My son, Paul Pantle, was passionate about life and lived it to the fullest each day. Paul's laughter is the biggest thing I miss about him.
Be an Organ and Tissue Donor
Potential Living Kidney Donors
Are you considering becoming a kidney donor?
Would you like to learn more about the kidney donation process?
Would you like to talk to someone who's been through the process?
- A total of 19,849 kidney transplants were performed in 2017, of those transplants only 5,817 of them were from living donors.
- 17 people die every day awaiting a kidney transplant.
- A living donor helps two people, the one they are giving the organ to and the next person on the waiting list.
- If 1 out of 10,000 people become a living kidney donor, the waiting list for kidneys would be eliminated.
- 97% of living donors say they would do it again if they could.
Contact
Please contact Donate Life Northwest at livingdonation@donatelifenw.org and visit our Living Donation Page for more information.
J. Grant
J. Grant is full of surprises. He donated a kidney at age 69, and was soon racking up 1,995 miles on a bicycle tour through every county in Oregon.