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Today the National Kidney Registry announced the activation of its 2,000th patient microsite. The microsite program provides free websites and coaching to transplant patients seeking a living donor. The theory behind the microsite program is that if a patient can direct potential donors to a website that effectively tells their story, they will connect with […]

A Bowling Green, Kentucky man is searching for a living kidney, while also raising awareness about the importance of becoming an organ donor.

When Linda Griggs needed a kidney transplant, an artist friend helped get the word out with a 5-foot hand-painted sign including the URL to Griggs’ National Kidney Registry microsite. The sign got 137 potential donors to register with the NKR. One was a match.

A Flagstaff man has received the gift of life, undergoing successful transplant surgery after his wife spent months trying to find him a living donor. Their miracle was finally answered when a woman contacted them through Facebook and ended up being a match.

Back in 1966, when kidney transplants were new and dangerous, Butch Newman was days from death. Then his younger sister stepped up. She was a perfect match.

Daniella Neve is one of the top softball players in the country for her age and has 84,000 followers on TikTok, so when her dad needed a kidney, she used TikTok to try to find a living donor. Her ask went viral, and a donor was found.

Michael Saylor got a mulligan—a second chance at life after experiencing kidney failure at age 44—thanks to a living kidney donor who responded to a Facebook plea for a donor from Michael’s wife, LeighAnn. Now the Saylors want to pay it forward by helping give a mulligan to others.

Lt. Derek Foss of Southern Manatee Fire Rescue in Florida was honored by state leaders for donating a kidney and saving the life of 33-year-old Brianne Baker. Foss was a perfect six-out-of-six antigen match with Baker.

East Goshen Township mom Tammy Mayer is leaving no stone unturned in her fight to find a compatible living donor to donate a kidney to her son Oliver.

The National Organization of Italian-American Women (NOIAW), the Greater New York Region Staten Island Network, used its celebration of the Italian holiday “Ferragosto” to help one of its members raise awareness about her kidney donor search.