Mike Greiner: My State Cares
In 2003 Illinois native, Mike Greiner traveled to the University of Wisconsin Transplant Clinic to receive his life saving kidney/pancreas transplant. Little did he know his traveling had only just begun. After recovering and then recalling not only what he went through but also watching what his family was enduring throughout the wait for an organ, he decided he was going to do all he could to shorten the waiting list for others like him.
So in 2004 Mike and his family started planning how they could lower that waiting list number. They came up with this idea that they would sell their home and travel to each of our wonderful states across our country and promote organ and tissue donation while increasing each state’s donor registry. This took a lot of time, planning and contacts.
By 2010 Mike, his wife Sherry, his son Levi and his daughter Chloe packed up and were on their way. The video clip shown in this article stated he reached Baton Rouge and it was his 40th state. I just received an e-mail from him and he stated he was in Hawaii. So they are really on the go!!
Checkout their website www.mystatecares.com and find out when and if they’ll be in your state soon. You can also tell Mike some hot spots he can visit…just don’t let Sherry know.
Thank you Greiners…you’re the best!
