When Charlie Garaventa, Food & Beverage Manager of The Country Club of Landfall took it upon himself to provide an extraordinary service for a member, he found his own rewards.

Charlie Garaventa, Food & Beverage Manager at the Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, N.C., will help Ingela Kirby, 74, get off dialysis when the operation is performed on February 2. Garaventa, whose son benefitted from a donor 10 years ago and has since been active in promoting kidney donations, offered to get tested to see if he was a match for Kirby after she told him in a dining-room conversation that none had been found. He was also inspired to “pay it forward” by an annual charity event held at the club that supports the cause.