Brian Martindale is the 2014 Dick Hardy Award honorable mention.
BAY CITY, MI — Much has changed for Brian Martindale in the year since he donated his kidney to an ailing 10-year-old girl he had never met before.
He closed the storefront of his business in downtown Bay City, started working as a full-time union painter, welcomed his first grandchild into the world and started a campaign to help others needing organ transplants connect with matching donors.
Now Martindale, a 52-year-old lifelong Bay City resident, is recognized as an honorable mention for the 18th annual Dick Hardy Community Improvement Award. The award given annually by The Bay City Times recognizes people making significant contributions to the community.
“I’m very honored,” Martindale said. “Dick Hardy was such a well-known person in our community. He was involved with helping other people. My late parents read all of his stuff faithfully and introduced me to his writings.”
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