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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!

‘She is my kidney champion:’ Madison family seeking living kidney donor

February 21, 2025February 24, 2025WMTV 15 - Madison

For one Madison family, a living kidney donor could make a life-saving impact.

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Colorado woman donates kidney to save Pennsylvania man 35 years after they went to prom together

February 20, 2025April 24, 2025ABC 27 - Harrisburg

Shawn Moyer couldn’t have even predicted Elena Hershey would be his date a little more than a week before their prom 35 years ago, much less the person who would give him a kidney transplant.

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Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s husband receives kidney from daughter in successful transplant

February 19, 2025April 24, 2025ABC 7 - San Francisco

Paul Pelosi, the husband of San Francisco Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, is recovering after a kidney transplant.

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Family celebrates as daughter gives father a second chance at life with kidney transplant

February 17, 2025February 26, 2025NBC 4 - San Antonio

A family has been brought even closer together after a daughter gave her father the gift of a second chance.

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Colorado couple celebrating Valentine’s Day after wife donates kidney to husband

February 14, 2025February 24, 2025CBS News - Colorado

Colorado couple Ashley and Jimmy Cleverly were living a picture perfect life, until a diagnosis left Jimmy in need of a kidney. But his wife Ashley turned out to be his savior.

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Baseball friendship leads to life-saving gift

February 14, 2025April 17, 2025NBC 12 - Phoenix

Denise Vasquez knew her life was nearing its final inning. She needed a kidney transplant and a fellow Cubs fan had one to give.

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Army vet’s kidney miracle: a bond forged over bell peppers saves lives

February 6, 2025April 17, 2025CBS 8 - San Diego

Two volunteers at Feeding San Diego quickly went from donating time to donating and receiving a kidney.

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Burlington man visits his kidney donor following life-saving surgery

February 6, 2025April 25, 2025CBS 2 - Greensboro

Albert Jeffries, better known as Al J, visited his kidney donor, Mandy Harris, following the life-saving procedure.

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Living kidney donors get one Albuquerque man and 10,000 others off the transplant waitlist

January 17, 2025January 20, 2025KUNM - University of New Mexico Radio

An estimated 17 people die each day in the U.S. waiting for an organ transplant from a deceased donor, according to federal data. The vast majority are in need of a kidney. But simply waiting to get pulled off the years-long waitlist is not their only option.

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“She’s my hero”: Middleburg woman donates a kidney to a veteran

January 17, 2025January 27, 2025Action News JAX

A Middleburg woman is being called a hero. Fawna Moore donated a kidney to Vicki Beecher after learning about a program that matches donors with veterans in need.

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