Donor Search Success Stories

Steve Sanders knew a kidney donation would give him a second chance at life. When an exhaustive search of friends and family members found no compatible matches, Steve found hope in the unlikeliest of places—a stranger who worked at Atrium Health who was inspired by his story.

A woman from Gray, Tennessee, who needed a kidney has found a donor. Devin King set up billboards and started a GoFundMe page and found a live donor through social media eight months later. The young lady and Devin have met and are excited for the surgery next week.

To celebrate National Donor Day, Bridgett Kolls joins ‘Chicago Today’ to discuss the story of how she found an organ donor at a Cubs game—the donor was a White Sox fan.

A long search is over for a Bangor man who desperately needs a new kidney. Dustin Saucier now has something to celebrate: life. He will receive a kidney from artist Laura Dunn next week at Maine Medical Center.

For best friends Breanna Sipple and Erin Francis, their bond began with a life-saving gesture made when they were only strangers.

A 31-year-old who desperately needed a life-saving organ transplant took her search to the cheering section at a hockey game earlier this year. Now, months later, she’s thriving with her new kidney.

Bill English, of Bellmawr, New Jersey, has a new lease on life after a stranger saw his wife’s desperate Facebook plea for a kidney donor and stepped up to help the ailing father of two.