By Morgan Huelsman
Dec 17, 2020
Third-grade teacher Erin Durga got chills when she learned of someone in her school that needed help.
Durga and school custodian
64-year-old Pat Mertens work at Kimball Elementary School in Minnesota. They both started at the school the same year in 2011. For the past several years, their families paths have always crossed. Durga s children even call Mertens Papa after growing up in his wife s daycare.
Mertens was on dialysis and the school community was well aware, as he left the school for treatment three days a week. The school even organized a Hats for Pat fundraiser on January 31 to help pay for his transportations to dialysis. Things turned more severe when his daughter Kayla Matten posted a plea for a kidney donor to social media.
By Morgan Huelsman
Dec 17, 2020
Third-grade teacher Erin Durga got chills when she learned of someone in her school that needed help.
Durga and school custodian
64-year-old Pat Mertens work at Kimball Elementary School in Minnesota. They both started at the school the same year in 2011. For the past several years, their families paths have always crossed. Durga s children even call Mertens Papa after growing up in his wife s daycare.
Mertens was on dialysis and the school community was well aware, as he left the school for treatment three days a week. The school even organized a Hats for Pat fundraiser on January 31 to help pay for his transportations to dialysis. Things turned more severe when his daughter Kayla Matten posted a plea for a kidney donor to social media.
By Morgan Huelsman
Dec 17, 2020
Third-grade teacher Erin Durga got chills when she learned of someone in her school that needed help.
Durga and school custodian
64-year-old Pat Mertens work at Kimball Elementary School in Minnesota. They both started at the school the same year in 2011. For the past several years, their families paths have always crossed. Durga s children even call Mertens Papa after growing up in his wife s daycare.
Mertens was on dialysis and the school community was well aware, as he left the school for treatment three days a week. The school even organized a Hats for Pat fundraiser on January 31 to help pay for his transportations to dialysis. Things turned more severe when his daughter Kayla Matten posted a plea for a kidney donor to social media.
By Morgan Huelsman
Dec 17, 2020
Third-grade teacher Erin Durga got chills when she learned of someone in her school that needed help.
Durga and school custodian
64-year-old Pat Mertens work at Kimball Elementary School in Minnesota. They both started at the school the same year in 2011. For the past several years, their families paths have always crossed. Durga s children even call Mertens Papa after growing up in his wife s daycare.
Mertens was on dialysis and the school community was well aware, as he left the school for treatment three days a week. The school even organized a Hats for Pat fundraiser on January 31 to help pay for his transportations to dialysis. Things turned more severe when his daughter Kayla Matten posted a plea for a kidney donor to social media.
By Morgan Huelsman
Dec 17, 2020
Third-grade teacher Erin Durga got chills when she learned of someone in her school that needed help.
Durga and school custodian
64-year-old Pat Mertens work at Kimball Elementary School in Minnesota. They both started at the school the same year in 2011. For the past several years, their families paths have always crossed. Durga s children even call Mertens Papa after growing up in his wife s daycare.
Mertens was on dialysis and the school community was well aware, as he left the school for treatment three days a week. The school even organized a Hats for Pat fundraiser on January 31 to help pay for his transportations to dialysis. Things turned more severe when his daughter Kayla Matten posted a plea for a kidney donor to social media.