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For participating in 2023 Constantine Yorkville Run

Our story…

On August 10, 2022, Susan Anderson gave her friend and MBA classmate Brandon Gerson the gift of life through the selfless act of living organ donation. Brandon had been diagnosed 15 years ago with a rare autoimmune condition that affected his liver and was added to the transplant list earlier that year when all other treatment options had been exhausted. Their surgeries took place at Toronto General Hospital, part of the University Health Network (UHN) and a global centre of excellence for transplant. 

To celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Susan's gift, and to kick off Living Donation Week, the pair along with friends, family as well as those touched by transplant are running together to promote awareness of organ donation and to raise funds for the Centre for Living Organ Donation.

The Centre for Living Organ Donation was created by UHN Transplant in 2018 to improve access to living organ donation for people who need a life-saving kidney or liver transplant and those who want to give a transformative gift of life.


To learn more about organ donation and transplant visit:

Living organ donation: greatactions.ca

Register to be an organ donor: beadonor.ca

Read more about Susan's life-saving gift to Brandon: Friendship forged at Ivey leads to lifesaving living organ transplant | News & Events (uwo.ca) 

Susan's interview conducted by The Centre for Living Organ Donation: Susan Anderson - Living Liver Donor - YouTube 

Team Transplant profiled in the Globe & Mail's "Pitching In" section: 

Pitching in: Teamwork for transplant funding - The Globe and Mail

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We are participating in the Constantine Yorkville Run to raise funds for UHN Foundation, in support of the Centre for Living Organ Donation at UHN's Ajmera Transplant Centre. With your help, we can reach our fundraising goal and make a difference. Thank you in advance for your donation and support.

Team members

Click on one of our team members below to make a donation.

Recent donors

Donation date Donor name Donation amount
Jul 11 Jules CA$54.63
Jul 06 Layth Ashoo Undisclosed amount
Jul 06 Miri Ben-Dat, Jordan Pelc and family Way to go Brandon! Undisclosed amount
Jul 05 Steven Goldberg CA$3,600.00
Jul 04 Lori Cohen Undisclosed amount
Jul 01 Rick Makos Best of luck on the run Leah. CA$54.63
Jun 30 Candice & Brian Bacal CA$180.00
Jun 30 Howard Richman CA$1,000.00
Jun 29 Brandon Gerson — with much gratitude to Susan and all of the staff who contributed to the wellbeing of Brandon . CA$108.31
Jun 28 Andy Donovan I am always happy to support the Carr Family CA$108.31