by kdainfo | Jan 29, 2026 | Hiking, Martial Arts, Parent When Donated, Weight Lifting, Yoga
Name: Hayley Location: Idaho Donation date: June 2022 Age at donation: 33 Categories of exercise before donation: Hiking, martial arts, weight lifting, yoga What was your activity level like before donation? Prior to donating I had my purple belt in tae kwon do, I...
by Tracey Hulick | May 21, 2025 | Running, Triathlon, Vegetarian or Vegan, Yoga
When my dad called to tell me that my stepmother had been diagnosed with kidney disease, it was during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a time already marked by collective uncertainty, isolation, and fear. While she and I weren’t particularly close, I knew...
by Tracey Hulick | Oct 23, 2024 | Hiking, Parent When Donated, Running, Triathlon, Yoga
My path to kidney donation probably started 30 years ago! I married my amazing partner, Scott, in 1997. We knew Scott had a progressive kidney disease, but he was asymptomatic. We were young and felt invincible. We started great careers, bought a house with a nice...
by Tracey Hulick | Mar 29, 2023 | Hiking, Other Sports, Yoga
Hello from the Green Mountain State! My name is Fiona Connors. I am an athlete (hiker, gravel rider and yogi), a French teacher, a proud resident of Burlington, VT and as of July 26th 2022, a living kidney donor. At thirty years old, I donated my left kidney to...
by Tracey Hulick | Sep 28, 2022 | Parent When Donated, Running, Vegetarian or Vegan, Yoga
My name is Maggie and I am a 45-year-old wife, mother of two, instructor, runner, yogi, and a live organ donor. Maggie on a cold, wet run before donating! I met my friend Phil in 1998, the summer before my senior year of college. At the time, I was his best friend’s...
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...
