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.
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Read the latest press releases and news articles about the Donor Games, living donor athletes, and fitness and athletics after living donation.
National Kidney Registry Announces Donor Games Lakes Regional Competition for Living Donors
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
Living donor stops in Las Vegas during ‘Organ Trail’ bike ride across west
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.
KNX Hero: Cyclists raising awareness for living organ donation
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.
The National Kidney Registry Sponsors Elizabeth Young in Ironman World Championship
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
NKR-Sponsored Athlete Theron Hayes: From Kidney Donation to Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, Now Preparing for Liver Donation
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
Local woman combines love of CrossFit with experience of donating a kidney
Roni Hays donated her kidney to her mother in 2019, and has competed in the Donor Games since 2020.
Schofield kidney donor takes first place in national athletic event
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.
Two strangers donate kidneys to save one Rancho Bernardo woman
They met for the first time this week. Steve Holmes came from Philadelphia, and Kate Pleatman from Ohio, to celebrate the woman who benefited from both of their kidneys.
National Kidney Registry: Wisconsin resident wins donor games competition
Mike Ramsey traveled from his home in Schofield, Wisconsin for his first Donor Games Championship, taking first place in the men’s category.