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Billionaire Driver Asks Directions, Donates $20,000 for Woman’s Kidney Fund
Santa Barbara resident Jennifer Vasilakos was in the neighborhood handing out flyers and raising funds when a driver stopped to ask for directions.
She never...
60 People Join Largest-ever Organ Exchange After Good Samaritan Donates Initial Kidney
What made the domino chain of 60 operations possible was the willingness of a Good Samaritan, Rick Ruzzamenti, to give an initial kidney after...
Transplant Nurse Donates Own Kidney to Patient
The way Clay Taber looks at it, he’s got three moms now, after a transplant nurse, practically a stranger, donated one of her healthy...
Daughter’s Tweet Results in Kidney Donation For Mom
For 10 years, Kirti Dwivedi watched her mother suffer from kidney disease. When she reached out for help via social media, she said, “I...
Seven Loyola Hospital Employees Donate Kidneys to Strangers
Loyola University Medical Center is a very giving place to work -- so much so that within the past year, seven female employees donated...
Hospital’s 5-transplant Kidney Swap Sets California Record
In what is the largest single-hospital kidney swap in the state, five patients received new kidneys from five healthy donors in a marathon series...
Coach Goes to Bat, Donates Kidney to Player
A young freshman college baseball player was facing a life of declining health until his coach stepped up to the plate and donated a...
Medical Miracle as Adopted Son Gets to Repay Mom With a Kidney
Facing 7 or 8 years on the organ donor waiting list, an ailing Massachusetts mom, having exhausted all possibilities for kidney matches with blood...
‘Hero’ Gives Kidney to Stranger
A California woman enters the new year with renewed health, thanks to a man she had never even met.
Without knowing her name, Jim Claflin...
Strangers Pay It Forward Today in Largest Kidney Swap, Saving 28 Lives
The civilians behind the National Kidney Registry website have organized transplants for record numbers of kidney patients over the last three years.
Today, the momentum...
Pay It Forward Kidney Donations Give 14 Patients New Life
It started with an ordinary life-saving organ donation, but after the recipient's husband decided to 'pay it forward' with his own kidney donation, a...
Record-setting Kidney Swap Saves Lives
A team of doctors in the nation's capital just performed a 13-way kidney swap -- the largest kidney exchange ever recorded. Twenty-six operations...
3 Sisters who Found Dad a Kidney on Craigs List Find Organs for Others
Last year, our father was diagnosed with Kidney Disease. Unfortunately, my sisters and I were all incompatible to donate, so we dreamed up...
Woman Finds Cabbie is a Kidney Match
Taxi driver Thomas Chappell has a favorite new passenger. After driving the Arizona woman to regular dialysis appointments, he suddenly shocked her with his...
Ailing Man Finds Kidney Donor on Craigslist (w/ Video)
A California woman who had never visited CraigsList before arrived in search of a volunteer opportunity and found a message that read, "Please Help...
Man Donates Kidney to Stranger Beginning a Pay-It-Forward Chain
Something stirred inside Carey Barrett, 42, as he watched a news report about a program for people who want to donate a kidney. Even...
Thanks to the Kindness of Strangers, New Kidneys for Five Unrelated People (Video)
Surgical teams at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University Hospital say they've created a five-way donor kidney "swap" involving 10 people, including a mom who...
Pay It Forward Kidney Donations Create Chain of Blessings
One man decided to donate his kidney to a stranger, starting a chain of kidney swaps that changed the lives of 8 people, saving...
Teen Finds She Has Four Kidneys, Wants to Donate
"A one in a million Leeds teenager has pledged to see if she can help patients desperately in need of a transplant – because...
Starbucks Barrista Donates Kidney to Customer
"For three years Starbucks barrista Sandie Andersen served coffee to regular customer Annamarie Ausnes, who has plycystic kidney disease. A typical Starbucks acquaintanceship --...