Finding Hope Between Dialysis and Doing Good

In March 2026, the Community Foundation for Mississippi shared Donivon Duffy's story: how a 2023 trip to New Orleans for a friend's wedding turned into a kidney failure diagnosis, and how that experience led him to start The Manors Foundation.

The piece traces where the foundation's work began, with a small act of help for another patient at a clinic, and the gap Donivon kept hearing about from clinic social workers: patients, especially in rural areas, who struggle to find reliable, safe, and affordable rides to treatment. It also describes the foundation's plans to build a volunteer driver network made up of people communities already trust.

Watch Donivon's story

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The Community Foundation for Mississippi is a partner of The Manors Foundation. We're grateful to them for telling this story.

Read the full article from the Community Foundation for Mississippi