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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Renewal Kidney Donors Celebrate Giving 150 Transplants Since Its Founding

Boro Park Scoop
You usually don’t think of organ donation as something to celebrate. Don’t tell that to the people of Renewal. Last Thursday over 300 people got together for a lavish reception at the Renaissance Ballroom in Brooklyn to honor their kidney donors, an elite group of selfless individuals who have given the gift of life to others, often to complete strangers.

It was perhaps the largest gathering of organ donors in one place – 76 donors, together with many of their healthy recipients and some of the organization’s principle financial supporters.

“Wow,” exclaimed Yossi Lieber, the emcee for the evening. “What are the odds that I would be in a room with so many people with only one kidney?”

“It’s not often our donors get a chance to meet each other,” added Mendy Reiner, the founder and Chairman of Renewal. “These are people from all walks of life that have this incredible bond with each other. There was an amazing energy in the room.”

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