Like most working moms, Hilary Baude, 41, is usually on the go. She’s a kindergarten teacher, has two kids, is an avid marathon runner, and just became the first kidney donor to ever compete in the Ironman World Championships.
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Living kidney donors to tackle New York City Marathon
Living kidney donor athletes Matt Cavanaugh and Hilary Baude are getting ready to toe the line at the New York City Marathon on Sunday, in what will be their 10th marathon this year to raise awareness for living organ donation.
Read MoreKidney donor runs Hartford Marathon to raise awareness for living kidney donation
More than 8,500 runners came to Hartford to participate in the annual Eversource Hartford Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K. Each has their own reason for running. Matt Cavanaugh is raising awareness for a cause near to his heart: living kidney donation.
Read MoreMarathon weekend bring kidney donors, recipients and those on the transplant list
If you are looking for inspiration, sit for a moment with Wilson Du and listen to his story. It was 2016 and he was just 34-years old, working hard, and playing harder when his kidneys failed. This weekend, he will run the San Francisco Marathon 5K.
Read MoreML (Matt) Cavanaugh: The superpower on the other side of kidney donation
This weekend, the Salt Lake City Marathon will form a 26.2-mile human wave of health, running right past thousands in the Salt Lake City area who are homebound in kidney failure. Several runners will demonstrate how those with the good fortune of good health can help others. I am one of those runners.
Read MoreNY man gives kidney to stranger, climbs Mt. Kilimanjaro: ‘A wonderful thing’
Steve Wilson may have only one kidney, but that hasn’t slowed him down. After donating one of his kidneys a little over two years ago, he was determined to prove that the procedure didn’t change his lifestyle—so he climbed to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Read MoreSecond chance at life for one cousin; climb of a lifetime coming for another
In 2013, Shawna Sampson donated a kidney to her cousin Sammi Olinger. Now, nearly a decade later, Sampson is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro with fellow kidney donors this week, while Olinger continues to enjoy a second chance at life.
Read MoreShe donated a kidney to a stranger. Now she’s climbing Kilimanjaro to raise awareness about living kidney donation
When Milwaukee’s Kathryn Kamm hopefully summits Mount Kilimanjaro on March 10, she’ll be doing it with people from across the country who share one thing in common: They all only have one kidney.
Read MoreFor Plano woman, giving is a way of life
Kidney donor Shannon Catalano plans to scale Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness for patients in need, bring attention to the importance of kidney donation, and show that a one-kidney life is far from limiting.
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