https://livingdonorsonline.org/donor-experiences/donation-anniversaries/

March 12th is World Kidney Day!

  I hope this month finds you all in good health, good spirits, and surrounded by loved ones. Here are the amazing folks celebrating memories of sacrifice on behalf of others, from Rosemarie 49 years ago, to Amanda last year. One of our celebrity donors, Virginia, is celebrating 20 years this month. We sympathize with Marva and Sunil who are remembering their losses of their recipients 22 and 19 years ago. 

  Do take good care all! Invite others to share their anniversary with us!

https://livingdonorsonline.org/donor-experiences/donation-anniversaries/


Forty-ninth anniversary:
Rosemarie Gower Kelley's older sister donated a kidney to her on March 17th, 1977

Fortieth anniversary:
Grace donated a kidney to her daughter on March 17th, 1986

Thirty-seventh anniversary:
Mychelle Rucker donated a kidney to her brother on March 9th, 1989

Thirty-third anniversary:
Ronald E. Harper donated a kidney to his spouse, Barbara J. Harper, on March 23rd, 1993. "Kidney survived 18 years."

Thirtieth anniversary:
John donated a kidney to his friend Anne on March 11th, 1996

Twenty-eighth anniversary:
Gina Thor donated a kidney to her brother on March 3rd, 1998
Maxine Tierney donated a kidney to her sister, Hunter Mahon, on March 17th, 1998

Twenty-seventh anniversary:
Christine Hayes donated a kidney to her friend, Naomi Pollard, on March 18th, 1999

Twenty-sixth anniversary:
Susan Molloy donated a kidney to her husband, James, on March 13th, 2000

Twenty-fourth anniversary:
Jeff Sears donated a kidney to his mother on March 2nd, 2002

Twenty-third 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

Twenty-second 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

Twenty-first 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

Twentieth 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

Nineteenth 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.

Eighteenth 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

Seventeenth 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

Sixteenth 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

Fifteenth 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
Donna Holmes donated a kidney to her husband, Steve, on March 11th, 2011
Steve Windle donated a kidney to his brother, Tom, on March 15th, 2011

Fourteenth anniversary:
Michael Eckman donated a kidney to his brother, Mark, on March 9th, 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

Thirteenth 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

Eleventh anniversary:
Jim Mullins donated part of his liver to his brother, Tim, on March 9th, 2015
Christine Brock donated a kidney in a paired exchange to benefit her best friend's father on March 26th, 2015

Sixth anniversary:
Terri Herrington donated her left kidney to Jeffrey Granger, already a kidney-pancreas recipient of Terri's since deceased husband, on March 3rd, 2020. Jeffrey received 2 more years from Terri.

First anniversary:
Amanda Graham made a non-directed donation of part of her liver to nine month old Sylvia Green on March 7th, 2025

https://livingdonorsonline.org/donor-experiences/donation-anniversaries/

Amanda's listing is new this past month and she sent along media links to some of the coverage she's experienced since:

https://abcnews4.com/features/lowcountry-woman-donates-part-of-liver-to-pediatric-patient-in-honor-of-family-friend-wciv-abc-news-4-network-for-hope-organ-donation-amanda-graham-liver-cancer

https://www.live5news.com/2025/04/11/helping-save-lives-push-more-living-organ-donors/

https://www.redcross.org/local/south-carolina/about-us/news-and-events/news/giving-pieces-of-herself-to-help-others--red-cross-blood-donor-d.html

https://www.wvxu.org/show/cincinnati-edition/2025-12-18/living-donors-liver-portion