I hope everyone is having a good spring and hard at work with fund-raising as well as fun-raising.
Some members have expressed an interest in a team meeting. After discussion with Diane and the Executive Committee it was decided to hold off on a meeting until we have more concrete direction to share with you from NKF nationally. Meantime, we wanted to find more than one way (besides meetings and emails) to keep you updated on WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH TEAM IOWA so Cheryl Rainford has been so kind as to set up this "BLOG" website.
If you have something you would like to share, send it to Diane or me and we will ask Cheryl to place it on the Blog. Once you have checked the Blog out remember to continue to check the site for new information or to review information that was previously submitted.
On another note Mike Fox has agreed to be Assistant Team Manger and Jim Rollins and Jon Dreibelbis (Cheryl Rainford's better half) have agreed to be Transplant Games Sports Venue Site Mangers for the next games. We're putting together a great team for '08 and even though we are all guys I think we can handle it. Please thank Mike, Jim and Jon for volunteering.
GO TEAM IOWA!
Bruce Hoffmaster, Team Manager
Monday, April 23, 2007
Welcome to the team's new Website!
If you take a look around here's what you'll find:
* Information about upcoming events
* Contact information for Bruce Hoffmaster (Team Manager), Mike Fox (Secretary), and Diane Hagarty (NKF Iowa)
* Forms you might need to use
* How to earn scholarship points
* Links to the NKF website and the Transplant Games website
* A link to the 2006 results and photos
* A link to the 2006 Transplant Games Highlights Video on You Tube
The goal of the site is to build a sense of team spirit and community, and to create a single place for
you to get all the information you need to feel "up to speed" on Team Iowa happenings 24/7.
We're hoping the website will also be a place to share joyful announcements about teammates, requests for
well wishes for teammates needing support, photos, fundraising success stories, requests for volunteers
to help with fundraisers, information about upcoming events and more.
If you have a message you'd like posted on the site, simply email it to Bruce Hoffmaster (bhoffmaster@mercydesmoines.org) or Diane Hagarty (dhagarty@kidneyia.org). They will screen messages before they are posted on the site.
As we get closer to the 2008 Games, make sure to check here often to stay up to date with the latest information about meetings, deadlines and registration.
* Information about upcoming events
* Contact information for Bruce Hoffmaster (Team Manager), Mike Fox (Secretary), and Diane Hagarty (NKF Iowa)
* Forms you might need to use
* How to earn scholarship points
* Links to the NKF website and the Transplant Games website
* A link to the 2006 results and photos
* A link to the 2006 Transplant Games Highlights Video on You Tube
The goal of the site is to build a sense of team spirit and community, and to create a single place for
you to get all the information you need to feel "up to speed" on Team Iowa happenings 24/7.
We're hoping the website will also be a place to share joyful announcements about teammates, requests for
well wishes for teammates needing support, photos, fundraising success stories, requests for volunteers
to help with fundraisers, information about upcoming events and more.
If you have a message you'd like posted on the site, simply email it to Bruce Hoffmaster (bhoffmaster@mercydesmoines.org) or Diane Hagarty (dhagarty@kidneyia.org). They will screen messages before they are posted on the site.
As we get closer to the 2008 Games, make sure to check here often to stay up to date with the latest information about meetings, deadlines and registration.
Dave Luallin honored by Iowa Donor Network
Team Iowa's own Dave Luallin was honored Saturday night by the Iowa Donor Network (IDN), at a Gala Fundraiser in Coralville, Iowa. Many members of Team Iowa were present for the ceremony.
Dave has been an active supporter and volunteer for Iowa Donor Network since his wife Lillian received a kidney eight years ago. As a team, Dave and Lil would volunteer at every donor awareness event they could to show their appreciation for the gift of life Lil received from Holly Nelson, the teenage girl they have always called Lil's "special angel."
Over the past few years, Dave has taken the driver's education classes in Central Iowa by storm. Dave has shared Lil's illness and transplant story with thousands of highschool students each year. Over the last three years, Dave has logged in more than 350 hours of volunteering and traveling for Iowa Donor Network while working a full-time job with the U.S. Postal Service, and caring for his wife Lil as her health declined in recent months.
