User:Skyermay00/Cota for merced c

COTA for Merced C is a fundraising campaign to provide funds for the double lung transplant of Nevada Resident Merced Cook. Children's Organ Transplant Association, or COTA is a not for profit organization that helps family's raise money for transplant related costs. COTA was founded in 1986, but began Merced's campaign on September 22, 2010. An Estimated $35,000 is being raised for COTA in honor of Merced's transplant Merced's double lung transplant was preformed on November 7, 2010 at the University of Utah Hospital.

Volunteer Include:


 * Community Coordinator- Becky Ramey


 * Public Relation Coordinator- Jordan Ramey


 * Webmaster- Madison Ramey

1. About Merced Cook 2. Transplant 2.1 Pretransplant 2.2 Transplant 2.3 Recovery 3. Fundraising 3.1 Website 3.2 Fundraising Efforts 3.3 Progress 4 Volunteers 4.1 Contacts 5. External Links

About Merced C

Merced Cook was born on June 11, 1985. She was Diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis 11 months later. She graduated from the University of Utah with a Master's degree in Social work in 2008 and got married to Richard Cook on October 10, 2008. In 2009 she moved to Henderson, Nevada. Since 2008 her health has steadily declined. Her Pulminary Function Test got lower and lower and she started relying on being on oxygen more and more. Since 2010 she was on Oxygen full time.

Transplant

Pretransplant

She was recommended to have a life saving double-lung transplant. When she started working with COTA in September she was told that she need $7,500 in her COTA account before she could be listed for transplant. When she accumulated the $7,500 on October 30, 2010, she was listed for transplant on November 1st, and on November 7th they found a matching set of lungs for her and rushed her into sugery hours later.

Transplant

Recovery

Fundraising

Volunteers

Fundraising Efforts

Progress

Volunteer's

Contacts

Volunteer Include:

Community Coordinator Oversees and directs all campaign activities. Becky Ramey 801.318.2784 rameymark@hotmail.com

Public Relations Coordinator Coordinates all media contacts, press releases and publicity for fundraising activities and events. Jordan Ramey 801.708.4322 ramey.jordan@gmail.com

Webmaster Maintains and updates patient campaign website. Madison Ramey 801.336.8848 skyermay00@yahoo.com

External Links

http://cota.org/

http://cotaformercedc.com/

http://cotaformercedc.com/WaysToHelp

http://cotaformercedc.com/blog