On April 21st, we will attempt to set a Guinness World Record at our Living Donor Rally. We’re thrilled by the response to this event. To date, we’ve sold 1,210 tickets and have 469 living organ donors signed up to attend. Participants are coming to Chicago from far and wide. We have attendees from 39 states and 3 countries meeting us at “The Bean”.
With the help of our event participants and our gracious sponsors, we’ve raised $28,000 which will support the future generation of living organ donors at Northwestern Medicine.
We assembled footage from the Rally into a beautiful video (watch it now).
Our event has also been featured in several online publications. We’ve included links to the stories below:
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- Cary Resident Hopes to Set World Record at Living Organ Donor Gathering in Chicago (Northwest Herald)
- Loveland resident Rebecca Marsh hopes to help set Guinness World Record at largest living organ donor rally (Reporter Herald)
- Minnesota Moment: Orono Man’s ‘George Bailey Moment’ (ABC 5 Eyewitness News)
- Someone to know: Misty Shaw, organ donor going for a world record (The State Journal-Register)
- Joe Blundo: Kidney donor wishes she could give another (The Columbus Dispatch)
- Las Vegas woman to join in Chicago gathering of organ donors (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- Rallies for Organ Donors and Those Fighting Cancer (MSN News)
- Northwest Indiana residents participating in world-record setting gathering of living organ donors(GetHealthy)
- Chicago World Record Set For Living Organ Donors (CBS Chicago)
- 400 organ donors, recipients hope to break world record (WGN9)
- From the community: LifeSource Proud to Support Local Groups Raising Awareness on the Importance of Organ Donation (Chicago Tribune)
- Article from Publication in India
- Once Strangers, Kidney Recipients and Donors Meet (Chicago Tribune)
- Shout Out: Shannon Wyatt and MaryJo Taira, living organ donors (Chicago Tribune)
- How a mom gave her son 6 more years of life (CBC Canada)
- Organ donors go for world record (oakpark.com)
- Giving Life: Raising awareness and possibly setting a new world record for inspiration (Neighborhood Magazine)
- Shout Out: Shannon Wyatt and MaryJo Taira, living organ donors (Chicago Tribune)
We are extremely thankful for the overwhelming support we’ve received as we attempt to do something that has never been done before in the transplant community. Tickets to the event are still on sale and can be purchased here. We hope to see you at “The Bean”!