Mike Ramsey traveled from his home in Schofield, Wisconsin for his first Donor Games Championship, taking first place in the men’s category.
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Ohio resident among winners of the Donor Games 2024 Championship
Mimi Mahon, who donated a kidney through the National Kidney Registry’s paired donation program in January 2017 on behalf of her mother (Nicky Mahon, who also competed in the event), captured her fourth Donor Games Championship win.
Four women, all kidney donors, promote the gift of life on Natchez Trace bike ride
Friday evening, four women who did not know each other prior to Tuesday completed a four-day, 444-mile bicycle ride on the Natchez Trace from its start in Nashville to its end in Natchez.
Four women cycle to Natchez Trace for organ donor awareness
It was 2019 when Anna Cannington heard about someone in need of a kidney, and made the decision to become a living organ donor. She has never looked back.
Four ladies travel Natchez Trace to raise awareness for kidney donations
A group of ladies with just one kidney are traveling down the Natchez Trace. They call their trek down the Trace “4 Women, 4 Kidneys, 444 miles in 4 days.”
Everyday Heroes: Man hikes Pacific Crest Trail to promote living kidney donation
The Pacific Crest Trail Association says only 15% to 35% of people who start hiking the famous trail finish it. 57-year-old retiree Theron Hayes is one of them.
Father-son duo from Villanova heading to Colorado to raise awareness about National Kidney Registry
A father-son team from Villanova is headed to Colorado to help raise awareness about a special kind of transplant.
Living kidney donor Steve Wilson will compete in 200-mile ‘Wild West Relay’
Steve Wilson, a Katonah, NY, resident and living kidney donor, will compete with Renal Warriors, a National Kidney Registry-sponsored team of nine living kidney donors and five kidney recipients in the August 2-3 Wild West Relay, a 200-mile, 36-leg race through the Rocky Mountains between Fort Collins, CO, and Steamboat Springs, CO.
CT kidney donor to compete in 200-mile Wild West Relay after completing 2 Ironman races last year
Hilary Baude is set to take part in the 200-mile, 36-leg Wild West Relay in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, from Aug. 2-3, according to a release on the website of the Donor Games, a Connecticut-based competition that showcases kidney donors and recipients.
Boston resident will run relay race to advocate for kidney donations
Boston resident and living kidney donor Teagan Walter is running a relay race to prove a point.