March, march, march, time marches on! Pause a moment and share with us these memories of years past. For each there is a complex story of hope, and fear, and action. Best wishes, all!
Happy World Kidney Day! It's March 10th, and there's more detail at http://www.theisn.org/news/item/2443-world-kidney-day-2016-sets-out-to-make-us-aware-of-how-much-adult-kidney-disease-is-actually-initiated-in-childhood (http://www.theisn.org/news/item/2443-world-kidney-day-2016-sets-out-to-make-us-aware-of-how-much-adult-kidney-disease-is-actually-initiated-in-childhood).
Thirty-ninth anniversary
Rosemarie Gower Kelley's older sister donated a kidney to her on March 17th, 1977
Thirtieth anniversary
Grace donated a kidney to her daughter on March 17th, 1986
Twenty-seventh anniversary
Mychelle Rucker donated a kidney to her brother on March 9th, 1989
Twenty-third anniversary
Ronald E. Harper donated a kidney to his spouse, Barbara J. Harper, on March 23rd, 1993. "Kidney survived 18 years."
Twentieth anniversary
John donated a kidney to his friend Anne on March 11th, 1996. Anne anticipated receiving a second kidney from her son in the spring of 2009.
Eighteenth anniversary
Gina Thor donated a kidney to her brother on March 3rd, 1998
Seventeenth anniversary
Christine Hayes donated a kidney to her friend, Naomi Pollard, on March 18th, 1999
Sixteenth anniversary
Susan Molloy donated a kidney to her husband, James, on March 13th, 2000
Fourteenth anniversary
Jeff Sears donated a kidney to his mother on March 2nd, 2002
Thirteenth anniversary
Rebecca Miller donated a kidney to her father, Bob, on March 11th, 2003
Patricia DiClemente donated a kidney to a stranger on March 14th, 2003
Shandy Wheaton donated a kidney to her mom, Shirley Wheaton on March 24th, 2003
Patrick McGuire donated a kidney to his wife on March 26th, 2003
Twelfth anniversary
Margaret Earnest donated a kidney to her husband on March 4th, 2004
Kay Rapien donated a kidney to her brother-in-law on March 9th, 2004
Marva Gresham donated a kidney to an unrelated person found on LDO! (since deceased) on March 25th, 2004
Jason Clipston donated a kidney to his brother on March 29th, 2004
Selena Hall donated a kidney to a friend on March 30th, 2004
Eleventh anniversary
Sally Reif donated a kidney to Shar Senor Carlyle on March 2nd, 2005
Michelle Makedon donated a kidney to her father, Paul Makedon, on March 8th, 2005
Erick Gray donated a kidney to his father on March 22nd, 2005
Kelly Stout donated a kidney to a co-worker on March 22nd, 2005
Tenth anniversary
Virginia Postrel donated a kidney to a friend, Sally Satel, on March 4th, 2006
Donna donated a kidney to her husband on March 14th, 2006
Linda Busby donated a kidney to her brother on March 24th, 2006
Anthony Hart donated a kidney to his niece on March 29th, 2006
Carrie Schwaderer donated a kidney to the son of a customer on March 29th, 2006
Ninth anniversary
Christy Lindell donated a kidney to her sister on March 5th, 2007
Holly Harrington donated a kidney to her sister on March 5th, 2007
RaChelle Wilkinson (Shell) donated a kidney to her friend, Sandra, on March 20th, 2007
Kelly Anne Astle donated a kidney to her father on March 22nd, 2007
Sunil Joseph donated a kidney to his brother on March 29th, 2007. His brother died seven days later, on Good Friday.
Eighth anniversary
Mindy-J Wise donated a kidney on March 3rd, 2008
Barbara Coleman donated a kidney to Alyssa, a 19 year old family friend, on March 6th, 2008
Michael von Wahlde donated a kidney to his mother, Carol, on March 10th, 2008
Denora Carpenter donated a kidney to a friend on March 19th, 2008
Anna Kidd donated a kidney to Jody on March 26th, 2008
David Schneider donated a kidney to his stepfather on March 27th, 2008
Seventh anniversary
James Roach III donated a kidney to his wife's cousin, Joe, on March 9th, 2009
Julie Sullivan donated a kidney to her brother, Clint, on March 31st, 2009
Sixth anniversary
Lisa Marie Kull donated a kidney to her friend, Heather Tucker, on March 5th, 2010
Erica Rodriguez donated a kidney to her brother, Anthony, on March 18th, 2010
Cindy Wittmier donated a kidney to her best friend, Gloria Thiessen, on March 23rd, 2010
Christine Lerchen donated a kidney to her Dad on March 24th, 2010
Scot Sandhoefner made a non-directed kidney donation on March 26th, 2010
Bonnie Goldberg donated a kidney to an unrelated person on March 30th, 2010
Fifth anniversary
Shari Newman donated a kidney to her older sister, Dawn Ahrens, on March 8th, 2011
Janice Dodge donated a kidney to her niece, Jennifer Verhoeven, on March 10th, 2011
Steve Windle donated a kidney to his brother, Tom, on March 15th, 2011
Fourth anniversary
Michael Eckman donated a kidney to his brother, Mark, on March 3rd, 2012
Emilie donated a kidney to a friend on March 26th, 2012
Alyssa Stubblefield donated a kidney to Kristi, an unrelated person, on March 27th, 2012
Suzanne Frye donated a kidney to her mother, Barb, on March 27th, 2012
Jody Phipps donated a kidney to her cousin, Doug Henning, on March 29th, 2012
Third anniversary
Elizabeth Castillo donated a kidney to her brother, Alex De La Torre, on March 15th, 2013
Chad Snodgrass donated a kidney to his friend, Joe Brown, on March 25th, 2013
Tammy Grindle donated a kidney to her friend, Warren Conary, on March 26th, 2013