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Jim Urtel
Jim Urtel of Batavia has a life-changing Christmas wish: a kidney transplant. He has connected with the Kidneys for Communities organization in an effort to see that wish come true. At right is his partner, Renee Hozlock. Photo by Mike Pettinella

After eight years on dialysis and currently living with a deteriorating transplanted kidney, Batavia resident Jim Urtel Jr. is reaching out to a charitable organization that has taken a page from the “it takes a village” model.

Urtel, 54, a Le Roy High School graduate and longtime trainer/groom of racehorses, needs a second kidney transplant – this time from a live donor.

In an effort to speed up the process, he has connected with Kidneys for Communities, a nonprofit that is dedicated to increasing the pool of living kidney donors

]]> https://www.thebatavian.com/mikepett/batavia-man-looking-to-community-to-help-him-find-a-kidney-from-a-live-donor/637693#comments https://www.thebatavian.com/mikepett/batavia-man-looking-to-community-to-help-him-find-a-kidney-from-a-live-donor/637693 Dec 24, 2023, 4:29pm Kidneys for Communities Batavia man looking to 'community' to help him find a kidney from a live donor mikepett <figure role="group" class="caption caption-div"> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img alt="Jim Urtel" class="image-style-large" height="627" loading="lazy" src="https://www.thebatavian.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-12/jim-urtel-photo-1a.jpg?itok=d7Dd1EDE" width="800"> </div> </div> <figcaption>Jim Urtel of Batavia has a life-changing Christmas wish: a kidney transplant. He has connected with the Kidneys for Communities organization in an effort to see that wish come true. At right is his partner, Renee Hozlock. Photo by Mike Pettinella</figcaption> </figure> <p>After eight years on dialysis and currently living with a deteriorating transplanted kidney, Batavia resident Jim Urtel Jr. is reaching out to a charitable organization that has taken a page from the “it takes a village” model.</p><p>Urtel, 54, a Le Roy High School graduate and longtime trainer/groom of racehorses, needs a second kidney transplant – this time from a live donor.</p><p>In an effort to speed up the process, he has connected with Kidneys for Communities, a nonprofit that is dedicated to increasing the pool of living kidney donors</p>