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Donor Search Success Stories

Looking for inspiration or motivation in your donor search? Read these success stories. They did it, and you can too!

HBCU president grateful for second chance after transplant

December 11, 2025December 22, 2025HBCU Gameday

Sitting inside his home in early December, Davis reflected on the year that saw him battle kidney disease, undergo dialysis for 18 months, and ultimately receive a life-saving transplant from an anonymous donor.

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A man’s kidney donation to a friend led to a life-saving discovery: “I’m not done living”

December 8, 2025December 22, 2025CBS Mornings

A man’s generous act to help a friend led to a life-saving discovery of his own. Robb Layne volunteered as a living organ donor to help Doris Pittell, who, at 79 years old, was diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease.

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Business owner to donate kidney to ailing customer

December 2, 2025December 22, 2025Morning Journal

Shelby Vollnogle, who operates Beefy Buckaroo food truck, is donating a kidney to an ailing customer.

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After 2 years of waiting for a kidney, Watertown man’s transplant makes medical history at Upstate

November 30, 2025December 16, 2025syracuse.com

When Mark DeVito received his new kidney at SUNY Upstate Medical University in September, the moment marked far more than the end of a long wait.

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How a stranger’s kindness saved a Barton College coach

November 28, 2025December 22, 2025WRAL News

Lee Underwood, a colon cancer survivor and Type 1 diabetic, revealed to WRAL eight months ago that he was in Stage 5 kidney failure and urgently needed a living donor. Someone answered that call.

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Colorado man getting new lease on life thanks to wife’s donation through paired kidney exchange program

November 26, 2025December 22, 2025CBS News - Colorado

Heston Gray was diagnosed with ANCA Vasculitis, an auto-immune disease that was affecting his kidneys. One year later, his wife Holly stepped up and donated her kidney through a paired exchange program boosting Heston’s odds of getting a transplant.

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CNY woman receives life-saving kidney from best friend of over 40 years

November 21, 2025November 25, 2025ABC 9 - Syracuse

Two Central New York women with a friendship spanning over 40 years now share an even deeper, unbreakable bond: a kidney.

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Forsyth County firefighter gets lifesaving kidney from his sister

November 20, 2025November 25, 2025Fox 5 - Atlanta

A Forsyth County firefighter who spent months searching for a kidney donor received the ultimate gift when his sister donated her kidney to him during a transplant at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital.

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Livingstone College president successfully completes kidney transplant

November 17, 2025November 25, 2025NBC 36 - Charlotte

Livingstone College President Dr. Anthony Davis completed kidney transplant surgery and is recovering comfortably.

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Washington woman donates kidney to navy veteran at VCU Health

November 13, 2025November 25, 2025WAVY 10 - Norfolk

A Washington State woman, inspired by her military family, donated a kidney to a Navy veteran she had never met, giving him a renewed lease on life.

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