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Author to Hold Book Signing in Auburn

Author Rachel Bennett Steury will hold a book signing in Auburn from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, June 27. The signing will take place at Honeypot Books, 115 N. Main St., Suite 101.

She will be signing copies of her book, “Losing My Kidney and Finding My Voice: Confessions of a Living Donor” during the event. The public is welcome to attend. 

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Native Lorain authors team up for book signings June 13

As 12-year-old friends, they walked along Lorain’s scenic mile-long pier for serenity as they sang together, not knowing they’d be future authors doing book signings together locally, and nationally.

Shonda Thompson and Rachel Bennett Steury were in seventh grade at Longfellow Middle School when they would sing “you’ve got what I need,” by Biz Markie in his iconic song “Just a Friend.”

Rachel said the song was meant as a bond, because they knew they would be lifetime friends. Both of their back stories are quite a journey to writing their books. article

PREMIERE: FIRST FRIDAYS WITH MISS VINNIE

Join us as we share powerful stories of ordinary people who have overcome extraordinary life challenges through faith, hope, courage, and perseverance. These inspiring conversations will remind us that no matter how difficult the journey, miracles still happen and our voices matter. For our very first episode, I am honored to welcome my special guest: RACHEL BENNETT STEURY Author & Living Kidney Donor

Rachel will be sharing her remarkable story and discussing her new book:

LOSING MY KIDNEY, FINDING MY VOICE: Confessions of a Living Kidney Donor

Alumni Spotlight: The Nth Degree 

At Indiana Tech we take pride in motivating our students toward lives of significance and worth. In fact, it's one of the most impactful and often-recited components of our university's mission statement. Rachel Bennett Steury is an Indiana Tech alumna who takes living a life of significance and worth to the Nth degree. 

About Transplant Life with Miss Vinnie 

In this inspiring episode of About Transplant Life with Miss Vinnie, I am honored to welcome author, advocate, and living kidney donor Rachel Bennett Steury.  Rachel opens up about her decision to become a living kidney donor, the challenges she faced along the way, and how the experience transformed her life. Her powerful testimony offers encouragement to transplant recipients, living donors, donor families, caregivers, and anyone facing life's unexpected challenges.

Maui Kidney Donor Shares Story Hoping to Inspire Others 

Steury herself fits a profile of being a hard-working, yet socially minded person. She worked at night in an automobile parts manufacturing plant while she went to college for 10 years. She said unions, particularly the steel union, have been a big part of her life imbuing her with values of social justice and community.  

Published May 1 Maui News

SOAR Member Offers Glimpse Into the World of Organ Donation Through New Book 

Rachel was a member of USW Local 634L in Auburn, Indiana and USW Local 3657 in Pittsburgh before her role as Midwest Field Coordinator with the Alliance for American Manufacturing.  She has been a SOAR member for more than a decade.  

SOAR Chapter Connection March/April 2026 issue

A Beloved Uncle’s Legacy Still Lights The Way, Decades Later

Rachel Bennett Steury Shares Her Story of Advocacy During National Volunteer Appreciation Week

Thank you AOPO for honoring my uncle during Donate Life Month. Community Pulse Blog

Shakas & Shoutouts to Rachel Bennet Steury, maʻi Movement, Special Olympics Hawaiʻi, Ethan Irimata of Hawaiʻi Technology Academy on Kauaʻi, and Paula Fuga!! 

Mahalo Davey D and Lina Girl for sharing my memoir release with our ohana on KITV's Island Life Live!

 Kidney been: Altruistic donor hopes her story inspires others

Reviewed by Keith Elchert for the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

“One in a million” is a cliche, but it precisely suits Rachel Bennett Steury.

Steury’s just-released memoir details her journey as a non-directed kidney donor — someone who gives her organ to an unknown recipient. That makes her one of between 350 and 400 U.S. residents to do so every year.

In a nation of more than 350 million, well — you do the math."

 Member Spotlight:  Rachel Bennett Steury

What’s the best piece of writing advice you’ve ever received and would like to impart to other writers?  

You just have to start. It won’t be perfect. You might not even form complete sentences. The goal is to get the words out, one after the other. Once you commit to doing that, the editing and perfecting can come in due time.   More here. 

A big Mahalo to The Star editor Jeff Jones and the KPC News family in Northeast Indiana, who have always been the first to report on the evolution of this story.