This is Steve Reichardt, and he is an important part of a team that most people are not aware it even exists. For the past 15 years, Steve has been a dedicated volunteer and head baseball coach at San Quentin prison. He works with inmates on their rehabilitation and gives them the tools to succeed upon their release. And he also brings to them his love of baseball. San Quentin is the only prison that allows free men/women inside a prison to play a regulation baseball game against an               all-reincarcerated team. His love of baseball also includes baseball cards. As an avid sports card collector, he understands the importance of preserving cherished memories and appreciating life's little treasures.

Steve still lives in the city of his birth, San Francisco, and is a graduate of the California Maritime Academy. He currently works as the Assistant Chief Engineer at One Maritime Plaza in San Francisco for CBRE. Steve’s high school senior class voted him “Most Friendly,” which is an honor that he still cherishes. Steve helps take care of his 82-year-old mother and has a dog named Tate, so that fills the rest of this busy man's time.

Steve is in stage 4 renal failure due to Polycystic Kidney Disease or PKD for short. PKD is inherited so most family members will not qualify to be a match. Steve’s parents and grandmother all had PKD. Steve was diagnosed in 1989, so in the last 34 years his kidney function has declined and is now only at 12%. Steve's doctors have him scheduled to start dialysis while he looks for a kidney donor. 

Steve knows something about needing a second chance and making sure that he sees the good in others. He is looking for someone to join his health team. See contact info below to register to be evaluated. 

Steve's blood type is 0+. 

Potential Donors please call CPMC (San Francisco):
415-600-5973 and ask for Lana Jabar or  lana.jaber@sutterhealth.org