Our story…
On August 10, 2022, Susan Anderson gave her friend Brandon Gerson the gift of life through the selfless act of living organ donation. Brandon had been diagnosed 15 years prior 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 anniversary of Susan’s gift and 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 please visit:
Centre for Living Organ Donation: www.livingorgandonation.ca | @GiveLifeUHN
Stories about Living Organ Donation: greatactions.ca
Register to be an organ donor: beadonor.ca
UHN Ajmera Transplant Centre links: uhntransplant.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
Description
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.
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Brandon Gerson
Raised: CA$2,355.05
Team captain
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David Mann
Raised: CA$1,749.18
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Ethan Gerson
Raised: CA$419.18
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Hannah Gerson
Raised: CA$419.18
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Lucy Olwyn
Raised: CA$225.00
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Mia Olwyn
Raised: CA$225.00
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Jeffrey McFarland
Raised: CA$208.31
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Jared Trotman
Raised: CA$200.00
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Isabella Tutsch
Raised: CA$108.31
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Rick Osborne
Raised: CA$108.31
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Tessa Tutsch
Raised: CA$108.31
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Ally Anderson
Raised: CA$100.00
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Michael Tolensky
Raised: CA$100.00
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Rina Gerson
Raised: CA$100.00
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Susan Anderson
Raised: CA$100.00
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Alan Spiegel
Raised: CA$0.00
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Ben Goldberg
Raised: CA$0.00
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Derek Ha
Raised: CA$0.00
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Elizabeth Tutsch
Raised: CA$0.00
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Erin Bermingham
Raised: CA$0.00
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Greyson Moisseykin
Raised: CA$0.00
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Heather Watt
Raised: CA$0.00
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Henry Sparks
Raised: CA$0.00
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Leah Xing
Raised: CA$0.00
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Leigh Gerson
Raised: CA$0.00
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Mark Redinger
Raised: CA$0.00
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Matthew Sparks
Raised: CA$0.00
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Oliver Sparks
Raised: CA$0.00
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Owen Tutsch
Raised: CA$0.00
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Peter Legat
Raised: CA$0.00
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Richard Olwyn
Raised: CA$0.00
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Vlad Moisseykin
Raised: CA$0.00
Recent donors
| Donation date | Donor name | Donation amount |
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| Apr 23 | Savta and Zaidy | CA$194.18 |
| Apr 23 | Savta and Zaidy | CA$194.18 |
| Apr 23 | Grandpa and grandma | CA$125.00 |
| Apr 23 | Grandpa and grandma | CA$125.00 |
| Apr 23 | Grandpa and grandma | CA$125.00 |
| Apr 23 | Grandpa and Grandma | CA$125.00 |
| Apr 21 | Joan & Leslie | CA$78.25 |
| Apr 21 | Hannah and Ethan Gerson | CA$100.00 |
| Apr 20 | Hannah and Ethan Gerson | CA$100.00 |
| Apr 20 | Hannah and Ethan Gerson | CA$100.00 |