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IMMEDIATE RELEASE....
MATCHLESS
MUSIC GROUP’S DAVID ST. ROMAIN PARTNERS WITH THE NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF
MIDDLE TENNESSEE TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS
Matchless
Music Group and David St. Romain to donate 100% of the profits from his debut
single “That’s Love” to the National Kidney Foundation of Middle Tennessee
NASHVILLE,
TN. – October 19, 2009 – Every day 19 people die while waiting for a
life-saving organ transplant. Approximately 104,278 people are waiting on a
life saving organ and of those 81,908 are waiting on a kidney. That’s why
Matchless Music Group artist David St. Romain, today, announced a partnership
with the National Kidney Foundation of Middle Tennessee.
The National Kidney Foundation of Middle Tennessee supports
organ donation awareness because out of the 104,000 organs needed right now,
78% of those are kidneys. Last year more than 12,031 Americans became organ
donors; one organ donor can save the lives of seven people and enhance over 50
plus lives. According to Teresa Davidson, Executive Director for the National
Kidney Foundation of Middle Tennessee, “early detection can help prevent the
progression of kidney disease to kidney failure. Once a person is in kidney
failure they can survive through dialysis or a transplant.” 26 million American
adults suffer from Chronic Kidney Disease or CKD and millions of others are at
risk. High-risk groups include those with diabetes, hypertension and a family
history of kidney disease. Check with the National Kidney Foundation of
Middle Tennessee for free screening information at www.nkfmdtn.org.
As
part of his effort to raise awareness for the National Kidney Foundation of
Middle Tennessee, David St. Romain and his record label Matchless Music Group will
donate 100% of the profits from his debut single “That’s Love” to the National
Kidney Foundation. This is a cause very important to David for many reasons.
The idea for the song “That’s Love” came to him after a conversation with a near
and dear friend of his who is awaiting a kidney transplant. This friend’s
sister was willing to donate one of her kidneys so her sister would not have to
wait for another donor, but during the testing it was revealed that she was
born with only one kidney. Her sister is still waiting on a kidney.
“When
I learned from my friend of the struggles she was going through waiting on a
kidney transplant, it was imperative that I somehow help” says David St.
Romain. “When I got together with the other writers of this song, I had just
watched the movie Pay It Forward and I had just learned of my friend’s
situation. The idea for the song became obvious to us; the idea of loving
someone so much that you would give up something, anything to help them -
unconditional love.”
CONTACT:
Shawn
Pennington / Matchless Music Group / scpenn@me.com
Tanya
Taylor / Triple 7 Public Relations / Tanya@triple7pr.com
Teresa
Davidson / National Kidney Foundation of Middle Tennessee / 615-383-3887 / nkfmdtn@bellsouth.net