Donor Search Success Stories

The shirt read: “Kidney donor needed, Type B+, Ask me how.” Karen didn’t hesitate. She approached the man, Robert Duran, and asked about the message.

Aiden Hess and his family said they found out earlier this month that someone was a match and willing to donate their kidney.

Two kidney donors who initially signed up to help friends ended up saving the lives of complete strangers and met their recipients for the first time.

In April of 2025, 15-year-old Shafer Davis received a living kidney donation from his oldest sister, Shayli, at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

On April 28, Shayli Daves fulfilled a calling — she donated a kidney to her youngest brother, Shafer.

For years, Ambrealle Brown was forced to put her dreams of becoming a nurse on hold due to a life-threatening kidney disease that left her temporarily incapacitated.

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.

Alex Phillips donated one of her kidneys to her fiance, Clayton Hare, to save his life.

Amiee Lovell, 53, is nearing the one-year anniversary of receiving a living donor kidney at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

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.