Photo collage of someone in a kidney costume; various living donors; our Erase the Wait mentorship program

Erase The Wait

In 2015, Donate Life Northwest launched Erase the Wait - a program that provides education to kidney patients about their full range of treatment options. Within Erase the Wait, we offer Transplant Education classes to dialysis patients as well as a peer Mentorship Program for transplant candidates wanting to explore living donation.

Additionally, Donate Life Northwest has a chapter of Donate Life WELD (We Encourage Living Donation)-- a group of living donors and transplant professionals who provide public education to promote living donation.

If you are interested in learning more about Erase the Wait or joining one of our programs, please contact us at livingdonation@donatelifenw.org.

Nicole Andergard

In Kindergarten, Nicole and Anna were such good friends that they pretended to be sisters. But since Nicole donated a kidney to Anna in 2007, they "share" a kidney and the gift of life - a bond they feel is closer than sisters.