Bonnie Eckstein-Medvetz

The Talent Acquisition Team volunteered to help package items for children in need. We had our Geek Squad partners help as well which allowed us the opportunity to apply for a Best Buy Tag Team Award which gave the Cradles to Crayons organization additional funds from the Best Buy Children's Foundation.

During my time as the community ambassador, I put together a group of 10+ volunteers from our team at the Best Buy in Pottstown to volunteer at the Boyertown/Gilbertsville YMCA to help with their Breakfast with Santa and Halloween events. We helped seat people, serve food, clear tables, set up and take down all tables and chairs, and even dressed in costume to interact with the children and their families. With each event we were able to apply for a Best Buy Tag Team award of $1000 for this… Show more

During my time as the community ambassador, I put together a group of 10+ volunteers from our team at the Best Buy in Pottstown to volunteer at the Boyertown/Gilbertsville YMCA to help with their Breakfast with Santa and Halloween events. We helped seat people, serve food, clear tables, set up and take down all tables and chairs, and even dressed in costume to interact with the children and their families. With each event we were able to apply for a Best Buy Tag Team award of $1000 for this non-profit organization from the Best Buy Children's Foundation. Show less

Participated in the Walk for the Animals at First Energy Stadium in Reading, PA to help raise funds for the Humane Society of Berks County. Provided a station for kids to come and interact with us, walked with the walkers and their four-legged family members, and with the support of Best Buy donated $1000+ to the cause.

Folly and Friends is a non-profit mustang rescue and rehabilitation farm. I volunteer my time to help maintain the farm by cleaning and mucking the stalls and the pens, feeding and giving hay to the horses, and bringing in and turning out all the mustangs; from the tame and trained to the wild and free.

In January of 2023, I saw a Facebook post from a woman desperately trying to find her husband a kidney. I found out that he was a father of 5 and a volunteer firefighter. Being a mom of 9 and married to a fireman, I felt compelled to start the process to see if I could donate.

While I wasn’t a perfect match for my intended recipient, the national kidney registry offered another option, called a paired kidney exchange. Through this process, I was able to donate my kidney to another… Show more

In January of 2023, I saw a Facebook post from a woman desperately trying to find her husband a kidney. I found out that he was a father of 5 and a volunteer firefighter. Being a mom of 9 and married to a fireman, I felt compelled to start the process to see if I could donate.

While I wasn’t a perfect match for my intended recipient, the national kidney registry offered another option, called a paired kidney exchange. Through this process, I was able to donate my kidney to another complete stranger in New Hampshire, and as a result, my intended recipient was moved to the living donor list, and received his new kidney as well.

Going through this almost 12 month process has really given me a new appreciation and a whole lot of new insight and understanding to the living donor impact. I’m on a journey now to share my story in hopes that it might inspire someone to consider being a living donor, or at least contribute to the national kidney donor organization, or the national kidney foundation to continue to support the efforts to provide kidneys to those in need.

Look up #pennlivingdonor to see mine and others stories. Show less