Wear Red Day - Feb. 3, 2012

HelpHOPELive is rocking our red today in support of women's heart health!

February is American Heart Month

Congrats to our December 2011 transplant recipients!

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Brochure: Mobilizing Communities to Fundraise for Catastrophic Injury Expenses

HelpHOPELive featured in SELF magazine

HelpHOPELive (formerly NTAF) is featured in SELF magazine's December issue (bottom of page 89) as a "worthy" charity to give to this holiday season. In October 2011, HelpHOPELive earned its eighth consecutive four-star rating from Charity Navigator. We are grateful for the recognition of our work!

Congrats to our November 2011 transplant recipients!

Congrats to our October 2011 Transplant Recipients!

HelpHOPELive who received the gift of life October 1-31,2011

National Donor Sabbath Weekend: November 11-13, 2011

"An interfaith celebration of life and thanksgiving”

Congrats to our September 2011 transplant recipients!

We're Changing Our Name to HelpHOPELive!

NTAF Earns 4-Stars from Charity Navigator for the 8th Straight Year!

Receiving four stars (highest possible) indicates that our organization adheres to good governance and other best practices, and that we consistently execute our mission in a fiscally responsible way. Only 1% of the charities rated have received at least 8 consecutive 4-star evaluations.

Congrats to our August 2011 transplant recipients!

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Congrats to our July 2011 transplant recipients!

Congrats to our June 2011 transplant recipients!

Congrats to our May transplant recipients!

Congrats to the winner of the NTAF Photo Contest to win an iPod Nano: Melanie Teel!

Melanie submitted photos from the Third Annual Spaghetti Cook-Off to benefit the NTAF Southeast Spinal Cord Injury Fund in honor of her brother Aaron Teel. Aaron was paralyzed in a hit-and-run car accident in 2008. Melanie has been a support system since the beginning, helping to organize and put on several events in his honor.

11 NTAF Patients Receive the Gift of Life in April

Congrats to our March transplant recipients!

NTAF to Receive 'Nonprofit of the Year' Award at National Kidney Registry Event May 2 in Philadelphia, Pa.

Join NKR for its 'Third Annual Awards and Complimentary Cocktail and Hors D'oeuvres Reception' to salute and acknowledge NTAF and other members/organizations of the American transplant community. Guests should arrive at 6 p.m. to mix and mingle, network. The reception will begin at 6:30 p.m.

5K Run/Walk for Organ Donation to Benefit NTAF

May 2, 2011
Philadelphia, PA
Sponsored by Astellas Pharma, US

April is National Donate Life Month

More than 110,000 people are on the transplant waiting list in the United States. One organ donor can save up to eight lives. Know the facts.

Brochure: Mobilizing Communities to Fundraise for Transplant Expenses

Mobilizing Communities to Fundraise

Congrats to our February transplant recipients!

Congrats to our January transplant recipients!

Support Arizona Patients Denied Access to Lifesaving Transplants Due to State Budget Cuts

Congrats to our December transplant recipients!

01/07/11 CNN's American Morning: 'One man's heart-wrenching search for a transplant'

Randall Shepherd of the NTAF Southwest Heart Transplant Fund is featured.

01/07/11 CNN's AC360° : 'Cuts leave man with no funds for a heart'

Douglas Gravagna, of the NTAF Southwest Heart Transplant Fund, is interviewed by Anderson Cooper regarding the lifesaving heart transplant he has been denied eligibility for because of state budget cuts. Arizona State Senator-elect David Schapira (who will be sworn in Monday 01/10/11) was also interviewed - stating that his caucus will introduce a bill Monday that will offer up a variety of proposals for how to restore funding in the state for transplant hopefuls like Douglas.

01/07/11 The Takeaway: 'Killing Transplant Funding Also Killing Patients'

NTAF Executive Director Lynne Coughlin Samson speaks to the budget cuts in Arizona, which affect coverage of some transplants. NTAF steps in to help Arizona transplant hopefuls like Randy Shepherd, of the NTAF Southwest Heart Transplant Fund -- also featured.

12/23/10 NPR Morning Edition: 'Heart Transplant Candidate Now a Reluctant Activist'

Randall Shepherd, of the NTAF Southwest Heart Transplant Fund, is featured.

12/15/10 MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann: 'Seventh-grader raises money for death panel victim'

Thirteen-year-old Carlos Olivas, Jr., talks about his attempts to raise money for Francisco Felix (of the NTAF Southwest Liver Transplant Fund).

