ABC News, Raleigh - Durham SC
Anna Marie Kool turns 13 on Friday and all she wants for her birthday is your help. The Wake County girl's wish is to get people to donate to her friend in Oxford after she needed an emergency heart transplant.
"When I first found out that she was sick and in the ICU, I like [burst] out in tears," Anna Marie recalled.
Anna Marie's collecting donations for her friend Kristen Hicks through COTA, the Children’s Organ Transplant Association. Anna Marie told ABC11 she hopes 1,000 people will donate $13 and leave words of encouragement for Kristen too.
Learn more at: www.cotaforkristenh.com
"Not only am I turning 13, Kristen is now able to turn 13 years old because of the heart transplant that she had, and I think 13 is a good number this year," said Kool.
Kristen said she's grateful for her friend's support.
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