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Kidney transplant recipient and Donor Games athlete Abigail Beckman-Green will represent Team USA at the 2025 World Transplant Games, held August 17–24 in Dresden, Germany, her second appearance at the global event. Beckman-Green received her kidney transplant in August 2016 at the University of Michigan Transplant Center. Her aunt, Karen Green, donated her kidney after … Read More

Kidney donation, like any organ donation, is a lengthy process both physically and mentally, but the reward is priceless — the joy of saving a life like Fiorito’s.

I am a Baltimore-based artist. Last spring, another Baltimore artist posted a need for a kidney on Instagram. I quickly looked up what kidney donation entailed and then applied to be a donor. I assumed he was going to need a lot of people to apply to find the right match.

The National Kidney Registry is pleased to announce its first-ever Donor Games Lakes Regional competition to showcase the fitness of living kidney and liver donors and raise awareness about the need for living donors nationwide. The 2025 Lakes Regional will be held at Adventure Awaits CrossFit, 3200 Schofield Ave, Weston, WI, on June 21, 2025 … Read More

A living donor is biking across the U.S. to raise awareness about the need for living organ donations. Mark Scotch has made a stop in Las Vegas along the “Organ Trail” and visited the Nevada Donor Network on Friday.

Did you know you can donate an organ and live a long, healthy life? KNX Hero Mark Scotch has done it not once but twice, and he’s working hard to raise awareness about living organ donations.

On September 22, 2024, living kidney donor Elizabeth Young competed in the Women’s Ironman World Championship in Nice, France. Young’s participating in the event was sponsored by the National Kidney Registry. Young donated a kidney to a stranger in 2022. She has completed 12 Ironman competitions, six of them since her donation. She completed the … Read More

Theron Hayes has gone above and beyond to make a life-changing difference. He donated a kidney in 2023, hiked the Pacific Crest Trail to raise awareness for living kidney donation with sponsorship from the National Kidney Registry, and is now preparing to donate a portion of his liver to a stranger. Hayes’ kidney donation journey … Read More

Roni Hays donated her kidney to her mother in 2019, and has competed in the Donor Games since 2020.

Mike Ramsey donated a kidney to his wife in 2023. While both were recovering, Ramsey learned he would be eligible for the donor games put on by the National Kidney Registry. Mike is one of 20 kidney donors who made it to the championship in Connecticut this September. He placed first among the 10 men.