To highlight living kidney donation awareness, and also to celebrate with kidney recipient, Mark Scotch began a 1,500-mile bicycle journey, leaving Madison, Wisconsin on April 24, and arrived in Natchitoches, on Monday, May 17, 2021. Mark at left, and his riding partner, brother Gary, visited in Jena during the trip. (See story)
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June 1, 2021
Kidney donor visits in Jena during 1,500 mile bike ride
Mark Scotch, 64, from Plover, Wisconsin, donated a healthy kidney in late 2020 as a “Voucher Donor” through the National Kidney Registry. His kidney was provided to a compatible recipient in New York, but Mark was also able to designate a second individual as a person he specifically intended to benefit by giving him a “voucher” for a kidney.