Noreen Pollard

Dear Friends, Family and Community,

Our mother, Noreen Pollard is a 44-year-old woman who is very ill. She is on the waiting list for a life-saving kidney transplant after a twelve year battle with polycystic kidney disease.

Mom was born in Ogden, Utah and spent her childhood moving from place to place due to her father’s job. This allowed her to experience many engaging people and places. At the age of 32, she was diagnosed with her illness. After her divorce in 2013, we returned to Utah. Mom is looking forward to the return of good health and going back to work, becoming active in the community and she has created a “bucket list” that she would like to complete after her transplant. On the top of her list is going back to school to study social work within the medical field.

Transplants save lives, but can be a financial burden. Even with insurance there are many expenses that must be paid out of pocket. Some of these expenses are co-pays, deductibles, lab fees, and travel expenses for her frequent visits to check in with her doctors at University of Utah. In addition, Mom will be on a life-time of expensive anti-rejection medications. This puts our family up against a challenge we cannot meet alone and desperately need your help.

To help with this financial burden of uninsured expenses, Mom may apply to receive assistance from the HelpHOPELive Southwest Kidney Transplant Regional Restricted Fund. HelpHOPELive is 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, the property of HelpHOPELive and are administered by HelpHOPELive for transplant-related expenses only. Please consider a contribution.

Your support is critical to our success in helping Mom with her struggle. On behalf of Mom and our family we thank you for your kindness, support and generosity.

Breauna Pollard Calin Pollard
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