Support Alaina Cunningham's Kidney Transplant Journey

This fundraiser is for my dear friend Alaina Cunningham, who was the building substitute teacher at Schmucker Middle School, and we became friends while working there together. Alaina was challenged with a very serious health crisis in December 2022. Her body went into kidney failure and subsequently into heart failure, and she was in a very precarious position at the time. She recovered her heart function, but she never did recover complete kidney function, and since then she has had to undergo dialysis treatments. I am very excited to let you know that the possibility of her receiving a kidney transplant is a very real and near possibility. This is a wonderful thing for her because she would be able to have her normal life back, and not need dialysis. She would be able to work again and go out and do things and have a normal life. But in order for this to happen, much prayers and financial assistance are needed. She has been trusting our Lord all through this health crisis, and He has cared for her in wonderful ways, but now she has many needs in order to accomplish this kidney transplant. She is waiting and hoping to be accepted on the transplant list for a kidney at the Cleveland Clinic.

This fundraiser amount includes the need for reliable cars for Jim and Alaina and lost wages from recent months, as well as potential medical, housing, and transportation expenses. Alaina and Jim are relying on the Lord to provide all their needs, including a suitable living donor, according to Philippians 4:19, and they would be so humbled and grateful for your prayers as well as any financial assistance if you feel led to provide. We are praying that Alaina will be able to undergo a successful kidney transplant, if the Lord is willing, yet in this calendar year, so that new out-of-pocket expenses would not be incurred. We are praying that God will provide all of this for them.