Tennessee based Meredith Haga Foundation has a unique connection to VCU Health. Bruce Blessing, founder of Meredith Haga Foundation, donated a kidney to save the life of his step-daughter at VCU in September 2012.
Milton Fleming had only been out of prison for four months before he donated a kidney to his mother.
Despite the challenges of re-entering society while living paycheck to paycheck, he didn’t let being out of work for a few weeks stand in the way of changing his mother’s life.
“It is my due diligence as her son — she’s taken care of me all my life, so I felt like if I could do anything to help or preserve her life, then I would,” he says.
Hume-Lee believes in second chances. Part of that mission includes working one-on-one with prospective living donors to identify organizations and resources that may help. Fleming’s donor journey was unique, but thankfully so is a regional Tenn.-based nonprofit willing to lend a hand.