Kidneys For Kids

10/09/2026

> What does $45,000 actually do?
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> In October, Kidneys for Kids set a number: $45,000 by October 31 — the Be The Light campaign goal.
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> Every one of those dollars goes to one project: The Darker The Night — the documentary premiering on Amazon Prime Video on March 11, 2027.
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> 25 cities filmed. 9,000 miles. The cameras are still rolling at the last hospitals — and then comes editing, music, and a 30-episode series.
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> And here's the promise: every dollar raised through our movie and TV links goes straight to the film. Not overhead. The film.
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> Please support The Darker The Night along with our Drive To 7000 living kidney donations in 2026 and bring them home. Donate now at kidneysforkids.org
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10/09/2026

Couldn’t be happier about this one!
What happens when someone SHARES…💚

Jesse Ramos, a dad from Saginaw, Michigan, needed a living kidney donor. His interview aired on our Kidneys For Kids Roku Good Karma Entertainment Network— and someone watching decided to get tested. That someone became his donor. His transplant is set for October 21!

This is why we share these stories. The right person might see yours today. 💛

Thinking about becoming a living kidney donor? Or just hit SHARE — you never know whose dad you're saving.

https://www.einpresswire.com/article/946992761/my-dad-found-his-kidney-donor-because-someone-shared-his-story

After Jesse Ramos shared his story on Kidneys for Kids' Roku TV network, a viewer became his living kidney donor. He's scheduled for transplant on October 21.

10/08/2026

Not only is she an amazing foster mom — she gave a stranger her kidney. 💚

York County foster mom and volunteer Rosie Pinkerton traveled to Pittsburgh to donate her kidney to someone she'd never met — and her one gift set off a chain of transplants, saving even more lives. A year later, she's fully back to normal life.

One “yes”— a whole chain of second chances. 💪

👉 Register as a living kidney donor or share this post — it could reach the next match.

York County Woman Rosie Pinkerton Donates kidney To Stranger, Fuels Chain Of Transplants

10/07/2026

A "no" is not the end of your story. 💚 Our own Kidneys for Kids spokesperson, Margaret Manolis, was once told she couldn't donate to her son. Someone else said yes and saved him. Now she's becoming a living kidney donor herself — to save a stranger she may never meet.

Ready to be someone's yes?

Register as a living kidney donor, or share this post to help a family waiting for one.

"Kidneys for Kids spokesperson Margaret Manolis is undergoing evaluation to become a living kidney donor; her journey will be filmed for The Darker The Night."

10/07/2026

The TV that saves lives.

Jesse Ramos, a Saginaw dad, was waiting for a kidney. Kidneys for Kids put his story on television — the Good Karma Entertainment Network, our own Roku channel.

A stranger was watching. That stranger said yes.

His daughter Alena said it best: "It is because of the interview we did with you that someone saw it."

Jesse's transplant is October 21st at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Please support The Darker The Night along with our Drive To 7000 living kidney donations in 2026 and bring them home. Donate now at kidneysforkids.org

10/06/2026

Someone said yes.

After almost a year on dialysis, 14-year-old Reggie just learned a living kidney donor was found for her.

This is why we share children's stories — until the right person hears, and says yes. Please support The Darker The Night along with our Drive To 7000 living kidney donations in 2026 and bring them home. Donate now at kidneysforkids.org

10/06/2026

💚 Almost a year on dialysis — then came the surprise of a lifetime. 👉 Watch the reveal!

When Reggie's parents sat her down, the camera was rolling: the living donor giving her a kidney is her mom. ❤️

One brave yes from a parent. A second chance for a kid who needed it most.

Living donation keeps families whole. If you've ever considered being a donor, let this be your sign — or share this post. It could reach the next match.

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10/05/2026

💚Boston Arts Academy custodian Andrew Allen heard a teacher, Tom Thermidor, needed a kidney for his brother — and volunteered to be tested. Even though Andrew wasn't a match, he donated anyway: his kidney went into a paired exchange that moved Tom's brother up the transplant list. A little over a year later, the brother got his transplant.

On National Custodian Day, Andrew got an Unsung Hero Award — with the mayor, the governor, and a congresswoman there to cheer him on. His message now: consider becoming a living donor. https://particle.news/story/boston-school-custodian-honored-after-kidney-donation-helped-save-teachers-brother

You don't have to be a match to change someone's story. 💪

👉 Register as a living kidney donor or share this post — it could reach the next match.

Donate at www.kidneysforkids.org

A non‑matched living donation was routed through Mass General’s paired‑exchange pool to deliver a compatible transplant and spotlight living‑donor programs.

10/05/2026

Four Blocks Away. In 2012, a 10-year-old Bay City girl named Jessica was in kidney failure — and she lived just four blocks from Brian Martindale. He got tested. On January 11, 2013, he gave her one of his kidneys at the University of Michigan Transplant Center — a one-in-100,000 match. Today Jessica is pursuing her doctorate in neuroscience and serves on our board. That one yes became Kidneys for Kids. About 2,000 children are still waiting for a kidney. Help us finish The Darker the Night and bring them home. Donate at kidneysforkids.org — be someone's miracle.

10/03/2026

🎬 BE THE LIGHT: $45,000 by October 31

Our documentary THE DARKER THE NIGHT premieres March 11, 2027 — the true story of America’s living kidney donors and pediatric recipients filmed across 25 cities this summer. Now we need to finish it.💚

We’re raising $45,000 by October 31 to complete the films main production phase. Every dollar goes to post-production: editing, sound, color, and getting to the final production phase 🎥

Three ways to Be The Light:
🕯️ DONATE: kidneysforkids.org or use the Stripe link- https://donate.stripe.com/bJe4gz9IK7PX1wUessbMQ01
😇 BECOME A HUMAN ANGEL — Living Donor, Champion, or Messenger Angel
📣 SHARE this post — awareness saves lives too

96,000 Americans are waiting for a kidney. 2,000 of them are children. Help us light the way.