MatchingDonors.com honored as ‘Nonprofit of Choice’
By Canton Citizen
MatchingDonors.com team (l-r): Walter Towner, director of patient relations, Paul Dooley, CEO/founder, Joel Pratt, director of business relations, David Rapoport, director of fundraising
Canton’s own MatchingDonors.com was recently honored as the “Nonprofit of Choice” by the Hollywood Awards in Beverly Hills, California, at the 15th anniversary Hollywood Awards Gala. MatchingDonors was chosen from over 1.5 million nonprofit organizations in the United States.
Tuxedos worn by the MatchingDonors.com team at the awards gala were donated by Richard Lewis Formal Wear in Canton.
“We were honored to be chosen for this award,” said Paul Dooley, CEO of MatchingDonors.com. “It was surreal partying with George Clooney, Glen Close, Ben Affleck, Anne Hathaway, Quentin Tarantino and many other A-list celebrities.
“I was also delighted to hear from the CEO of the Hollywood Awards that we must have a very successful nonprofit organization because we had some of the best-looking tuxedos at the gala. I told him the tuxedos were actually provided by Richard Lewis Formal Wear in Canton. He then said he’d definitely get his tuxedos there when he has to go to galas in Boston.”
Nineteen people die every day in the United States waiting for a kidney transplant, most waiting seven to nine years. The team at MatchingDonors.com is working hard to make sure that doesn’t happen by finding altruistic living organ donors for people needing kidney transplants. Many patients get their transplant through MatchingDonors.com within six months of signing up on the website.
MatchingDonors.com has become the most successful nonprofit organization that is finding living altruistic organ donors for patients needing transplants.
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Posted by Canton Citizen
on Dec 14 2011. Filed under Business.
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