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					Meet an Altruistic<br />
Kidney Donor

Meet an Altruistic
Kidney Donor

Altruistic living kidney donor Lorena Rodriguez lost 50 pounds so she could donate to a young woman she’d never met!

					A Hero Needs a Hero

A Hero Needs a Hero

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.

					Kidney Chains<br />
Link Strangers

Kidney Chains
Link Strangers

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.

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