelly, Shumway 41 38 79

5A Wenaas, Wenaas, Wenaas, Wenaas 33 40 73

6A Opstad, Opstad, ???, ??? 34 36 70

6B Harris, O’Brien, Paulson, Moy 38 39 77

7A Phillips, Cosgrove, Rosenthal, Lunstad 37 42 79

8A Wisdorf, Micholak, Blohm, Rohlf 36 36 72

9A Cook, Brost, Johnson, Solberg 31 34 65

9B Howare, Carlson, Lindeck, ??? 37 36 73

10A Bourgeois, Bourgeois, Weis, Branberg 32 34 66

10B Nilles, Allen, Nelson, Richard 29 31 60

11A Tuttle, Tuttle, Dupont, Dupont 37 35 72

11B Contreras, Fairchild, Harrtle, Sell 34 34 68

12A Rolnick, Johnson, Vanderbloeme, Kottke 33 31 64

13A Abrahamson, Abrahamson, Abrahamson, Anderson 32 35 67

13B Tuttle, Tuttle, Mickelberg, Mickelberg 35 35 70

14A Lucar, Foltz, Hogo, King 34 34 68

15A Kelly, Kampinen, Lalim, Nervick 34 37 71

15B Provo, Wilhelmson, Clough, Strandquist 32 35 67

16A Godbout, Godbout, Godbout, Wilson 27 35 62

16B Schwietz, Schwietz, Benson, Keane 32 36 68

17A Slipka, Prelip, Bettendorf, Doll 33 36 69

18A Hemson, Benson, Wetherby, Chacka 38 36 74

18B Whelan, Schultz, Broberg, Wenaas 35 36 71

The 2nd Annual Marie Anderson Memorial Golf Scramble

Planning has already started for the 2nd Annual Marie Anderson Golf Scramble. Now that we have done the first one and we hope we have learned some things we are eager to try again. Please reserve Monday, July 28, 2008 for this year’s event

If you would like to help us next year with a hole sponsorship, silent auction item, advertising, or other form of help we would like to hear from you. You can contact:

|Ed Aubitz |952-457-8281 |eca123@ |

|Hal Wenaas |320-593-7533 |mjhal@ |

|Kip Peterson |952-431-8442 |petersonkip@ |

|Judy Vermeulen |952-445-2497 |javfpv@ |

|Ross Bourgeais |763- 522-6053 |marross2537@ |

The 3rd Annual Daml Golf Tournament

Hope Chest News was fortunate to have a new member Brenda Daml who had a heart transplant a year ago. Her husband, Larry, got involved in fund raising for organizations associated with transplant as soon as he knew of Brenda’s condition. The event was a success with the proceeds going to Hope Chest News. We thank Larry and Brenda for all their hard work and contributions.

This year Larry has agreed to host the 3rd Annual edition of his tournament at The Ponds golf course in St. Michael Minnesota. Please reserve June 15th for this event.

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Donate Life Rose Parade Float

The fifth annual Donate Life Float will be in the New Years Day parade in Pasadena. The float is sponsored by Family Circle magazine. This year’s theme is Life Takes Flight and will feature four hot air balloons adorned with floral portraits of 40 deceased donors. Riding on the float will be 34 organ, tissue, eye and blood recipients. Walking alongside the float will be eight donor families.

The Family Circle Rose Dedication program gives all families touched by organ and tissue donation the opportunity to honor their loved one by dedicating a rose that is tagged with a personal message and placed in the Family Circle Garden which is on the actual float. There were over 1,000 roses on the 2007 float.

There are several levels of participation from $25 - $200. Please visit the web site at: and then click on the Family Circle entry on the left side of the page. Then click on the Join the Family Circle entry.

To dedicate your Family Circle rose, you may choose from two options:

• Order online by

• Download an Order Form that can be found on the Donate Life web site, complete it and mail to Donate Life Float Family Circle, 221 South Figueroa Street, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90012, or fax to 213-229-5601.

Your rose dedication must be received by: December 27th for your rose to ride in the Family Circle Garden and package to be received by January 30th

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Want to be Removed from the Mailing List?

