Yesterday we went to the second annual Organ Donation Awareness Tournament at Verizon Center hosted by the National Kidney Foundation, consisting of a charity basketball tournament before the Wizards' game against the Charlotte Hornets. We snapped ESPN 980 host Scott Jackson, NKF Capital Area executive director Michele Anthony, Wizards game day operations’ Evan Chvotkin, and this year's event Honorary Chair, NBC 4 chief meteorologist Doug Kammerer.
All players also received tickets to the Hornets vs. Wizards game, where NKF was on the concourse signing organ donors in honor of Donate Life Month. Congrats to EagleBank team members SVP Bob Crismond, Amber Few, and Cameran Alavi.
Bravo to Team Virginia, which has several members who have donated organs—Brian Wilson (donated kidney and pancreas), Gary Scheer (liver), Lea Dozier (kidney), Joe Eitzel (liver) and team coach Rich Eitzel.
Participants played on the Verizon Center court in a single-elimination tournament, with each game consisting of six-minute, half-court scrimmages to advance to the next round. The Howard University Hospital team won the championship. Here, team Attain members Ellen Walsh and her husband, Chris Walsh, with NKF Capital Area board chairman-elect Manish Agarwal and his wife, Renu Agarwal.
