On September 22, 2024, living kidney donor Elizabeth Young competed in the Women’s Ironman World Championship in Nice, France. Young’s participating in the event was sponsored by the National Kidney Registry. Young donated a kidney to a stranger in 2022. She has completed 12 Ironman competitions, six of them since her donation. She completed the … Read More
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NKR-Sponsored Athlete Theron Hayes: From Kidney Donation to Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, Now Preparing for Liver Donation
Theron Hayes has gone above and beyond to make a life-changing difference. He donated a kidney in 2023, hiked the Pacific Crest Trail to raise awareness for living kidney donation with sponsorship from the National Kidney Registry, and is now preparing to donate a portion of his liver to a stranger. Hayes’ kidney donation journey … Read More
Local woman combines love of CrossFit with experience of donating a kidney
Roni Hays donated her kidney to her mother in 2019, and has competed in the Donor Games since 2020.
Schofield kidney donor takes first place in national athletic event
Mike Ramsey donated a kidney to his wife in 2023. While both were recovering, Ramsey learned he would be eligible for the donor games put on by the National Kidney Registry. Mike is one of 20 kidney donors who made it to the championship in Connecticut this September. He placed first among the 10 men.
Two strangers donate kidneys to save one Rancho Bernardo woman
They met for the first time this week. Steve Holmes came from Philadelphia, and Kate Pleatman from Ohio, to celebrate the woman who benefited from both of their kidneys.
National Kidney Registry: Wisconsin resident wins donor games competition
Mike Ramsey traveled from his home in Schofield, Wisconsin for his first Donor Games Championship, taking first place in the men’s category.
Ohio resident among winners of the Donor Games 2024 Championship
Mimi Mahon, who donated a kidney through the National Kidney Registry’s paired donation program in January 2017 on behalf of her mother (Nicky Mahon, who also competed in the event), captured her fourth Donor Games Championship win.
The National Kidney Registry Sponsors 4 Kidney Donors on 444-Mile Bike Ride
On September 27, 2024, four women completed a four-day, 444-mile bicycle ride to raise awareness for living kidney donation. The four women, all living kidney donors, were sponsored by the National Kidney Registry. The bicycle ride began in Nashville, Tennessee, and traveled along the Natchez Trace Parkway, a 444-mile recreational road and scenic drive through … Read More
Four women, all kidney donors, promote the gift of life on Natchez Trace bike ride
Friday evening, four women who did not know each other prior to Tuesday completed a four-day, 444-mile bicycle ride on the Natchez Trace from its start in Nashville to its end in Natchez.
Four women cycle to Natchez Trace for organ donor awareness
It was 2019 when Anna Cannington heard about someone in need of a kidney, and made the decision to become a living organ donor. She has never looked back.