Sadly, Lil passed away the day before Thanksgiving last year, waiting for a second kidney transplant. Dave has recently been experiencing some serious health problems of his own.
Unable to attend the ceremony in his honor because he was in the hospital, his daughter Rachel accepted the award on Dave's behalf. She briefly relayed Dave's gratitude for the award. Paul Sodders, Public Affairs Manager for IDN, then praised Dave's committment to educating teenagers, and challenged each member of the audience to reach out to three people to ask them to consider becoming organ donors, something Dave has done in hundreds of driver's ed classes. Sodders also pointed out that in a typical year all of IDN's volunteers together log about 450 hours, so Dave has singlehandedly logged nearly a year's worth of work in just three years.
Also honored, for their contributions toward advancing organ donation policy, were former Governor Tom Vilsack and Sheldon Kurtz, a professor at the University of Iowa College of Law.
Iowa Donor Network is a non-profit organization that operates as the primary contact for organ, tissue and eye donation services for the state of Iowa. Iowa Donor Network also serves as the tissue recovery agency for the state.
Iowans can consent to organ, tissue and eye donation prior to death by joining the Iowa Donor Registry (www.IowaDonorRegistry.org).
Dave has been an active supporter and volunteer for Iowa Donor Network since his wife Lillian received a kidney eight years ago. As a team, Dave and Lil would volunteer at every donor awareness event they could to show their appreciation for the gift of life Lil received from Holly Nelson, the teenage girl they have always called Lil's "special angel."
Over the past few years, Dave has taken the driver's education classes in Central Iowa by storm. Dave has shared Lil's illness and transplant story with thousands of highschool students each year. Over the last three years, Dave has logged in more than 350 hours of volunteering and traveling for Iowa Donor Network while working a full-time job with the U.S. Postal Service, and caring for his wife Lil as her health declined in recent months.
Sadly, Lil passed away the day before Thanksgiving last year, waiting for a second kidney transplant. Dave has recently been experiencing some serious health problems of his own.
Unable to attend the ceremony in his honor because he was in the hospital, his daughter Rachel accepted the award on Dave's behalf. She briefly relayed Dave's gratitude for the award. Paul Sodders, Public Affairs Manager for IDN, then praised Dave's committment to educating teenagers, and challenged each member of the audience to reach out to three people to ask them to consider becoming organ donors, something Dave has done in hundreds of driver's ed classes. Sodders also pointed out that in a typical year all of IDN's volunteers together log about 450 hours, so Dave has singlehandedly logged nearly a year's worth of work in just three years.
Also honored, for their contributions toward advancing organ donation policy, were former Governor Tom Vilsack and Sheldon Kurtz, a professor at the University of Iowa College of Law.
Iowa Donor Network is a non-profit organization that operates as the primary contact for organ, tissue and eye donation services for the state of Iowa. Iowa Donor Network also serves as the tissue recovery agency for the state.
Iowans can consent to organ, tissue and eye donation prior to death by joining the Iowa Donor Registry (www.IowaDonorRegistry.org).
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Plant a tree for strength and continued life 4/29 with the Gerlachs
Team Iowa members are invited to the 13th Annual Tree Planting Ceremony behind St. Patrick's Church rectory in Delmar, Ia on Sunday, April 29th, 2007 at 2pm.
The New Hope Support Group from Delmar has sponsored a tree planting for 13 years. This event dedicates the planting of a tree to families who make a decision to donate organs and tissue. The tree serves as a symbol of strength and continued life.
Ruth and Ken Gerlach are members of this support group and have donated the tree for this year's ceremony.
If you have any questions or directions to Delmar, please contact Ruth or Ken at 563-574-4304.
The New Hope Support Group from Delmar has sponsored a tree planting for 13 years. This event dedicates the planting of a tree to families who make a decision to donate organs and tissue. The tree serves as a symbol of strength and continued life.
Ruth and Ken Gerlach are members of this support group and have donated the tree for this year's ceremony.
If you have any questions or directions to Delmar, please contact Ruth or Ken at 563-574-4304.
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