Dear Heart Recipients: Great news! We definitely will set a new record Monday for the
most heart recipients ever assembled in one place on the West Coast. But we’ll miss breaking
the Guinness World Record if more heart transplant recipients don’t come to Petco Park
Monday night (July 20th) for Donate Life Day at the Padres. We need 190 heart recipients to
attend to break Duke’s record!
Are you on the list below? Should you be? Can you be?
Today will you invite other heart recipients to attend?
If your time is limited, you only need to join us pre-game for one hour Monday night. Tickets for
heart recipients are FREE for the challenge from 6 to 7 in the Park at the Park … or free for
heart recipients to stay for the game. And they’ll receive a FREE Padres shirt, special Donate
Life hat just for heart recipients, Guinness Record Attempt medal, a national donor pin (a heart,
of course), a Padres-Donate Life stress ball, and you’ll get an amazing heart balloon made for you
by one of our DMV managers.
Candidly, you will be inspired and be inspiring! That will
help us save more lives here. The weather forecast is good for
Monday night. By attending, you’ll also:
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 Be part of something historic.
 Meet Jon Marsh. He had only hours to live when his
UCSD heart transplant in February set an amazing UNOS
record. Monday afternoon he and his family will meet both of
his new heart’s donor families. (Come to the game and we’ll
tell you how and why his heart has beaten in three people.)
Congratulate Sharp heart Karen Zajak who will meet her donor’s family Monday morning.
Celebrate Sharp’s Jack Zwart, a 14-year heart transplant who will be attending the game
with his soldier donor’s family. Watch his story on KUSI Monday morning
Talk with heart recipients transplanted before and after you including hearts from as far
away Hawaii, Johns Hopkins and Cedars.
Be in a great place to see us unveil the 2015 Heroes Collage honoring donors on the
Padres new big screen, which is 12 stories wide by 6 stories high!)
Be on the Padres new big screen yourself (friends & family should be in their seats by
6:30. We’ll also take pictures for you.)
Give encouragement to the 15 peds heart kids attending from Rady’s & UCLA
Provide hope to the nearly 40 people on the heart waiting in San Diego
Applaud docs and administrators on the field from San Diego’s four transplant centers
Help us thank the 1600 Donate Life Champions in the stands
Underscore the healthy life possible from transplant
You’ll also get to meet Padres Hall of Fame Pitcher Randy Jones and author and Stanford heart
recipient Kevin Anderson, M.D. who shared his story of being a patient and a physician in
Again, please check the list below to see if you’re on the list of heart recipients I know are
attending. If you’re name is missing, shouldn’t be there, or if you can come, please email me at
hearts@lifesharing.org
To attend and tickets quickly, email jsain@padres.com ASAP. Jenna at the Padres is great. She
also can help you buy discounted Donate Life tickets for your family. They will get a free shirt,
too, while supplies last (Lifesharing purchased 2,000 shirts this year).
Jenna will need to know the following info:
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The heart recipient’s name
Free game ticket or free Park at the Park ticket for 6-7pm event
Your email address
Your phone #
Then plan to meet us at the Donate Life Booth in Petco’s Park at the
Park at 6 p.m.
If you have any questions email me or check online at
www.lifesharing.org/padres-faq. Thank you for helping us save lives in so
many ways … Monday night and always!
Sharon Ross
PS Hearts, I’m taking a lot of heat from the other organ groups on why I picked hearts to be
recognized first. It’s because nearly 600 hearts have been transplanted in San Diego since 1988
according to UNOs. The public also loves hearts, Rady’s just started it’s new heart transplant
program, the cute 11-year-old Montano twin heart recipients said yes to throwing out the first
pitch, and there is an existing Guinness Record for hearts. Help me hearts, please!
The 61 heart recipients I know or think are coming:
Adam Beardsley
Aidan Good
Alejandro Medina
Alexis Caldemeyer
Amy Luxner
Areceli Johnson
Axel Lita Montecinos
Barbara Cerankoski
Barbara Murguia
Bob Hamm
Brandie Taylor
Caiden Allen
Charlie Upham
Clement Roberts
Craig Balter
Debbie Kinney
Ed Glapinski
Eric Montano
Frank Favro
Frank Murdock
Gary Caradonna
Greg Swatniki
Jack Midland
Jack Zwart
Jacob Kilby
Jahaziel Faualo
Jeevan Trejo
Jennifer Pimentel
Jessica Ostrand
Jeuz Balares
Joe Leonard
Joey Cepeda
Jon Marsh
Justin Feria
Karen Zajac
Katie Bigelow
Ken Lawson
Kevin Anderson, MD
Lacey Wood
Larry Ricci
Lina Shields
Linda LeVier
LuAnne Baker
Lucas Valencia
Melissa Cappuccilli
Miguel Martinez
Mike Maheu
Moses Kahn
Noah Virissimo
Raul Montano
Richard Edmiston
Rick Kellie
Ron Warhurst
Sabrina Kerbel
Santiago Avila
Seth Krauss
Shyla Carllel
Smiley (from HI)
Ted Dean
Toño Trujillo
Zachery Okesso