The National Kidney Registry Renal Warriors crossed the finish line of the 300+ mile Source to City Rat Race in downtown Manhattan on Monday, September 22, 2025. The team of four kidney transplant recipients and seven living kidney donors began their journey four days earlier in Lake Placid with a technical and grueling 18-mile hike …
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The Living Donor Support Foundation is proud to sponsor living donor athletes and recipient athletes who engage in rigorous competition with the mission of raising awareness and dispelling the myth that living donation impairs athletic ability.
Cumberland County woman shows organ donation’s life-changing impact
“I mean, she saved my life.” One organ transplant changes two lives in Cumberland County.
Read MoreBay Area kidney donors, recipient gear up for 300-mile race in hopes of inspiring others
Some Bay Area kidney donors and recipients are defying expectations, as they take on a race more than 300 miles long. As they gear up for the challenge this week, they’re inspiring others along the way.
Read More5 Questions: Carlisle High School alum, kidney donors prep for 316-mile race
Between the two of them, Whitney Baker and Hilary Baude have completed 17 half-marathons, 30 marathons, three Ironman Triathlons and donated two kidneys.
Read MoreNational Kidney Registry Sponsors Renal Warriors in Rat Race: Source to City 316-Mile Challenge
The National Kidney Registry (NKR) is proud to sponsor a team of 11 transplant recipients and donors as they take on the grueling Rat Race: Source to City, a 316‑mile multisport traverse of the Hudson River Valley, beginning at the river’s source in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and ending in Battery Park, …
Read MoreLiving donor stops in Las Vegas during ‘Organ Trail’ bike ride across west
A living donor is biking across the U.S. to raise awareness about the need for living organ donations. Mark Scotch has made a stop in Las Vegas along the “Organ Trail” and visited the Nevada Donor Network on Friday.
Read MoreKNX Hero: Cyclists raising awareness for living organ donation
Did you know you can donate an organ and live a long, healthy life? KNX Hero Mark Scotch has done it not once but twice, and he’s working hard to raise awareness about living organ donations.
Read MoreThe National Kidney Registry Sponsors Elizabeth Young in Ironman World Championship
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 MoreNKR-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 MoreThe 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 …
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