Gift of Life Stories

I was a healthy, active director of a soccer league, mother, grandmother, and wife until I got...

On August 16th, 2023 I got the phone call no mother wants to receive. My son Will was in the...

If you had asked me, on the morning of April 16th 2023, if I would donate a kidney I would have...

I currently work for KODA as a Family Support Liaison. I have always supported organ donation...

When I was younger, I applied for the ARMY but was turned down due to my sight. They told me my...

I retired in 2017 after 38 years of service as a paramedic with my county EMS service. We...

I am a Program Manager at Volunteers of America Mid-States. Every year, they partner with Donate...

In 2020, I was browsing on Facebook and came across a post from my aunt, Jennifer, stating that...

In January 2019 we learned that my father was approved for a Kidney Transplant. The process began...

God will provideValentines Day 2005 – I got the diagnosis of polycystic kidney disease. So, I...

My name is Rachel Bratcher and I am a kidney transplant recipient.  When I was 17 years old,...

Miss Katelee Blythe Hylton was born on St. Patrick's Day.Her parents already knew about her...

What KODA means to me is when there is still life after death. There is light in such a dark time...

My name is Megan Thompson and my husband, William Hayden Thompson Jr, passed away on November 22,...

After the devastating floods of 2022, my 18 year old son wanted to help those affected. After...

In March 1987 I delivered twin, healthy girls, but my heart gave out shortly after that. We...

I was only 10 years old when my grandma started to get sick again. It started with her being in...

Lee Carter was a larger-than-life personality in his community.  Well known and well-loved,...

Just a little about me…I was raised in Louisville, Kentucky. I attended DuPont Manual High...

Levi was born July 1st, 2007 with a birth defect.   At only 4 months old, he was placed...

I am a 32 year old mother with 4 kids, and I was diagnosed with Herpes Simplex Virus when I was...

It’s May 2018 - the moment he had counted down to for years had arrived- RETIREMENT. A day...

I was born with liver damage that, at the time, the doctors diagnosed as biliary atresia. My...

At 28 years old, after surviving cardiac arrest, my husband Kaleb was diagnosed with a rare,...