“I still feel very happy to have helped someone else. It was so easy; the recovery time was easy. I would do it again if I could. I wish more people would try to donate.”
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Oregon Nonprofit Calls For More Organ Donors During COVID-19
April is National Donate Life Month and is usually packed with special events and campaigns to promote organ, eye, and tissue donor registrations. COVID-19 has brought those events and campaigns to a halt and has triggered a huge decline in...
From Waiting Game to Transplant Games
Carolyn Petersen endured four years of kidney failure, dialysis, and all of the weakness that brought with it. But after a life-saving kidney transplant in 2014, she's gotten back her health, her strength, and is representing the Pacific Northwest...
Honoring His Brother on the Ice
At 6-foot-8 off the ice, Southern Oregon Spartans goalie Josh Breznik already stands well above the rest of his teammates. But on Friday when the Spartans host the Seattle Totems, the attention will be on him for another reason. Donate Life...
Giving the gift of life through blood and organ donations
Whether you're in Bend or Sisters, Ore. or elsewhere, there are many ways to save lives and make a difference. Blood or platelet donation, blood marrow donation, or registering as an organ, eye, or tissue donor makes a difference. And it's something...
Portland Resident Hoping to Donate Kidney to Black Recipient
When Alison Wiley saw a friend donated a kidney to a stranger, she became inspired to do the same. Wiley, a 59-year-old Southeast Portland resident, said she is motivated by her privilege as a healthy person to donate what is by far the most-needed...
Straight Talk: Oregon Lawmaker Donates Kidney to Stranger, Hopes to Inspire Otherso
Journalist Laural Porter, talks to DLNW Executive Director, Leslie Brock, and living kidney donor, Tiffiny Mitchell about the urgent need for kidney donors, and how Tiffiny saved five lives through a paired kidney exchange chain.
State Rep. Tiffiny Mitchell Completes Living Kidney Donation
Oregon State Representative Tiffiny Mitchell (D-Astoria, District 32) announced via email newsletter that on October 16 she completed the process of becoming a living kidney donor.
WELD-ers Promote Living Kidney Donations
In the PNW, there are more than 2000 people waiting for a kidney transplant. For one group of women, they'll do whatever it takes to get the word out about living kidney donation. For Hope Preston, it's her chance to share her story to inspire...
Bells Ring in Memory of Organ Donor Angels
Bonnie Anderson's daughter Kori was saved by a liver donor. In honor of organ donors, their families, and their sacrifices, Bonnie has taken on the cause of raising organ donation awareness in a most touching way -- making bells.
State Legislator Takes Break from Service to Donate a Kidney
For Tiffiny Mitchell, election to public office last fall cleared the way to reach another goal of saving a life with a very personal donation.