4 Community Members Chosen to Receive 2017 Awards for Selfless Service

On Thursday, October 19, four resilient and altruistic individuals
will be honored for their contributions in supporting transplant
candidates and recipients, giving the gift of life through
transplantation, and motivating spinal cord injury survivors.

This year’s Help, Hope, and Live award recipients are:

• Heart transplant recipient Bill Soloway for peer mentorship
• Pun’s Toy Shop co-founders Joe Berardoni, Sr. and Jr. for the gift of life through kidney transplantation
• Lauren Shevchek for inspiration after a paralyzing spinal cord injury

The recipients were chosen as representatives of the core values held by the national nonprofit Help Hope Live,
a Radnor-based national medical fundraising nonprofit with more than 34
years of service to families living with a transplant or a catastrophic
injury or illness. Each award recipient was selected by the event’s
Live It Up! Committee of engaged community leaders and nonprofit staff
members.

The recipients will accept their awards in person between 6 and 9
p.m. on Thursday, October 19 at The Inn at Villanova University during
the 5th annual Live It Up! charity gala. Get your ticket by making a
$125 tax-deductible donation at 501auctions.com.
The event will include food stations and hors d’oeuvres, a wine pull,
an open bar, auctions and raffle baskets, music and dancing, and an
awards presentation. Sponsorship opportunities are still available at 501auctions.com.

Help Hope Live is a national nonprofit that specializes in engaging
communities in fundraising campaigns for people who need a transplant or
are affected by a catastrophic injury or illness. Since 1983, campaigns
organized by Help Hope Live have raised over $127 million to pay
patient expenses.