We have a special request for you.
As you may have heard us mention before, our friend and colleague, Lily Din Woo, needs our help.
Lily found out that she had Stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease in early 2018 and was placed on the transplant list at Weill Cornell Medical Center in September of 2018. In the summer of 2020, she became extremely ill, spending 5 months in the hospital. Her situation has gotten progressively worse and now has End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). She is undergoing daily dialysis for 10 hours each night. She desperately needs our help.
The wait for a deceased donor in New York is 7-10 years. Chances for survival is greatly increased if she gets a living donor.
Doctors have advised Lily to actively seek a living kidney donor as soon as possible.
Feel free to share this email with your friends, colleagues, and larger network. Together we may be able to find the donor Lily is so desperately searching for.
You can also share this information on your social networks. The goal is to spread Lily's story far and wide.
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Here's how you can help Lily:
If you are interested in learning more about the kidney donation process or in becoming a potential donor for Lily, please register at: https://cornell.donorscreen.org
Please indicate "donor for Lily Woo" on the registration form. This does not commit you to anything.
If you have any questions please email Donna Tissot, Lily’s advocate, and she will assist you. Her email address is: donnat628@gmail.com
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More about Lily
If you have heard Lily speak at one of our workshops you know that she is an incredible person, educator, leader, and friend. We are so grateful to her for sharing her time and wisdom with all of you! Her stories and experiences have provided invaluable insights to us all.
Lily has served her community as a school principal for 25 years and has received many awards in her life for her service: most notable were the NYC and NYS Distinguished Educator Awards in 2002; recognition by the 2004 World Olympics Committee as an “Everyday Hero” and had the honor of running part of the New York City leg of the Summer World Olympics Torch Relay that year; and Manhattan Media’s 2010 “Principal of the Year” Blackboard Award. At her retirement celebration in 2014, she received proclamations from the City Council and the NYS Senate for her long-standing service as principal in her school and community, and most recently in 2016, received recognition as one of City University of New York’s Outstanding Asian American Alumni.
As a hobby, Lily is a drum corps enthusiast. From the time when she was seven, she was a part of a community drum corps in Chinatown. During the late 1970’s, she was a part of the Bills Boys Drum and Bugle Corps horn line and later joined the New York Skyliners to become one of the few females in their horn line. She also marched as part of Sky’s Championship Honor Guard for several years in the 1990’s and served as assistant drum major for the competing corps from 2005-07. She was given the honor as a lifetime member of the New York Skyliners field corps in 2015. Today, she is still a member of the Skyliners Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps and still plays whenever she is well enough and able to.