Suwanee Woman Seeking Live Donor for Kidney Transplant

Jennifer Wilkes, who has been on dialysis, has been accepted into Piedmont Hospital's transplant program. But ...

NOTE: Barbara O'Neal at Piedmont Hospial is Jennifer Wilkes' live donor coordinator: 404-605-4128. --- A Suwanee woman has cleared one hurdle in her quest for a kidney transplant, but she and her family are hoping for more help. Jennifer Wilkes, whose family operates Wilkes Meat Market in Suwanee, has been accepted into Piedmont Hospital's transplant program, according to her mother. Jennifer Wilkes, a Parkview High grad, has been undergoing dialysis for three days a week since being diagnosed with an auto-immune disease in 2009. Wilkes' mother, Judy Wilkes, noted in an email that Jennifer has been accepted into the Piedmont donor program. However, unless a live donor is tested and discovered, Jennifer Wilkes would have to go on the …

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What's Cooking in Suwanee?

Suwanee Family Business Helps One of Its Own

Wilkes Meat Market has a cookbook to help a family member raise funds for kidney transplant.

Updated June 10 To call Wilkes Meat Market in Suwanee a family business is an understatement. Now, the business is also about helping a family member with a health problem. The family-run store on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard also has operated in several other Gwinnett cities, and it offers a wide variety of meat products. As a first-year vendor at the Suwanee Farmers Market, it now is putting some of its signature sauces on display. What is your favorite part of the Suwanee Farmers Market? Tell us in the comments below. And now, there's a cookbook with a purpose. The "Wilkes Family Traditions" recipe book is meant as a fund-raiser. Jennifer Wilkes, a Parkview High grad, wants to have a kidney transplant. Already, the $20 book has helped…

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