Local non-profit makes Christmas possible for transplant families
December 25, 2018
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as posted by the channelIDAHO FALLS — During the holidays, life can be difficult for families experiencing a transplant journey with a loved one.
A local non-profit organization wanted to take the burden off of local transplant families by donating Christmas gifts.
“Our organization is helping five different families this Christmas season,” Paces for Payton President Kim Hawkes says.
Hawkes and other organizers say this is the first year they’ve helped provide gifts for families. Organizers and other volunteers took some 25 names and did personalized shopping for those in need.
“We really wanted to know who they are, what their likes are, (what) their hobbies are so that we could customize and do Christmas really, really good for these kids because they deserve it,” Hawkes says.
Paces for Payton was founded five years ago after Hawkes’ 2-year-old niece Payton experienced heart failure and a heart transplant. Unfortunately, Payton didn’t survive but the organization has continued in her memory.
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