by Tracey Hulick | Sep 21, 2022 | Altruistic, Cycling, Hiking, Parent When Donated, Running, Weight Lifting
My name is Ashley Ludlow and I donated my left kidney as a non-directed donor starting a paired kidney exchange on December 18, 2013. I had been considering becoming a donor after interning at local dialysis centers as a soon-to-be Registered Dietitian. I saw...
by Tracey Hulick | Sep 7, 2022 | Altruistic, Half Marathon, Running
During times of deep transformation, something happens to you, and then you realize that your life will never be the same. I believe people enter our lives with the potential to change our hearts and help us become better versions of ourselves. When I become more open...
by Tracey Hulick | Aug 24, 2022 | Altruistic, Cycling, Other Sports, Running
My name is Victoria Threadgould and in February 2022, my left kidney went from Austin, TX to New York City, where it was transplanted into someone I didn’t know! My kidney journey started in January 2021 while I was hiking with my husband in a Texas State Park. I said...
by Tracey Hulick | Jun 29, 2022 | Altruistic, Liver Donor, Running
My name is Jody Becker Wilkey, I am a 58-year-old native of Central Illinois, and I’d like to share my organ donation stories. My first story begins in June 1983, when I was a 20-year-old college student majoring in the Teaching of Spanish at the University of...
by Tracey Hulick | Jun 22, 2022 | Altruistic, Other Sports, Running
The kidney donor part A few years ago, I heard a story on NPR about kidney donation. It was the first time I heard about “the list”: The enormous list of people, tens of thousands, in desperate need of a kidney, the dozen or so people who die waiting every day, and...
by Tracey Hulick | Jun 1, 2022 | Altruistic, Other Sports, Parent When Donated, Running, Yoga
My name is Cristina Fontana, and I am a non-directed/altruistic living kidney donor. Donating my kidney to a stranger has been one of the most amazing and rewarding experiences in my entire life. I was born and raised in South America- Caracas, Venezuela. I live...