12/14/10 MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann: 'Arizona contemplates more death panels'

New-to-NTAF patient Douglas Gravagna (of the NTAF Southwest Heart Transplant Fund) is featured. Douglas, 44, needs a heart transplant. Recent cuts to Arizona's ACCESS (state Medicaid) deny him coverage. Watch this compelling news coverage and consider a tax-deductible contribution.

12/10/10 Bloomberg News: Pulling Plug on Grandma Puts Obamacare Opponents on Defensive in Arizona

By Christopher Palmeri
NTAF fundraising patient Randall Shepherd is featured.

12/09/10 MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann: 'Arizona Marred By Death'

Budget cuts to Arizona's state Medicaid program continue to affect patients in dire need of transplants. NTAF fundraising patients: David Hernandez, Randall Shepherd, Francisco Felix, (and previously) Tiffany Tate are featured. Watch coverage and consider a contribution.

12/03/10 MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann: 'Arizona refuses to grant woman lung transplant'

Watch the coverage on MSNBC's Countdown and consider a contribution to the NTAF fundraising campaigns in honor of the Arizona transplant patients recently featured: Tiffany Tate, Randall Shepherd, Francisco Felix and David Hernandez.

12/2/10 The New York Times: Arizona Cuts Financing for Transplant Patients

To contribute to the NTAF fundraising campaigns in honor of two of the featured transplant patients - Randall Shepherd and Francisco Felix - click READ MORE

11/23/2010 MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann: 'Families in Jeopardy: Arizona Outrage'

Flor Felix, wife of Francisco Felix of the NTAF Southwest Lung Transplant Fund, is featured

11/19/10 MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann: 'Death Panel Invades Arizona'

Cuts to Arizona's state Medicaid affect low income transplant hopefuls: NTAF takes on the challenge to help featured patients Francisco Felix and Randall Shepherd.

Light a Life

Congrats to our November transplant recipients!

National Donor Sabbath

“An Interfaith Celebration of Life and Thanksgiving”
November 12-14, 2010

Congrats to our October transplant recipients!

Murderball: Not for the Weak

NBC 10 Philadelphia recently featured NTAF board member Lauren DeBruicker, a member of The Magee Eagles wheelchair rugby team. DeBruicker sustained a spinal cord injury in an automobile accident 19 years ago. She began playing wheelchair rugby (a.k.a quad rugby or murderball) about a year ago. The Magee Eagles recently played Rowan University’s able-bodied rugby team in a demonstration game.

Congrats to our September transplant recipients!

Congrats to our August transplant recipients!

Congrats to our July transplant recipients!

NTAF Patient Spotlight: Meet Kaleb Rancer

In August 2010, NTAF's Joni Henderson (Manager - Patient Services) and Shannon McMonagle (Communications Coordinator) were fortunate to travel to High Point, North Carolina, to meet Kaleb Rancer and his family who intimately shared their transplant story and experience working with NTAF for the new 'Why Fundraise for Transplant?' video.
Read more about Kaleb's story and view photos from filming and .

NTAF Received a 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator for the 7th Consecutive Year!

Community Hero Spotlight: Devyn Bisson

NTAF Community Hero Drafted to the Cubs

The Chicago Cubs selected Matt Szczur - a 2010 NTAF Community Hero Award recipient - in the fifth round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft on Tuesday. Congrats Matt!!!

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Astellas Annual 5K Run/Walk Raises Thousands to Benefit NTAF Program and Services

2010 NTAF Community Hero Matt Szczur Donates Bone Marrow to 1-Year Old with Leukemia

Article: 'Villanova 2-sport star Szczur donates bone marrow'
the Philadelphia Inquirer
May 5, 2010

Community Heroes Event Food and Beverage Sponsor

Great Harvest Bread Company, of Wayne, Pa., has generously offered to donate coffee, tea, muffins, scones and its delicious breakfast breads for the NTAF/MLCC event on April 8, 2010.

Important Message About Facebook Affiliate Cause Requests

Upcoming Webinar: Jump-Start Your Fundraising in the New Year

Join NTAF Thursday, December 17, 2009, at 3 p.m. EST for a free educational Webinar. Register today!

A New Name and Web Address in the New Year

NTAF Community Hero: Carolyn Stehler

Tanya Cornelius, formerly of the NTAF Great Lakes Kidney Transplant Fund, nominated her mother, Carolyn Stehler, for an NTAF Community Hero Award. Carolyn was a living kidney donor for her daughter in August 2005.

