After his honorable discharge in 1986, Glen went to Coyne Institute to learn residential electric and after graduating worked for a company before joining the Local134 IBEW Union. He chose residential work and kept busy for nine years but had already been diagnosed with CKD. In 1988 he received his first kidney transplant, which lasted 12 years before Glen’s body began rejecting it. Unfortunately, the Union decided to lay him off in 2001, coinciding with 9/11 attacks and the slowing of the economy.

Glen’s sister Jean and her husband Gerry are a great support for him, and he is happy his 91-year-old mother is still in good health, so they can stay connected. He can no longer go roller-skating but he still enjoys playing pool and card games. In 2006, Glen found himself back on dialysis and has been relying on it for 18 years! He says he prays a lot, has a very upbeat outlook on life, and is thankful that his body has been able to endure this long, but he would love to be independent of the many hours a week being hooked up to a machine. Will you help Glen be free from years of health challenges, to live a normal life again, and have his prayers for a second transplant answered? Please share his story with others or consider giving him the gift of life.