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Wednesday, February 13, 2002 Transplant House sold The Georgia Transplant Foundation (GTF) is the recipient of a a check for $134,580, a record amount for one year, from the sale of Brayson Homes' 2000-2001 Transplant House. Once again accepting the check in behalf of the foundation was Tom Glavine, the Atlanta Braves' two-time Cy Young Award winner and a founding member of the organization's board of directors. The ceremony took place recently in the model home at Meadow Grove, Brayson Homes' community in Lawrenceville, where the 2000-2001 Transplant House was built. On hand for the ceremony were GTF officers and directors; several transplant recipients; Lawrenceville City Council members Rick Johnson and Bobby Sikes; representatives from Brayson Homes, a large group of over 50 representatives from Brayson Homes1 contractors, suppliers and others who donated or gave discounted prices on labor and materials for the Transplant House; and other invited guests. Presenting the check was Sonny Deavours, founder of Gwinnett-based Brayson Homes, who received a kidney transplant nine years ago, and Brayson officials Doug Cross, Larry Kendall and Ken Bray. The GTF delegation included Bonnie Bradley of Decatur, executive director; Ann Cowan of Buckhead; Tommy Smith of Duluth, founder of the foundation and a kidney transplant recipient; Marc Wisniewski of Decatur, treasurer; Ken Murphy of Decatur, president-elect and a liver transplant recipient; Pat and Dick Dunkerley of Dunwoody; Sandy McMath of Stone Mountain, director of patient services; Pat Sortor of Alpharetta, administrative director; Frank Jakes of Oxford, a kidney transplant recipient; and six-year-old Tommy Anderson of Sandy Springs, a heart transplant recipient, who was there with his mother Virginia. Fred Love, who with his wife Dottie purchased the 2000-2001 Transplant House, said that the dwelling is "the perfect home for us." The Loves, who are moving into Meadow Grove from Lilburn, are living in the Atlanta area for the second time. They first lived here from 1966 through 1968, then spent time in several other cities, coming back to the Atlanta area 13 years ago. "We loved Atlanta so much, we decided to retire here," said Love, who was in the music business. "When we decided to downsize our home, we fell in love with this home in Meadow Grove. And, we found Brayson Homes to be an excellent company. They do what they say." This is the sixth year that Brayson Homes constructed and sold a Transplant House. The Transplant House is built each year with the understanding that when it is sold, 100 percent of the profits will go to the Georgia Transplant Foundation. The profits from "Transplant House" sales are much larger than are usually received from the sale of a home, since many of Brayson Homes1 contractors, suppliers, and others donate labor and materials for the yearly project. This year1s contribution of $134,580 brought the five-year total to $535,333. The list of those contributing labor and materials to the 2000-2001 project includes Monterey Properties, Universal Properties, State Farm Insurance, Busbee Surveying Co., Special Assignments, Ed Underwood, Northwest Exterminating, Century Concrete, Arrow Lumber, Rory Sicovitch, Wood World Designs, Truss Systems, Arrow Certainteed Corp., Sotero Martinez, Steve Chi, Plymart Inc., Georgia Masonry, Greenway Construction, DBS Services, Safeguard Security, RCSI, Quality Insulation, Jase Interiors, Maverick Materials, Hector Chavez, IXL/Glidden, T.N.C. Cabinets, Triangle Pacific, Bathroom Designs, Progressive Lighting, Sears Contract Sales, Designer Carpets, Suzanne Kelley ACS Landscape Mgmt., Quarter Moon, Construction Cost Mgmt., RAN Management, HomeBanc Mortgage, Hudspeth, McKenzie Signs, and Preston Casteel. Of the six Transplant Houses, five have been in Gwinnett County and one was in DeKalb County. The Transplant House project has a twofold purpose: to bring in needed funding for GTF and to encourage more people to sign up to donate organs. GTF1s goal is to provide financial assistance, a return-to-work program and other support to transplant patients and their families when these benefits are not available through private, insurance and government sources. During 2001, GTF helped more than 450 organ transplant candidates, recipients and living donors in Georgia with resources and financial assistance. Brayson Homes, founded in 1977, has produced over 6,000 new homes in Gwinnett County, and the company is also currently active in DeKalb, Cobb Counties, South Fulton and Coweta Counties and will soon enter the Clayton and Newton County markets.
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