Inaugural Cocktail4Causes Event to Donate Proceeds to Living Kidney Donors Network

Online, November 20, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Chicago, IL - In the past 10 years, the kidney transplant waiting list has almost doubled to over 87,000 people. The number of kidneys available from deceased donors is unable to keep up with the demand. Increasing the number of living kidney donors is the only way to ever shorten or one day end the wait for a kidney transplant.

Lisa Petrilli, a Marketing/Social Media Consultant and kidney transplant recipient, and Lisa Diomede are hosting an inaugural event for Cocktails4Causes. Each month Cocktails4Causes raises will be raising funds for a different charity.

On Wednesday, December 1, 2010, from 6:30 pm - 8:30pm, Cocktails4Causes will host their inaugural event at The Drake Hotel. The Drake Hotel will be donating 50% of the bar proceeds to the Living Kidney Donors Network. "Living Kidney Donors Network is honored to be the first not-for-profit organization to be honored by Cocktails4Causes. Our vision is to be the leading source of educational and communications training programs to someone interested in pursuing living kidney donation" states Harvey Mysel, founder of the Living Kidney Donors Network and kidney transplant recipient.

This event is free to the public, and event information can be found at http://www.cocktails4causes.eventbrite.com.

About Living Kidney Donors Network
The Living Kidney Donors Network (www.LKDN.org) is a not-for-profit organization whose primary mission is to educate people who need a kidney transplant about the living donation process and to prepare them to effectively communicate their need to family members and friends.

If you'd like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Harvey Mysel, please call Judy Levine at 773-259-3888 or [email protected].

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