Dolly Parton’s close friend, Jerry Edelstein
With the holidays right around the corner, country music legend Dolly Parton is determined to help save the life of one of her dearest friends. Dolly’s long time attorney and close personal friend Jerry Edelstein is in need of a kidney and Dolly has stepped in to lend her support by recording a heartfelt video asking for a potential donor for him. Edelstein, whose other iconic clients include Jon Bon Jovi, has been seeking a kidney for several years and unable to find a donor, found out a couple months ago he was in renal failure. As we enter 2016, his need has now become desperate. The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation of America and Public Good are hoping to raise awareness in order to find a donor with an O blood type, who could save Jerry’s life. Dolly Parton’s video plea and campaign to help find a kidney donor for Jerry Edelstein this holiday season can be found at www.publicgood.com/FloodSisters.
Watch Dolly’s video plea here.
Transcript from Dolly Parton’s Video Message: “Hey everyone! Happy Holidays. This is Dolly Parton and I wanted to take the time to acknowledge the Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation of America. These great people are working really hard to help find a kidney transplant donor for a very special friend of mine, Jerry Edelstein. Jerry and I have been friends for several decades now and he’s one of the finest people in the whole world and as the holiday season is upon us, one of my wishes is for a new kidney for Jerry. I am not a suitable donor but in the spirit of giving, please go to PublicGood.com/FloodSisters and see how you can help. Please do because he’s so sweet and precious!”
Rob & Lori
The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation of America, a nonprofit based in New York City that helps people nationwide in need of a kidney donor, and Public Good, a benefit corporation with a free online platform for nonprofits, have partnered to help find kidney donors for the holidays. The Flood Sisters Foundation of America has created an online campaign for people to volunteer as kidney donors for Dolly Parton’s close friend, Jerry Edelstein, as well as a young New Jersey couple, Robert and Lori, with a newborn on the way.
ABOUT PUBLIC GOOD:
Public Good is a benefit corporation dedicated to revolutionizing how people engage with causes and charities online by making the experience simple, rewarding and empowering. The company was founded in 2013 by veterans of some of the biggest tech successes including Obama for America, Sittercity.com, Orbitz and Groupon. It’s cause centric charity marketplace, PublicGood.com, launched locally in Chicago in September 2014 and nationally in July 2015 with over 1 million charities as members of its online platform.
ABOUT THE FLOOD SISTERS KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA:
The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation of America was started by three sisters from New York who were on a mission to save their father’s life. They didn’t want to see their father wait on a national list or have to be on dialysis. The foundation was started to educate people on alternative ways in finding a donor for kidney transplantation and bring awareness to our youth through educational seminars about donation. The focus of the foundation is centered on the idea of the “altruistic donor” or unrelated living donor and helping people obtain a living donor.
PUBLIC GOOD CAMPAIGNS TO SUPPORT THE FLOOD SISTERS KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA:
FLOOD SISTERS PROFILE PAGE WITH DOLLY PARTON VIDEO: www.PublicGood/FloodSisters
HELP JERRY:
HELP ROBERT:
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