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Stories of Hope

Our goal at Donate Life Northwest is to educate and encourage people to sign up on their state donor registry. Why? To offer hope to the parents of an 11-year-old boy given six months to live unless he receives a heart transplant. To give grieving families the knowledge their loved one left a selfless legacy. To join in celebration of lives saved and sight and mobility restored because a person's decision to donate was known and honored at their time of death. Because organ, eye and tissue donation is about one human being offering the gift of life to another. Submit Your Story
Kidney recipient Margaret Shortreed smiling at pink sheet of paper with little girl and boy

Margaret Shortreed

Margaret faced kidney disease and transplant, but she didn't face it alone. Her family, her Erase the Wait mentor, and her paired kidney exchange partner helped her through it.

Kidney recipient Gloria Little smiling at friend Alison Wiley

Gloria Little

After 2 decades of kidney disease and several years of dialysis, Gloria received the gift of life through a paired kidney exchange.

David Terry

David Terry

David’s lung donor gave him back life and health – and he’s shouting his thanks literally from the mountaintops.

Maria Soreque

Maria Soreque

Maria’s kidney transplant freed her from years of dialysis and makes it possible for her to serve the community who supported her for so many years.

Phil Weitz Rsx for SOH

Phil Weitz

Phil, a retiree in Umatilla, is one of our most enthusiastic longtime volunteers. In December 2022, he will celebrate 10 years with the donated heart that saved his life – and almost as long volunteering for DLNW.

Kaleb & Mary Romero

Mary Romero

Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) and kidney transplants were a fact of life when Mary Romero was growing up. When she was 5, her Grandma had a transplant. Then later, her uncle and her dad had transplants as well.

Adrian Miller

When hypertension and renal failure picked a fight with Adrian, he and his family fought back! And now, thanks to a generous donor, he's fighting for others through advocacy.

Alysia Yamasaki

Alysia is grateful for both of the kidney donors and the donor families who are making life possible for her.

Amanda Biederman

Amanda Biederman

Amanda was a 27-year-old oncology nurse, working at a job she loved, when life took a hard turn – end stage lung disease.

Annie Chisholm

Annie has a lot of reasons to love her full and amazing life -- a wonderful family, a deep love for animals, and lots of travels. Her kidney donor makes it possible to continue her adventures.