Dear Friends,
You may remember our beautiful volunteer, Victoria Chadwick, whose husband, U.S. Marine Sgt. Jake Chadwick, was deployed in Iraq in 2008. Victoria spent all her free time at Operation Gratitude during Jake's deployment, and became an instant and beloved member of the Operation Gratitude family.
Jake returned safely from Iraq and they both joined us at the armory for the 2009 Patriotic Drive. Jake and Victoria moved to Camp Pendleton and happily began their married life together. We were thrilled to learn they had a beautiful baby girl in October, 2010: Ella Marie Chadwick!
However, one week later, Jake was hospitalized with kidney failure and was immediately put on dialysis. There is no known cause and he must now be on dialysis 4 hours a day, three days per week to stay alive. Jake, Victoria and Ella's only hope to return to a normal life is for Jake to receive a kidney transplant, preferably from a living donor with Blood Type O.
You can read more about Jake's story here: http://bit.ly/fZAi4o
or here: Jake Needs a Kidney
If you or someone you know can help, please contact Victoria at jvechadwick10@hotmail.com
At the very least, please forward this email to your distribution list and ask them to forward to theirs so we can help this brave young Marine and his family. They have served our nation with honor. Let us show them our gratitude by helping them at this critical time in their lives.
Thank you!
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