by Tracey Hulick | Dec 5, 2025 | Crossfit, Half Marathon, IronMan, Marathon, Running, Triathlon, Ultra, Weight Lifting
Name: Hunter Location: New York Donation date: September 2025 Age at donation: 34 Categories of exercise before donation: CrossFit, running, ultramarathons, weight lifting, IronMan What was your activity level like before donation? I’ve been an avid gym goer since...
by Tracey Hulick | May 1, 2024 | Crossfit, Directed Donation, Weight Lifting
My name is Mike Ramsey. I am 51 yrs old from the great state of Wisconsin, and I donated my left kidney on September 13,2023. I had the honor of giving the gift of a better life to my wife. She had PKD which progressed to kind failure in 2020, at that point she...
by Tracey Hulick | Feb 7, 2024 | Crossfit, Weight Lifting
My name is Molly Von Lindern and I’m 29 years old. On February 23rd, 2023, I donated my left kidney to my mom. It was a laparoscopic robotic surgery done by the amazing transplant team at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. This...
by Tracey Hulick | Sep 20, 2023 | Altruistic, Crossfit, Uncategorized
On May 5, 2019, my only child died in a tragic accident at home. At 14 years old, he wasecstatic that he had grown slightly taller than his dad and was close to finishing eighth grade.After all, he had plans. Just a week prior, he had asked if we could go to the lake...
by Tracey Hulick | Jul 27, 2022 | Crossfit, Hiking, Running, Soccer, Yoga
My kidney donation story starts with my grandmother. By the nature of polycystic kidney disease, it must have started with my great-grandfather before that, but he died when she was still a small child, so we don’t know how it might have affected him. My...
by Tracey Hulick | Sep 30, 2021 | Crossfit, Kidney Donor Athlete, Marathon, Other Sports, Parent When Donated, Transplant Chain
If you are considering donating your kidney, I hope my story encourages you! Before I get into my experience as an athlete donating my kidney, I think it is important to share my “why.” I donated my left kidney to a stranger when I...
