Eloise Keatts

Please help Eloise get her lung transplant — her gift-of-life!

Eloise Keatts, a member of Pilgrim Baptist Church in Roanoke, VA, has struggled with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Emphysema for many years and is in need of a life-saving lung transplant to live.

Fundraising for a transplant is a tremendous task — a challenge that we cannot meet without your help.

Eloise is under the care of Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and Duke University Medical Center. The costs for the transplant are overwhelming. Even with insurance Eloise will have many uninsured transplant-related expenses such as: co-pays and deductibles, doctor visits, travel and temporary housing relocation to be near Duke for at least six months for herself and a caregiver, and the costly immunosuppressant medications that she will need to take for the rest of her life. Estimates for Eloise’s out-of-pocket expenses run as high as $20,000.

To help offset such expenses, a fundraising campaign in Eloise’s honor has been established with Help Hope Live, a trusted nonprofit organization that has been providing community-based fundraising guidance to patients and their families for more than 30 years. All donations are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law, are held by Help Hope Live in the South-Atlantic Lung Transplant Fund, and are administered by Help Hope Live for transplant-related expenses only. If you would like to make a contribution today, please click the DONATE NOW bar.

We thank you in advance for your gifts, support and prayers during this difficult time. Together we can make a difference for Eloise.

Shanta Saunders
Eloise’s daughter