[HANASHIR:13848] Please help Save a Life

[JulesCFran <JulesCFran...>]

Whoever preserves a single life - It is as though that person had saved an 
entire world"
                                                       Sanhedrin 4:5

The life of a member of our community hangs in the balance.  We need your 
help and money today.
We must raise at least $300,000 without delay.


To all friends, family, current and former students of Donna Glazer, and our 
community at large:
    
As many of you may know, Donna Glazer, the principal of Solomon Schechter Day 
School of Raritan Valley, and one of our community's dedicated and devoted 
teachers of Torah, is in the midst of a battle for her life. Donna is 
suffering from sclerosing cholangitis, a degenerative liver disease. Her 
doctors have advised her that without an urgent liver transplant, she will 
live only several months. She is currently at the Mayo Clinic in 
Jacksonville, Florida, undergoing chemotherapy and radiation in preparation 
for transplant.

Several  weeks ago, the Mayo Clinic confirmed that Donna is a suitable 
candidate for transplant. Regrettably, her insurance company, CIGNA 
Insurance, has denied Donna coverage for transplant and related medical 
expenses.  This is in spite of the fact that CIGNA had approved all of the 
pre-transplant testing and pre-surgical chemotherapy and radiation treatment. 
Donna's physicians have been adamant with respect to the medical urgency of 
the transplant; notwithstanding, her appeals thus far have been denied.  
Legal measures have been instituted, however they will take time that Donna 
does not have.  In the absence of insurance coverage, the Mayo Clinic 
requires a deposit of $300,000  before it will place Donna on the waiting 
list for a liver.

A committee consisting of friends and family of Donna has been established to 
raise the necessary funds.  To accomplish this task we are turning to all 
friends and family, current and former students of Donna to assist in raising 
the necessary funds to provide the liver transplant which will save her life. 
 We are asking you to be among those who will contribute funds and to assist 
in inviting others to contribute as well.

How can you help?

The Friends of Donna Glazer Organ Transplant Committee has asked Danny 
Siegel's Ziv Tzedakah Fund, Inc., to serve as the fiscal vehicle in this 
endeavor.   Ziv will collect, manage, and distribute all received funds. No 
administrative costs will be charged by Ziv, which is a 501(c)(3) non-profit 
tax-exempt charitable foundation. Your contribution will be acknowledged by 
the Ziv Tzedakah Fund and tax letters issued. All funds collected will be 
used exclusively for Donna's transplant procedure and subsequent medical 
expenses.  

Please send your tax deductible contributions to the Ziv Tzedakah Fund  at a 
special address. (This in order to enable Ziv to distinguish between regular 
donations and contributions earmarked especially for Donna.)  



All checks should be sent to: 

Ziv Tzedakah Fund - ORGAN TRANSPLANT
P.O. Box 345
Millburn, NJ 07041

Online contributions can be made at: www.ziv.org.
Please be sure to include in the appropriate sections that your donation 
should be directed to Donna Glazer's medical expenses.

In addition, we are asking that you provide us with your e-mail address so 
that we may keep you informed of Donna's progress. 

What should you do now?

Because time is of the essence we are asking you to make your contribution 
now.  All contributions of any size are both generous and appreciated. 
However, due to the urgent and extraordinary nature of this situation, we 
hope you will consider exceptional contributions. (If we were to have 300 
angels who provide $1000 each we would quickly reach our goal.)  All 
contributions will be gratefully received and all amounts will be kept 
confidential by Ziv.  As soon as we reach our goal, and the funds are 
submitted to Mayo Clinic, Donna will be able to be placed at the top of the 
transplant list.  

We urge you to write your check today and send it to the above address.  We 
also ask that you invite others to join in this important life-saving 
Mitzvah.  We need to reach our goal as quickly and effectively as possible. 
The transplant is the only possibility of saving Donna's life and enabling 
her to return home to her four children. In order for Donna to live, we 
cannot delay.


Help us save a life:
Send in your generous contribution today.

Friends of Donna Glazer Organ Transplant Committee
Rabbi Bennett Miller, Rabbi Eliot Malomet, Sheryl Olitzky, Rina Ne'eman, 
Bob Cilman, Shoshana Glazer, Danny Siegel, Naomi Eisenberger  
Ed Guttenplan, Jules Frankel, Skip Rodgers

(Others wishing to join the Committee may contact any of the above.)


Inquiries may be addressed to livertransplant (at) hebrewtrans(dot)com