Mel Needs A Kidney

This idea came about when I made myself a shirt to wear to a concert in the hopes of connecting with a living kidney donor. The tagline "Are you my type?" came to mind as a great conversation starter since simply asking someone to donate a kidney typically results in a flat out no. My plan worked! I had men approaching me thinking it was a pick-up line and others just to ask what it meant. Personally I just thought it was a good way to open up the conversation since blood type is a major component in organ donation. I chose red for the shirt color because blood is red and it is a fairly universal color aside from boring black. Unfortunately no donors resulted from my encounters with people at the concert but I have not given up because I have since had people inquire as to where they could get a shirt to help me spread the word for I am but one person trying to get my story out there. My original shirt was made using iron-ons and it was so tedious and poor quality that I decided to look elsewhere for options which brought me here. This is a great opportunity for people to help spread the word about my search while also raising a little extra to help me pay my current and future medical bills. Below you will see my original homemadehirt and a photo of me wearing it while volunteering at the LifeLink/Donate Life Organ Donor Registration Table. I added the "share your spare" hashtag to this design in the hopes of encouraging more people to come forward and be a altruistic kidney donor because it is possible to live a perfectly healthy, and normal life with only one kidney! I am hoping that by recruiting others to help me spread the word by simply doing what they already do every day (put a shirt on) I will finally find my perfect match.