Kinsey is a 5 year old girl who was diagnosed with kidney failure.
Kinsey's mom, Nadine, found out about the disease early in 2014. When word got out to her long time friend, and my coworker, Lisa Citelli, she banded with a few hometown girls and started a social media blitz in March.
After starting a grassroots campaign and having some success with Facebook Likes and donations, something happened. It started gaining local news coverage. Then national.
Soon enough, Kinsey was receiving offers for kidneys around the nation. Because the tissues have to be an exact match from an extremely consistent healthy donor...it's not always easy matching donors.
Well lo and behold, Kinsey found someone to match and on May 27th, she's receiving a new kidney.
We donated a pink and purple frond, as those are her favorite colors.
We wish the best for the strongest little 5 year old girl out there.
Go Team Kinsey!!