Living Organ Donation Today / Encouraging Living Organ Donation Today

04/18/2026

April is National Donate Life Month, and few people understand the value of that kind of gift more than April Post of Normal, Illinois. The busy single mom is now living her best life because of someone else’s sacrifice.

https://newsroom.osfhealthcare.org/mom-finds-new-life-through-living-organ-donor/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRQnqtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETI3M0JxMmYyYjZWN2ZIUFlhc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtIP-RPe4Woh37SziV3nIc09p6MrbQy43aR-KClDLhBuTOjg1jL6Nbu7arzK_aem_zrcvRNto20ZGhz2PrBGS-w

Key Takeaways:After nearly five years on dialysis, April Post received a life-saving kidney transplant that restored her health, energy, and future with her daughter.Inspired by empathy, donor Kelly Stogner chose to help a stranger – showing how living donation can make an immediate, life-changing...

04/16/2026

Olmsted Falls resident Mindy Craft recently celebrated what she refers to as her “Liverversary.”

04/11/2026

A teenager born with a congenital kidney condition is getting a new lease on life, thanks to a stranger who turned out to live just minutes away.

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/teen-kidney-disease-finds-donor-living-minutes-131890166?fbclid=IwY2xjawRHMm9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFxQXhpR0doaldmb3Z4NGxEc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHpTrmGPTWMfd6R-trfDvSJ8q_hAZfOaDoJnkfh17tDCQDnXzSqN9BHyjF0kc_aem_0y7jFUyh1buWRyr2rHg1tA

A family's public plea leads to a stranger's selfless act and a second chance at life.

03/02/2026

Bernie Rosenwald Needs a Kidney | Can You Help?

03/01/2026

March is Social Workers Month!

We're sending special thanks to the donation and transplantation social workers who help save lives and support donor families, living donors, recipients, and their families.

Thank you to all social workers for your dedication, expertise and care!

02/19/2026

There is an urgent plea from a family in Morris County, New Jersey, to find a kidney donor for a 14-year-old boy whose only remaining kidney is failing, and doctors say he needs a transplant as soon as possible.

https://abc7ny.com/post/kidney-donor-search-14-year-old-boy-morris-county-nj-desperate-need-transplant/18617511/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQEE1pleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETJ2Y0ZuWVZ0TkV2NjFLZHU5c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmkvCYF1YvpnBCzlgUgR3QMCYK-wf5EVYzf7Dfsqityh0HVMcjerVZpUyN_F_aem_vMDOt7_RccOrV4fOfgkitA

Thaddeus Giansanti, 14, was born with kidney disease and has already endured multiple surgeries since infancy, and now his only remaining kidney is failing.

02/16/2026

When Joshua “Josh” Wilson, 23, decided to donate his liver to a stranger, he had no idea that stranger would have a son the same age.

https://iuhealth.org/thrive/liver-recipient-to-donor-you-are-so-young-you-could-be-my-son?fbclid=IwY2xjawQAK2FleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETJ5TlhTZEowV2NrM3JaVnNOc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHt9Zt7yVF5w0AXg_eOWsGV0m6-Jl7Rfu7-F3JZzCugf_YHZ99s98z-CtPXhR_aem_zoPWv8uOCZbcWMkRzGWckw

When Joshua “Josh” Wilson, 23, decided to donate his liver to a stranger, he had no idea that stranger would have a son the same age.

02/14/2026

My name is Robin, and I need a kidney transplant to live. My companion Pam is extremely helpful and supportive, and we have four amazing grandchildren. I enjoy baking, cooking, walking, playing co****le, music, karaoke and going to the ocean.

https://www.nkr.org/BDP546?fbclid=IwY2xjawP9cbBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETJTcnRPbHRuUW54SVRQRDd0c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmcrYe6JtrnLCOIMMXaQuv-SBJTrFPBszcOTEAUw21UI2LXIOa2NjTk4Edfd_aem_Hk1Vwxu7jISStqp4HU47QA

Robin A Lataille Needs a Kidney | Can You Help?

02/02/2026

Join us Feb 9 at 12 PM ET for The Importance of Direct Donor Living Transplantation with Drs. Betsy King & Kathryn Smith! Learn how living donor transplants help save lives and make a difference for patients. Register now:

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/health-upcoming-event-list/direct-donor-living-transplantation?fbclid=IwY2xjawPtz8lleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEezfHOj5GxR26cmDWkvW_qOkWoJcMsdpNVFLxaQ-sAQ8pSGg0eOJUWbp7Skn4_aem_OmmNAB9ceNctc6IUhx-hPw

Transplant Organ Donation and Transplant Featured Experts Betsy A. King, MD PhD Kathryn K. Smith, MD Dates: February 09, 2026 Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET About: Johns Hopkins Children’s Center offers the largest pediatric living donor program in Maryland and Washington, D.C., as well as Maryland.....

10/30/2025

Organ transplants save lives, but the trick is finding a donor. And sometimes that perfect match comes from someone you might least expect.

In Maryland, there are two transplant programs that facilitate living donation, the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center and The Transplant Program at the University of Maryland Medical Center.

To become a living kidney or liver donor, call 410-614-9345.

A retired teacher and coach from Page High School in Franklin was given the gift of life from a former student 32 years later. Jackie Bennett suffered from kidney failure, and a student was a match.

10/21/2025

Sometimes, the people who save your life come from the most unexpected places. For Sonya Bradley, it was her daughter’s best friend, who donated part of her liver at VUMC.

10/02/2025

Ted Lombard, store owner and father of six children, gave his left kidney to Denice when she was 13 in a transplant at UCLA Medical Center on Aug. 30, 1967. Without the transplant, she would have died.

Denice Lombard still works to "do right" by her father's kidney, which she received during a transplant operation 58 years ago.