A Ray of Hope Through Partnering
By Rosa Winfrey
Director, Compassionate Touch Program

All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world. Benjamin Franklin

Compassionate Touch flourishes because of the partnership we share with social workers and donors in the Houston and Dallas area hospitals. Their dedicated work and donations have been a ray of hope to those patients and their families by helping to provide immediate short-term assistance.

In addition, for the past two years we have been privileged to receive a special grant to assist solid organ transplant patients in the Houston and Dallas area hospitals. This grant helped to provide assistance to over 600 patients. We were able to award nearly $90,000 of funding towards housing, parking, meals or other special needs.

We are certainly proud of the many partnerships the Compassionate Touch program has established in the past, present and those forthcoming. It’s truly worthwhile to be associated with a program which continues to engage in “the serious work of the world.”

May 14, 2008

Compassionate Touch recently traveled to Dallas to meet with Southwest Transplant Alliance and the North Texas network of transplant social workers.  This very important and active network of Dallas area social workers meets every other month or so in order to share resources and to support one another so they can better support patients in need of life-saving organ transplants.

The social workers were thrilled to learn of this new resource that will most certainly help them to support patients facing financial crises.

Southwest Transplant Alliance and the transplant social workers of North Texas welcome Compassionate Touch to our area and thank this wonderful organization, in advance, for the tremendous help it is sure to provide.

Pam Silvestri
Southwest Transplant Alliance - Dallas