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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Altruistic living kidney donor Lorena Rodriguez lost 50 pounds so she could donate to a young woman she’d never met!
Tad Suwa is one of more than 17,000 Californians waiting for a kidney transplant. The time he currently spends on dialysis interferes with time he could be spending with his family, fishing and serving his community as a firefighter. A transplant would free him and his family to live their lives again.
LaKishia and Jessica are not the kind of women that are going to let the phrase “incompatible” stand in their way. They weren’t a match for their loved ones but found a way to donate and help them anyway through something called a kidney chain.
