Lishan Knowles

Lishan Knowles is a 54-year-old mother and resident of Chapel Hill, N.C. She is a 20-year liver transplant survivor, but her anti-rejection medicine now has caused her to need a kidney transplant. Read Lishan's story.

Medicare will cover most of the transplant's cost, but Lishan must raise approximately $50,000 for out-of-pocket costs and related expenses, especially medications.

A group of friends and neighbors, in cooperation with the National Foundation for Transplants, is working raise enough money through contributions and fund-raising activities and events to meet that goal while helping her with current out-of-pocket medical bills. Your gift can save Lishan's and other patients' lives and is fully tax-deductible.

Donate locally by sending your check to:

National Foundation for Transplants
NC Kidney Fund
PO Box 5291
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Checks can be made out to National Foundation for Transplants See North Carolina patients awaiting transplants (scroll down to see Lishan's profile) on the website of the National Foundation for Transplants, which administers the North Carolina Kidney Fund. You'll find a link under her photo to donate to her transplant fund.

Many thanks to the Plumb Line Players and everyone who came out to see their hilarious benefit performances Feb. 8 and 9 at Grace Church, Chapel Hill. Read the article in The Chapel Hill News about the fundraiser for Lishan in February 2008.