Media & Events

Meet Authors Rachel and Shonda at Second Saturdays on Broadway  

11am-3pm Broadway Avenue in Lorain 

Book Signing in Lorain, Ohio

Shonda Thompson, author of Authentically Shonda: A Memoir of Breaking Generational Curses, Searching for Love, and Finding Abundance.

Rachel Bennett Steury, author of Losing My Kidney and Finding My Voice: Confessions of a Living Donor.

The authors have returned to Lorain several times since moving away, but it has been 17 years since they were both there together.  Shonda and Rachel reunite to share their memoirs at this upcoming community event.

Second Saturdays are all about celebrating Lorain’s vibrant downtown with themed events, live entertainment, family-friendly activities, and local vendors. This recurring series transforms downtown into a hub of creativity, culture, and community fun.  Learn more about Second Saturdays here. 

Meet Kidney Donor and Author at Transplant Games of America

Colorado Convention Center - Denver, CO

Friday, June 19 - 10:00am to 5:00pm

Saturday, June 20 - 12:00 to 4:00pm

Sunday, June 21 - 10:00am to 5:00pm

Stop by the Colorado Convention Center Expo and meet Rachel Bennett Steury at the Transplant Games of America. The author donated her kidney to a stranger with the National Kidney Registry. She continued her family’s legacy of donation that began with her Uncle Ed, who saved the lives of 5 people as a deceased organ donor. Books will be available for purchase. 

Honeypot Books To Host Author At Upcoming Book Signing

115 N Main Street Suite 101 Auburn IN

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Rachel Bennett Steury, returns to Auburn to share her new book on Saturday June 27th at Honeypot Books. The public is warmly welcomed to attend.  Bennett Steury lived in DeKalb County for twenty years before relocating west, now living on Maui. The author donated her kidney while living in Auburn and her memoir is primarily set in the Midwest. She continued her family’s legacy of donation that began with her Uncle Ed, a former Garrett, Indiana resident, who saved the lives of 5 people as a deceased organ donor. Books will be available for purchase at Honeypot or you can bring your own copy for the author to sign. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to support living donor education.

Maui Bookstore To Host Book Signing with Kidney Donor

Barnes and Noble 270 Dairy Rd. Kahului, HI 96732

12:00pm - 2:00pm

Join Maui author Rachel Bennett Steury in Kahului for an afternoon of talking story and signing of her debut memoir Losing My Kidney and Finding My Voice: Confessions of a Living Donor. The event takes place on Saturday, July 11 at Barnes & Noble at the Maui Market Place from 12am to 2pm.