Thank You to All of Our 5K Participants!

Congratulations to Kurt Russell, a 25-year-old from Ladson, S.C., who won first place overall in the 2008 LifePoint 5K Run/Walk with a finish time of 17:10. Congratulations also to Jennifer Burkard, 45, of Charleston, S.C., who was the first transplant recipient to cross the finish line - with a time of 23:47.

More than 200 racers, including 15 transplant recipients, competed in the April 12 race at Wannamaker Park. Proceeds will help send Team South Carolina to the National Kidney Foundation U.S. Transplant Games in Pittsburgh this summer.

For the top winners of the race by category, click here.

For a complete list of finishers, visit www.active.com.

More Than 500 Attend Ceremony to Celebrate Loved One’s Gift of Life

More than 500 donor family members and friends attended LifePoint’s April 19th remembrance ceremony to honor South Carolina’s organ and tissue donors. The Eighth Annual Donor Family Ceremony, at First Baptist Church in Columbia, S.C., featured a video of the donors, a display of South Carolina’s new donor quilts, special music, as well as numerous inspirational speeches. Among those who spoke were donor and transplant family members, LifePoint President and CEO Nancy Kay, as well as Kim Phillips, Administrative Director for the Transplant Service Line at MUSC.

A Message From Our Director

Thanks to the hard work of our many dedicated employees, volunteers, and professional associates, 2006 was LifePoint’s most successful year ever. I am proud to say that we had the highest number of organ and tissue donors for any single year in our history. Through the generosity of our donor families, hundreds of lives have been saved and enhanced. We are privileged, humbled and honored to have a part in this lifesaving work. Sincerely, Nancy A. Kay, CEO/President of LifePoint, Inc.