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Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Cristina!

Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Cristina!

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...
Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Jodi!

Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Jodi!

by Tracey Hulick | May 18, 2022 | Altruistic, IronMan, Parent When Donated, Running, Triathlon, Ultra

I donated my kidney because I survived a house fire in 2012.  I was in the house, and when I evacuated with my son, I watched my house burn to the ground from the driveway.  After I put my life back together, I felt compelled to give something back to the universe for...
Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Kathleen!

Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Kathleen!

by Tracey Hulick | May 5, 2022 | Altruistic, Other Sports, Parent When Donated, Yoga

I have often thought kidney donation would be a way I could help in my community. However, I never really thought it through, and when the realization hit that donating involved major surgery, I became aware that I happen to have a deep-seated, unexplainable,...
Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Greg!

Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Greg!

by Tracey Hulick | Oct 28, 2021 | Altruistic, Cycling, Half Marathon, Kidney Donor Athlete, Marathon, Running, Triathlon

My name is Greg Bunn and on August 5, 2021, I donated my kidney altruistically to a recipient that I have never met and did not know any of their information. At the time of this writing, the recipient has not provided their information and is choosing to remain...
Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Alice!

Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Alice!

by Tracey Hulick | Sep 2, 2021 | Altruistic, Half Marathon, Kidney Donor Athlete, Marathon, Other Sports, Tough Mudder

In 2008, I went to the movies with a girlfriend and saw the movie The Bucket List. In the film, Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) was terminally ill with cancer and wrote out a list of things he wanted to do before he “kicked the bucket”. A few days later I made...
Failed Kidney Transplant Propels Donor Athlete to Dig Deeper Than 100 Miles

Failed Kidney Transplant Propels Donor Athlete to Dig Deeper Than 100 Miles

by Tracey Hulick | Jul 15, 2021 | Altruistic, Other Sports, Running, Ultra

By Kim Constantinesco  In a year in which so much life was lost and freedom was stripped, I wanted to do something that would save a life and inject freedom. So, I donated my kidney to a stranger on December 16, 2020.  ...
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