Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Donnie Wahlberg Tweet Helps Fan Find a Kidney Donor

The information below is from the Associated Press.

Donnie Wahlberg's Twitter skills have helped find a kidney for an ailing fan from Nashville, Tenn.

One of the New Kids on the Block singer's 183,000 followers on Twitter tweeted a link to a blog about a fan who desperately needed a kidney transplant. Donnie retweeted the plea in December and asked his fans to help Bobbette Miller.

The Boston Herald reports the request prompted a slew of calls to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and one of the callers was a match. Bobbette now is scheduled for a June transplant.

Donnie calls the success a team effort, saying it proves how valuable Twitter can be.

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