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Living Donation California Celebrates 100 Direct Living Kidney Donor Candidate Referrals to California Transplant Centers

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Sept. 24, 2015 – 100 people in California hoping to altruistically save someone’s life have successfully utilized www.LivingDonationCalifornia.org – a free, online information and referral service designed to refer eligible living kidney donation candidates to California transplant … Continue reading

San Diego Police Officer donating a kidney to police dispatcher

San Diego, California News Station – KFMB Channel 8 – cbs8.com SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 11, 2014 – CBS 8 in San Diego reports from a fundraiser for a San Diego police officer and the police dispatcher he’s donating a … Continue reading

Living Donation California Celebrates First Year of Saving Lives

SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 13, 2014 – Living Donation California, the first-of-its kind information and referral website for living kidney donation, celebrates its first year of saving lives through altruistic giving. Since its launch on May 14, 2013, thousands of people … Continue reading

World Kidney Day 2014

SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 12, 2014 – Thursday March 13, 2014 is World Kidney Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness for kidney disease, prevention and treatment. About one in ten people have kidney disease, and many don’t even know … Continue reading

Ten Living Kidney Donors, Ten Recipients on “The Doctors”

UCLA’s Dr. Jeffrey Veale Highlights Kidney Chains Feb. 28, 2014 -When Harry Damon’s son died at age 24 in a snowmobiling accident, the 55-year-old firefighter was devastated, but through his grief, decided he wanted to honor his son in a … Continue reading

Living Donation California Sponsors Two Living Kidney Donors to Walk Alongside 2014 Donate Life Rose Parade Float

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Sept. 30, 2013 – Living Donation California is proud to sponsor not one, but two, living kidney donors to walk alongside the 2014 Donate Life Rose Parade Float. LaKishia White of Fresno, and Jessica Jurado of Sacramento … Continue reading

Living Donation California Sponsors Kidney Transplant Recipient on 2014 Donate Life Rose Parade Float

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Sept. 24, 2013 – Living Donation California is pleased to announce its first-ever sponsorship of a rider on the 11th annual Donate Life float in the 2014 Rose Parade. JePahl White, a kidney recipient, will “Light Up the … Continue reading

Living Donation California on Good Day Sacramento

SACRAMENTO, Calif., August 21, 2013 – Kidney transplant recipient Darrell Neal and his wife, Barbara Neal were featured along with Living Donation California on Good Day Sacramento in a segment called “7 Miles, 7 Cities”. Darrell had been battling diabetes … Continue reading

Living Donation California Featured on L.A. Radio Program

August 13, 2013 – During a recent edition of “The Sunday Journal,” a weekly radio program on KOST-FM in Los Angeles, Bryan Stewart, a Donate Life California board member, talked about Living Donation California, a new online information and referral … Continue reading

Clever Video Illustrates Recent Kidney Chain of 28

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMEd0q61CDE The National Kidney Registry recently announced the completion of a kidney chain involving 28 living donors and 28 transplant recipients. It is the second-largest kidney chain in history, second only to a 30-kidney chain in 2011. What makes the … Continue reading