Kidney transplant patient and Hammonton resident Sam Parzanese, a member of the Italian Sons & Daughters Club, organized a fundraiser to benefit Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Kidney Dialysis and Transplant Center. Parzanese, who received a donated kidney from his wife Susan five years ago, held the fundraiser to honor the excellent and compassionate care given to him at the center by his transplant surgeon, Nasser I. Youssef, MD, and all of his caregivers.

Pictured: left to right: Felicia DiMattia, Director Special Events, Lourdes Health System, Mary Margaret Campbell, RN, Post Transplant Coordinator, Loretta Aigner, RN, Director, Transplant Program, Susan Parzanese, Kidney transplant patient Sam Parzanese and Patricia Walsh, RN Post Transplant Coordinator. A check in the amount of $1000 was presented. The funds will go toward Lourdes Center for Organ Transplantation in Camden.