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Community helps raise awareness as Louisville man seeks kidney donor

Kevin Wilson was diagnosed with the disease and looking for a match to undergo a kidney transplant to save his life.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A community of support showed up at Alberta O. Jones park on Sunday to help a Louisville man fight kidney disease.

Kevin Wilson was diagnosed with the disease and looking for a match to undergo a kidney transplant to save his life.

His friend Marcus Edwards said the “Help Kevin Kick Kidney Disease” event was a way to put more eyes on finding a potential donor.

“They might feel the urge or the need, God might move them in that way to donate to Kevin and save his life. [I] had the perfect stranger see my message and donate it to me so lightning can strike twice, and we're hoping it does today for Kevin,” Edwards said.

Credit: WHAS-TV
Kevin Wilson (left) and Marcus Edwards (right).

Wilson was thankful for the support and turnout.

“[It] let’s me know there’s a God,” he said.

In 2023, the Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates reported 729 transplants, the highest number in KODA's history.

To join Kentucky’s donor registry, click here.

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