When examining the meaning of “give” an array of definitions come up, including: to present voluntarily; to hand to someone: to place in someone’s care. We couldn’t think of a better day to exemplify all these elements than on Giving Tuesday and within the topic of kidney donation.
Ronny Colucci, a father, husband, friend and active member of the community was born with kidney disease and has bravely faced the disease until 2017; when it became evident that unless he found a donor for a kidney transplant, he would need to start dialysis.
When his brother in-law and Maximum Security’s founder, Michael Mancusi learned of the unfortunate circumstance, his innate desire to help resulted in swift action to get tested for kidney donation. The conclusion of the testing showed that Michael was a perfect kidney donor match!
In November 2017, the kidney donation transplant procedure was successfully performed at Weill Cornell; both Ronny and Michael are doing great. Today, December 1, 2020 happens to be the third year Kidneversary of this selfless act.
Kidney disease impacts a large chunk of our population. To be exact, according to the National Kidney Foundation 37 million American adults have Chronic Kidney Disease. We hope you consider donating to the American Kidney Fund or volunteering in your community. No act is too small and although it may not be a kidney, we could all certainly use some kindness these days.
Thanks Joanna! I do not know of a person who was more deserving than Ronny!
All true, there is no greater gift! Thank you Michael, we will be forever grateful and humbled by your actions.