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There are only so many ways to ask someone for their kidney. Daniel Kozlovsky III has tried them all. Little did he know, one of the days he would ask, he’d meet a former donor and now friend.

Jeff Blumenfeld was in need of a living kidney donor, but nobody in his immediate family met the qualifications to be a match for him. A woman in Boulder, Colorado, was able to secure Jeff a kidney voucher by donating a kidney on his behalf.

It was 2022 when life changed for Tyler Forbush. Three years and seven failed kidney donor match hopefuls later, his quality of life was fading fast. Then, Alyssa Tovar, a cousin in San Antonio, Texas, whom he’d only ever met twice, tested as a perfect match.

After a 2023 diagnosis of chronic kidney failure, a Port Richmond man was desperate to find a donor. In late 2024, a family member stepped up.

Living with Stage 4 kidney disease, Val Hale discusses the process and blessing of receiving a kidney from his son.

During his 46 years as a high school basketball coach, Cliff Hawkins preached the importance of teamwork and working together to find success. Hawkins has touched countless lives with those lessons. And when he needed it most, one of those people came back around with a selfless sacrifice for him.

Otway Mayfield and Tywa Hughes reconnect after 30 years for a life-saving kidney transplant, while also overcoming cancer battles.

In a last-ditch effort to find a living kidney donor, Wayne Newell put up a billboard off of Interstate 77 last October. Beth Perryman from Mooresville saw that billboard, and she answered his call.

Thomas Ortiz spent years waiting on a kidney. Turns out, he was living with a matched donor – his wife Nikky.

One Colorado couple, Ashley and Jimmy Cleverly, share their recent journey navigating chronic kidney disease and how a living donor transplant has changed their lives.