NTAF Webinar: Transplant Financial Concerns? Learn How Fundraising Can Help (with David Lee)

Recorded Friday, November 20, 2009, at 3 p.m. EST.
David Lee, of the NTAF Mid-Atlantic Transplant Fund, shares his transplant journey and his experience fundraising with NTAF.

Join NTAF for a Webinar - Friday, November 20, 2009

Transplant recipient David A. Lee, of the NTAF Mid-Atlantic Lung Transplant Fund, will join NTAF as the featured guest speaker for a Webinar next Friday. Download the event flyer for more details. Register today: e-mail NTAF Communications Coordinator Shannon McMonagle at smcmonagle@transplantfund.org.

NTAF Bone Marrow Transplant Patient Wins The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's 2009 Woman of the Year Award

Dani (Shotel) Greene of the NTAF Bone Marrow Transplant Fund raised more than $50,000 for the D.C. Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. A research grant for leukemia has been named in her honor.

NTAF Community Heroes: Genesee County Youth Bureau

NTAF Receives 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator for the Sixth Consecutive Year

This places NTAF in the top 2% of charities rated by Charity Navigator, America's largest independent evaluator of charities.

NTAF Community Hero: Diana Martin

Diana Martin, living kidney donor: "It's simply like being a blood donor,” says Diana. “If you know there's a need, you just do it!"

NTAF Celebrates Local Individuals at 'A Celebration of Community Heroes' Luncheon, April 2, 2009

During a celebratory luncheon Thursday, April 2, in front of a crowd of nearly 200 guests, NTAF honored six community heroes who have been involved in the transplant world in some way, whether through donation or fundraising.

NTAF Registers Nearly 300 Potential Bone Marrow Donors to NMDP Registry

From left: David Lee, former NTAF lung transplant patient and annual luncheon volunteer; Judy B. Diner, NTAF Managing Director and Director of Development; Rebecca Carr, an NTAF Patient Services Coordinator; and a volunteer from the Radnor Financial Center (home of the NTAF office). The photo was taken at the 3^rd Annual Transplant Donor Awareness Community Luncheon in April, where NTAF register nearly 80 donors in under two hours!

Check Out NTAF in UNOS Update's Marking Milestones Section

Read the UNOS Update's feature on NTAF in its Marking Milestone's section.

NTAF Community Hero - Larry Macdonald

Larry Macdonald (right) with Jim Rosenbeck. Larry donated a kidney to friend Jim in September 2007. Deborah Rosenbeck, Jim's wife, nominated Larry for this honor.

Thanks to Astellas Pharma US for generous support of NTAF Programs

NTAF gratefully thanks Astellas Pharma US, Inc. for generous support of our programs and services this year.

NTAF SCI Patient Was Selected As A Co-Captain for the U.S. Paraylmpic Swim Team

Way to Go Dave!
Dave Denniston will represent the United States as a co-captain for the U.S. Paralympic Swim Team at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing this September.
Dave returns to the sport, just a few years following a sledding accident that rendered him paralyzed from the waist down. Prior to his injury, Dave was a competitive able-bodied swimmer, who came just shy of qualifying for the 2004 Olympic Games.

NTAF Community Hero - Lisa Edberg

NTAF patient Steve Urick with sister and donor, Lisa Edberg -- this month's NTAF Community Hero, nominated by husband, Steve Edberg.

NTAF Named 'Nonprofit Buisness of the Year' by Local Chamber of Commerce

The award recognizes a nonprofit business (who must be a Chamber member) that uses innovative approaches to product or service, has demonstrated community involvement through the use of personnel and/or financial resources and exhibits entrepreneurial spirit, among other criteria.

NTAF Honored as a Finalist for Business of the Year Award

NTAF was selected as one of three finalists for The Main Line Chamber of Commerce (MLCC), of Wayne, Pa., 2006 ‘Non-Profit Business of the Year’ Honors

NTAF Celebrates National Donate Life Month

National Transplant Assistance Fund (NTAF) celebrated National Donate Life Month with its 2nd Annual Organ Donor Awareness Luncheon Friday, April 20 at the Radnor Financial Center.

A Group of New Yorkers Lend Their Legs To Charity

Fifteen cyclists set out on a five-day bicycle journey July 15 in Hartsdale, N.Y., with a destination of the Capitol and a determination to raise money and awareness for a friend and a cause.