Grand Terrace resident Susan Van Campen was part of the 2022 Donate Life Float “Courage to Hope,” which won the Extraordinary award on the New Year’s Day Rose Parade on New Year’s Day.
Susan Van Campen is a caring person who does her best to always help others. So it was only natural when her dad became sick with kidney failure that she volunteered to become his donor.
Susan's daughter remembers, "The morning my grandfather went into surgery, he told me how grateful he was to my mom for giving him one of her kidneys. He spoke about how much he loved her and said that words could not express how much it meant to him that she was willing to do that."
As a dialysis clinic social worker, Susan dedicated the final leg of her career to caring for patients experiencing the same treatments her father had once undergone. Susan volunteers her time to encourage others to register as a donor and to consider living kidney donation.
You can view a time-lapse video of the 2022 Donate Life float being built by clicking this link.
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