Celebrate Fred Parent, Support Organ Donation

When Clarkstown Police Detective Fred Parent died Nov. 13, 2017, he was an organ donor. He was a member of the Clarkstown Police Department for 26 years and a member of the Nanuet Fire Department for 27 years.

Now Parent's family and two healthy and grateful recipients of his donated organs are joining together to celebrate the hero who changed their lives.

WHERE: The Lexington Bar & Grille in Bardonia

WHEN: 7 p.m. Saturday

WHAT: Fred’s wife Leona Parent will be Celebrity Bartender for several hours. There will be raffles and 50-50 drawings. All proceeds will be dedicated to enrolling future super heroes, also known as organ donors, in Rockland County.

"We each strive to leave something important behind in this world. The Gift of Life from Detective Parent is the ultimate legacy. Just come and ask the two kidney recipients from Rockland how he saved their unique worlds!" said Michael Prendergast, president of the Rockland Organ Donation Alliance and an organ recipient himself. "RODA is dedicated to supporting Organ Donor Families, as well as those waiting 'on the list' and to educating Rocklanders about how valuable each gift is."