by Tracey Hulick | Jun 9, 2022 | Cycling, Parent When Donated, Running, Triathlon, Uncategorized
As part of my job, I am fortunate to have a platform to communicate to our entire company. The following is an excerpt from the message I sent on Friday, July 31, 2020 as part of our weekly internal e-newsletter: I stared across the hall and into my bedroom, not...
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...
by Tracey Hulick | Apr 28, 2022 | Directed Donation, Half Marathon, Other Sports, Parent When Donated, Post-Donation Pregnancy, Running
In June of 2015, at the age of 33 and with two young girls (four and two), I donated my left kidney to my childhood friend, Lauren. Our parents met when we were babies and our families have been close ever since. Lauren received her first donated kidney...
by Tracey Hulick | Mar 24, 2022 | Marathon, Other Sports, Parent When Donated, Running
My name is Holly Armstrong, and this is my donation story for Kidney Donor Athletes. It’s funny because I wouldn’t have always considered myself an ‘athlete’. I was a chubby, sedentary middle schooler who occasionally played softball or street hockey with my...
by Tracey Hulick | Feb 25, 2022 | One Kidney Climb
I first heard about living kidney donation on the first day of seventh grade. A classmate’s uncle donated his kidney to her cousin, who both recovered nicely. I had never heard such a thing, but somehow I knew it was for me. Tracey with others in her donor chain...
