Donor Search Success Stories

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.

Donnie Huddleston, a co-owner of PRP’s Ice Cream Corner for more than a decade, was devastated when his kidney failure forced him into early retirement. But his prayers were answered when family connections led to a selfless donor, Serene Conaway.

The day Kathleen Beightol found out her husband had a donor match for a kidney transplant, she was overwhelmed with emotion.