Looking For Volunteers

Dear Friends,

You can make a difference in the lives of lung transplant recipients by volunteering with The Lung Transplant Foundation (LTF) in their inaugural Walk fundraiser. Founded in 2007 by a group of Duke Lung Transplant patients, families and medical staff, the LTF is dedicated to extending the lives of patients by raising medical research funds. Right now, the average life expectancy of a lung transplant recipient is 6.5 years. By far the greatest challenge patients’ face is managing chronic rejection, an irreversible and untreatable life limiting condition.

The Lung Transplant Foundation wants to fill the research funding gap by hosting its first, hope to be annual, fundraiser in the lovely Sarah P. Duke Gardens in September 2010. We’re looking for energetic people, like you, to get involved in the organizing and planning of the Walk.

We invite you to join us for pizza and an informational gathering session on Monday, February 8, 6:00pm at Station Nine Apartments in Durham (2211 Hillsborough Road). If you are interested in helping but don’t know what you can contribute, come to this meeting. We need you and your friends there, and I guarantee you’ll feel good about yourself for finding a way to contribute!

Hope to see you Monday, February 8 at 6:00pm at Station Nine. Please RSVP by replying to this email with the number of people attending.

Best,

Amber Wesemann
Fundraising Chair
The Lung Transplant Foundation