PRESQUE ISLE — A transplant awareness meet and greet will take place this weekend hosted by The Aroostook Medical Center.
Greg Gelinas didn’t have the energy to go fly fishing or do many of the other things he loved because his kidneys were failing. Thanks to a donor’s decision to donate a kidney, Greg is now as active as ever. Greg and his friend, Martha Black, also a kidney transplant recipient, are visiting every dialysis center in Maine by bicycle to share their stories and raise awareness about the importance of organ donation.
Both have competed in the Transplant Games, a national athletic competition for transplant recipients. Greg and Martha will visit The Aroostook Medical Center’s County Dialysis Center at North Street Healthcare on Saturday, July 25, at 10 a.m. to talk with dialysis center patients and the community.
Prior to the meet and greet, at 9:30 a.m., the community is invited to bike through town with Greg and Martha. The short bike ride will begin at the Presque Isle Area Chamber of Commerce just south of town and end at County Dialysis Center on North St.
