by Tracey Hulick | Jan 8, 2020 | Directed Donation, Other Sports, Vegetarian or Vegan
My name is Emily, and my first exposure to living organ donation was in high school. I was friends with a young man who found himself in liver failure at the age of seventeen and our pastor’s wife donated a lobe of her liver to him, saving his life. Now, fifteen years...
by Tracey Hulick | Dec 18, 2019 | Directed Donation, Other Sports
I was so excited to get that call… I remember when I called my mother who was in Florida (where she lives), telling her that I agreed to move forward… her words to me “Are you sure”… I couldn’t have been any more certain of that. When you see someone go through...
by Tracey Hulick | Dec 11, 2019 | Directed Donation, Half Marathon, Other Sports, Running, Ultra
My father’s need for a kidney came about 12 years ago while I was still serving in the military. I was in the middle of a weeklong training exercise when my commanding officer notified me that a Red Cross message had been sent and that my father had been...
by Tracey Hulick | Dec 4, 2019 | Directed Donation, Half Marathon, Running
In 2009, at 247lbs, I was the heaviest I had ever been in my life and although exercise had been a part of my life in the past, it was never something I could quite get to stick. I was overweight and overwhelmed. I’m not even sure I realized it but I was waiting...
by Tracey Hulick | Dec 3, 2019 | News and Updates
Hello KDA community! We are happy to announce that we have a web store open until midnight, December 6th! That is THIS Friday! We briefly had a web store open in July and it was SO fun to hear stories from the people that ordered merchandise. The clothing became a...