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Alicia Lang with her parents Jim and Mary Kay Lang and her brother Nick at a fundraiser in January of 2011 at Lakota West High School. Photo taken by Adam Kiefaber.

The National Foundation for Transplants (NFT) is trying to raise money for a local cystic fibrosis patient, who is currently on waiting lists for a double-lung transplant.

Lakota West grad Alicia Lang, 20, was five years old when she was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. Semiyearly visits to the hospital continued until her freshman year at Lakota West when the oxygen level in her lungs started falling.

The lower oxygen levels caused Lang to miss more school and make more trips to the doctor’s office, where she was eventually told she needed a double-lung transplant.

Lang was been on multiple waiting lists for the transplant since January of 2011. According to NFT, a double-lung transplant costs $800,000.

There will be other expenses related to the transplant. Lang will also need follow-up care and daily anti-rejection medications, according to the NFT.

• Alicia’s Blog: On the lung transplant process

“It breaks my heart to see someone so young and vibrant battling such a debilitating illness,” said Claire Prince, NFT fundraising consultant, “I hate that Alicia’s family has the added stress of mounting medical bills. At NFT, we’re dedicated to helping them fundraise so they can concentrate on Alicia’s health, not the expenses.”

To help raise funds, NFT volunteers are planning “Zumba for Alicia” from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at Dare to Dance, 11256 Cornell Park Dr. in Blue Ash, July 21.

The cost to dance is $15. Children more than 10 years old can participate with an adult present. Door prizes will include an hour with a personal trainer and a hair and make-up session with a cosmetologist. Refreshments will be available for all participants and vendors selling jewelry, make-up and other items will be attendance.

For tickets or more information, please contact Dare to Dance at 513-407-8633, Richele Nold at richele@drdcincinnati.com or Judy Ebbing at 513-460-7479 or aliciaslungs@gmail.com.

To make a donation in honor of Lang, please mail a tax-deductible gift to the NFT Ohio Transplant Fund, 5350 Poplar Ave., Suite 430, Memphis, TN 38119. Please be sure to write “in honor of Alicia Lang” in the memo line. Secure donations also can be made online at www.transplants.org. Donors should click on “Find an NFT Patient” to locate Lang.

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Alicia’s Lungs, a charity raising funds for Lakota West graduate Alicia Lang, who has cystic fibrosis and needs to have a double-lung transplant, will be having a aluminum can drive from 8 a.m. to noon this Saturday at Lakota West High School.

The charity group is asking community members to collect and drop off their aluminum cans in the front southwest corner of the high school’s parking lot. The drop-off area is near the corner of Union Centre Blvd. and West Chester Road.

Lang is currently listed for a double-lung transplant at Loyola in Chicago and at the Cleveland Clinic. The transplant will be scheduled when a lung becomes available.

• Alicia’s Blog: On the lung transplant process

The family is anticipating around $350,000 in bills that will not be covered by their insurance, which covers 80 percent of the cost.

For more about Alicia’s story, visit the charity’s Facebook page or WestChesterBuzz.com’s story entitled “Lakota West grad hoping for new lungs.”

People who want to donate, but cannot make to the event, can make their personal pledge to the charity by going to the donation page of AliciasLungs.com.

(Photo of Alicia Lang with family at a fundraiser at Lakota West High School)

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Alicia’s Lungs, a charity raising funds for Lakota West graduate Alicia Lang, who has cystic fibrosis and needs to have a double-lung transplant, will be having a aluminum can drive from 8 a.m. to noon this Saturday at Lakota West High School.

The charity group is asking community members to collect and drop off their aluminum cans in the front southwest corner of the high school’s parking lot. The drop-off area is near the corner of Union Centre Blvd. and West Chester Road.

Lang is currently listed for a double-lung transplant at Loyola in Chicago and at the Cleveland Clinic. The transplant will be scheduled when a lung becomes available.

• Alicia’s Blog: On the lung transplant process

The family is anticipating around $350,000 in bills that will not be covered by their insurance, which covers 80 percent of the cost.

For more about Alicia’s story, visit the charity’s Facebook page or WestChesterBuzz.com’s story entitled “Lakota West grad hoping for new lungs.”

People who want to donate, but cannot make to the event, can make their personal pledge to the charity by going to the donation page of AliciasLungs.com.

(Photo of Alicia Lang with family at a fundraiser at Lakota West High School)

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