If you no longer wish to receive the Hope Chest News please initial and date the following statement and send this page to the address below:

______________ I do not wish to receive the Hope Chest News newsletter

Hope Chest News

161 East 105th Street

Bloomington, MN 55420

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Fund Raiser Items For Sale

|Item |Price |Contact |Phone # |Email |

|Cookbooks |$15.00 |Judy Vermeulen |952-445-2497 |javfpv@ |

|Logo Tote Bag |$15.00 |Eileen Vierow |651-483-3146 |Eileenv10@ |

|Logo Jackets |$35.00 |Eileen Vierow |651-483-3146 |Eileenv10@ |

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UNOS Toll Free Reporting Line

Patient Services Line

The UNOS patient services line (888-894-6361) is available for patients to report concerns about their transplant program or their general experience with transplantation. The patient services staff can be reached by phone from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday. Voicemail is available outside of business hours.

Beginning February 15, 2007, transplant centers must inform candidates of this service in the written notification sent when a candidate is added or removed from the waiting list for reasons other than transplant or death, or when the transplant evaluation has been completed and a patient will not be placed on the waiting list. Centers are also required to notify currently listed candidates about the availability of the patient services line. To read the exact language approved by the OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors at its December 2006 meeting, please refer to OPTN Bylaws Appendix B, Section II “Transplant Hospitals,” “Patient Notification.”

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Donation Envelope

In 2006, we were able to assist 17 families with funds to help pay for expenses related to their transplants such as pharmacy co-pays, housing, ambulance fees, insurance premiums, etc. We have been able to help 23 families so far in 2007 totaling $16,645.14.

Hope Chest News is a non-profit organization that is incorporated as a 501(c)(3) charity. As such, all donations are tax deductible by law. Over 97% of our net income is spent on patient programs, and over 90% goes to direct financial assistance to the patients.

An envelope is available if you would like to make a donation. You can use it or just send your donation to Hope Chest News, 796 Regent Drive, Shakopee, MN 55379.

U.S. Transplant Games

The National Kidney Foundation is sponsoring U.S. Transplant Games again. They will be held in July in Pittsburgh , PA in 2008. The U.S. Transplant Games is a four-day athletic competition for recipients of organ transplants. Competition in the U.S. Transplant Games is open to anyone whose most recent lifesaving solid organ transplant— heart, liver, kidney, lung, pancreas and/or heterologous bone marrow— has been functioning for at least 6 months. As much as the Games are an athletic event that calls attention to the success of organ and tissue transplantation, it is also a celebration of life among recipients, their families, and friends.

There is still time to sign up to participate. Call the number below to register and represent Minnesota in the Games or go to the following web site for more information:



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We’ve Missed You…

Marget has short-term parking passes for the group meetings. So come to group and if you need one just ask Marget. We don’t want anyone to stay away from meetings because of financial concerns.

Save the Date:

Saturday, April 5, 2008 for a Caregivers Retreat sponsored by the U of M Transplant Center. Time and place TBD. A mailing will be sent with the details.

Support Meetings:

- Weekly Mondays at 11:00 a.m. (no day meeting on the first Monday of the month).

- Evening meeting only at 7:00 p.m. on the first Monday of each month.

Caregivers Support Group:

- First Monday of the month at 6:00 p.m. prior to the regular support group.

Support Group Sioux Falls:

- Contact Jo Brouwer at jolb4@ or June Schnieder at

605-339-3067

Board Meetings

The Hope Chest News board will meet on January 21st, 2007 in the 8th floor hospital conference room in the luncheon area from 12:15 to 2:00. This is the “Bridges” Conference room. We encourage participation from all our members.[pic]

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Hope Chest News

PATIENT NEWSLETTER

Happy New Year

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Mission Statement

To support and educate University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview patients and their families as the progress through the process of lung, heart or heart/lung transplantation, and to promote public awareness of the needs of these patients.

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In memory of loved ones

and donors please remember

them in your prayers

Marie Anderson

Memorial Golf Scramble Benefiting:

Hope Chest News

Proceeds from this event will be used to provide financial

assistance to University of

Minnesota Lung Transplant

recipients, waiters, and Care

Givers

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NONPROFIT ORG

US POSTAGE

PAID

MINNEAPOLIS MN

PERMIT NO 31185

HOPE CHEST NEWS

PATIENT NEWSLETTER

Ed Aubitz

161 East 105th Street

Bloomington, MN 55420

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