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Published on: 6/28/2008
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Pictured from left, Lynn Young, Mary Beth Roper, 15, Dyson Young, 3, Allan Young, Jessica Roper, 17, and Hope Roper, 20.
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They wait and pray for the day father Allan Young receives a kidney transplant.
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"I have people stop me, people I didn't even know coming up to me telling me ,Just wanted you to know we're thinking of you," Allan said.
Saturday, bikers from across the region will participate in a Poker Run to raise money for the family - a family that has been through a lot.Already, Jessica's hospital bills alone top $400,000.
Allan, a deputy with the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office, has kidney disease and while he waits on a transplant he must have dialysis five days a week.
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"There are people out there who care about their community," Allan said.