BY GWEN HAYES

Sentinel Editor

A Tampa mother of 2 needs to raise at least $50,000 for a much-needed kidney transplant and to cover anti-rejection medications.

Ms. Darlene Yvette Moore, 41, a Tampa native, has been on dialysis for nearly 3 years. This is her second time of dialysis. The first time she was on for 2 months.

Although she’s reaching out to the community, Ms. Moore has to have an attorney set up a trust for her before she accepts funds for the transplant.

Being disabled and on a limited, fixed income, Ms. Moore has not been able to complete that task.

She has battled malignant hypertension (high blood pressure) for 18 years, since the birth of her son. The current  bout with dialysis began when she was given the wrong medication, which consequently led to kidney failure. That was in April 2010.

With all that she is going through, having nearly died numerous times, and surviving 9 car accidents, Ms. Moore looks positively to the future.

Ms. Moore went to the University of South Florida, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in English Education and worked as a Social Worker for the Department of Children and Families for 10 years.

She enjoys playing the piano, drawing and painting Black art. Ms. Moore attends Mt. Calvary Seventh Day Adventist Church. Her adult children are Alexandria and Cornelius. She is the daughter of Rose Durand and Charles Moore and has a brother, Charles.

“After the kidney transplant, I’d like to have a productive ministry to help people and see lives changed,” she stated.

Her priority now, however, is getting the trust fund established.