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Standing in the Central Montcalm High School gym, surrounded by sweaty people doing sit-ups, pull-ups and lifting weights as rock music blared over the speakers, Nichole Read Peak sat in a chair with a peaceful smile on her face.

April is National Donate Life Month, and one Southern California man is going above and beyond to help.

The National Kidney Registry is pleased to announce its first-ever Donor Games Regional competition to showcase the fitness of living kidney and liver donors and raise awareness about the need for living donors nationwide.

Mark and Lynn Scotch were presented with a Hometown Hero Award from the Wisconsin State Assembly during legislative session at the State Capitol.

Crissy Perham is no stranger to intense focus on a goal. So when she saw the Facebook post shared into her feed in January 2022 and made a decision that would alter lives beyond her own, she turned on her tunnel vision and became an organ donor.

Hilary Baude, a Sacred Heart University graduate and current doctoral student, donated a kidney to a stranger in 2021. This year, she ran 12 marathons, two of which were intense Ironman races, to prove that donating a kidney does not compromise one’s health.

American Hilary Baude embodies “giving” in a way that’s hard to imagine – donating a kidney and then proving that you can still thrive

When Hilary Baude isn’t teaching, anyone can usually find her on a gravel path running.“I started running as a way to process and kind of move through some tough emotions,” said Baude.Baude relied on running as an escape from reality because life hasn’t always been easy.

At ten years old, Jaelle Bornman began feeling weak while running at school. “We were cheering on her to run, run, run,” said Cornelius Bornman, her dad, “She looked at us, ‘I can’t, I’m tired.’ The next day, we ended up taking her to the emergency room.”

By running 12 marathons in 12 months, Matt Cavanaugh and Hilary Baude hope to show that organ donors can lead healthy, active lives.