DOVE Transplant - Living Kidney Donation for Veterans

03/07/2026

Congratulations and a heartfelt THANK YOU to DOVE Donor Team 82 (part 1) Dana donated yesterday UC San Diego Transplant Center. She will be discharged home tomorrow and she reports everything went great. We thank her wife Alicia for being by her side throughout and nursing her back to health during her recovery.

Dana has chosen to be an advanced donor through NKR. There is a recipient on the east coast who was very hard to match - but Dana was her "needle in the haystack" Because Dana donated within this NKR exchange, a female DOVE Veteran will be getting a "payback" living donor kidney in the near future.
What a blessing for all.
Thank you you to Dana and all , and and

03/04/2026

Our February Wrap Up is attached.
Looking forward to March - National Kidney Month!

Email from DOVE Transplant Monthly Wrap Up (Feb 2026)     Celebrating our Living Donors We want to give a shout out to Dana Harwood! DOVE Donor #82! Dana is an advanced voucher donor for a DOVE Vetera

02/20/2026

https://dovetransplant.org/harvey-richards/

Vietnam Veteran Harvey Richards served 30+ years and retired in 2011 as a Master Sergeant. He received many awards during his career including Legion of Merit and a Bronze Star.
This Hero is waiting for a lifesaving kidney donor.
Please reach out and help us save the lives of our Military Heroes. Share this post. Let them know they are not alone in their search.
Thank you.

to schedule an informational meeting please fill out this form:
https://medsleuth.my.site.com/dove/donors

02/19/2026

Please join our monthly meeting open to all members of the DOVE community. This month our Executive Director will provide updates on DOVE's staff, share National data and transplant reports from 2025 and discuss issues and questions related to Community Care via the VA. As always we will have time for Q & A ! Hope to see you tomorrow!

02/09/2026

DOVE was cheering for Seattle Seahawks to take the championship. We have a special connection - Head Coach Mike Macdonald's dad, Hugh, is a Veteran and a part of the DOVE family.

Hugh shared his need to find a kidney donor publicly with a big assist from the Seahawks media channels and many donors stepped up. But Hugh advocated for other Veterans as well:

"Veterans do so many things for our country, here's a way people might be able to pay it back to the many veterans who are in need, I want to make people aware that there are ways that you can help other people that you might never even know about and give a tremendous gift. When you do that, the lives you impact and improve and help, you can't imagine the difference that makes."

Hugh received his living donor transplant in October, 2025 and is doing great. (Thanks to Samantha!) Also - we are excited to share that one of the donors who came forward for Hugh, has decided to donate to another Veteran. She is scheduled next month! Thank you Hugh and Thank You Seahawks !

Big Congratulations from all of us at DOVE on this LX win!

02/02/2026

Check out the first monthly Newsletter of the new year.
We have a new Board of Directors, Some staff changes, Team Announcements and Lots of Events planned in the coming year.
Thank you for your support. We are at Team 81. Lets keep growing and saving lives through the gift of living organ donation.

Email from DOVE Transplant Join our community   Monthly Newsletter - February 1, 2026     A message from our Board President Dear Friends of DOVE, I am honored to share my first message with y

01/25/2026

Mike Mizell is a who served 22 years. During his service, he participated in combat operations such as Operations Just Cause, Desert Shield, Desert Storm and Enduring Freedom.

Mike has End-stage kidney disease. He is one of the 350 Veterans DOVE has partnered with to find a lifesaving living kidney donor.

Please reach out to learn about kidney donation or to support our mission.

Mike Mizell is a Combat veteran who served 22 Years as an Army Transportation officer (retiring in 2007). As a transportation officer, he was responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing the deployment, sustainment, and redeployment of military forces and supplies supporting combat operatio...

01/24/2026

Heather Brown is a a and registered who has a genetic medical condition, ,that has permanently damaged her kidneys. Heather's mom, sister, and brother also have this disease and have received Heather's husband, Trey, also a USAF Veteran was declined medically. If you would like to learn about living kidney donation and possibly become Heather's lifeline, please contact Donor Outreach for Veterans, Corps. (DOVE) info@dovetransplant.org or 551-233-1611.

DOVE is working with over 350 Veterans like Heather who are waiting for a lifesaving kidney transplant across the US.

Heather Brown joined the Air Force straight out of High School in 2002. She served for 4 years spending the majority of that time in San Antonio at Randolph AFB where she was a Med Tech or 4N051 job series. During her service time she worked in both family care and pediatrics occasionally working in...

01/22/2026

The US Armed Forces Transplant Team will compete in the 2026 Transplant Games being held from June 18 thru the 23rd in Denver.

The USAFTT merchandise/fundraiser has officially launched!

DOVE is proud to be the umbrella nonprofit organization for this team.

Please visit:
https://www.bonfire.com/store/us-armed-forces-transplant-team/

All profits from this merchandise sale will go towards the travel fund for our team.

We can't wait to honor our military, celebrate the renewal of life and pay tribute to all organ donors.
U.S. Armed Forces Transplant Team

Transplant Life Foundation

01/20/2026

A snowstorm was not going to keep Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and American LegionPOST 274 and DOVE from working together to support and raise awareness about 18 Veterans from Pennsylvania who are looking to find their lifesaving with DOVE's help Dana Nelson is one of our Veterans who joined us for the day.

Karen Olson, Veterans Services Specialist, and DOVE Executive Director, Sharyn Kreitzer, will continue to work closely to raise awareness throughout the PA community

To learn about kidney donation, please set up a phone or video call with our Donor Educators today dovetransplant.org or 551-233-1611

01/13/2026

Today the 4th DOVE transplant in January is underway!

Rudy is a who learned about DOVE from a story on dual living donor and

(This is now the 2nd person who donated and was inspired by Lindsay's story!)

Rudy lives in the Atlanta area but he wanted to donate directly to a Veteran who received his medical care in Washington DC. Through the National Kidney Registry, a direct - remote donation was coordinated.

Rudy's kidney is probably enroute right now to DC.

We pray for a swift recovery for Rudy and a safe and successful transplant surgery for Brian.

Thank you Rudy for your generosity and taking care of a fellow Veteran in this most special way. Thank you to Rudy's wife who has supported his decision along the way and is his primary support. Thank you to the transplant teams and programs that are saving lives every day.

01/10/2026

We are off to a great start as we are celebrating the first week of 2026 with THREE DOVE

In DC Lisa donated to help her brother brother, Don a . In Boston, Joanne donated to help her brother, Joe, also a USAF Veteran. While in Minnesota, Marla, donated to help her neighbor's dad, Ed who is a .

All three ladies were able to donate because of . Their kidneys were matched to someone within the registry pool and in return, Don, Joe, Ed will soon get their "payback" kidney donor transplants.

We hear all three donors are doing well. We send our love, gratitude, and best wishes to them as they recover.

We thank their families, caregivers for their support. We appreciate the transplant teams and exchange programs that pull all these elements together and save lives everyday.