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Get our free mobile app If you aren't listed on your drivers license as an organ donor, perhaps this will make you reconsider. Last year while we were all trying to rush from the grocery store back to our little pandemic-caves one of the most amazing things happened - two people met in public and became friends.  That's right, during the year of the introvert, Hugh Smith and Mark Scotch introduced themselves to one another at Cane River Brewing in Natchitoches.  According to the ArkLaTex Homepage, that fateful meeting would change both of their lives. Hugh Smith desperately needed a kidn...

“You could literally save someone’s life, so why not,” asked Randy Tornquist. Author: Brittani Moncrease Updated: 10:30 PM CDT May 6, 2021 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — There is a growing demand for organ donors nationwide particularly living organ donors. Local 24 News Reporter, Brittani Moncrease, spoke with a living donor pedaling to send a message.  Let me tell you about The Organ Trail and no, not the Oregon Trail that you learned about in history. This trail raises awareness for living organ donors. What if we told you a good brew crafted an unbreakable bond?...

Kidney donor cycles to raise awareness Biker showcases living kidney donor awareness By Jeremy Ford | May 3, 2021 at 4:51 PM CDT - Updated May 3 at 5:17 PM CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - A kidney donor is on a 1,500-mile bicycle ride from Wisconsin to Louisiana to showcase Living Kidney Donation Awareness. “I knew you could live on a kidney,” said Mark Scotch. “I never, ever thought about being a donor.” Living kidney donor Mark Scotch said his mission started more than a year ago when he met a guy at a bar who needed a kidney. “So, I just said heck, I think I can give you one of...

Kidney donor cycles cross-country to meet recipient stops in St. Louis     ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — One man’s cross-country bike ride brings him to St. Louis for a stop in what he calls “The Organ Trail” to visit the man who inspired him to donate his kidney. From Madison, Wisconsin to here in St. Louis all the way to Louisiana, Mark Scotch is biking 1,500 miles to raise awareness for kidney donations. “That’s what triggered me,” Scotch said. “It’s like we need to spread this around a little bit and that’s when it turned into Organ Trail.” Today St. Louis University hospi...

A man meets a guy in a bar, ends up donating a kidney for him; now on a bike mission for awareness Wisconsin man Mark Scotch is riding 1,500 miles along the Mississippi River to Louisiana to meet back up with the man who inspired his donation. Author: Jenny Hipskind Updated: 7:59 PM CDT April 26, 2021 MOLINE, Ill. — A Wisconsin man is biking cross-country to raise awareness for living organ donation. Mark Scotch of Plover, Wisconsin met Hugh Smith at a brewery in Louisiana in early 2020.  The two men struck up a conversation and Smith mentioned he needed a k...