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We turn media into miracles.
Every week, we share the stories of people who need living organ donors, bone marrow matches and other medical miracles, so the person who can save them finds out.
Founder
Lauren Finkelstein
Save One Person
Direct
917-572-6385
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Email
Save1Person@aol.com
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Help Needed Now
They're Waiting for a Match.
Real people searching right now for a living donor. You could be the one — or you could share their story with the one.
For TV, Radio, Podcasts & Press
Media: get our weekly Save One Alerts
TV stations, radio shows, podcasts, newspapers and online outlets: sign up to receive our weekly alerts with urgent patient stories you can share. One story on your air can find the donor who saves a life.
The Reality
The longest wait in medicine is for a match that never arrives.
The Problem
100,000+ Are Waiting.
Every day, individuals and families face an agonizing wait, not knowing if the call they are praying for will ever come.
Over 100,000 people in the U.S. urgently need living kidney donors, living liver donors, bone marrow matches, and other life-saving medical miracles. Many compassionate people would step forward if they simply knew someone needed them.
Save One Person exists to close that gap. Through media, storytelling, and human connection, we bring the right story to the right person at the right time.
Waiting list and daily figures: HRSA, organdonor.gov
Impact
One Story Can Change Everything
A story shared can reach millions.
One introduction can change a life forever.
A successful match gives a family their future back.
5,000+
Stories Shared
1 Million+
People Reached
1,200+
Families Transformed
24/7
Someone Is Waiting
How You Can Help
Five ways to help save a life.
Give
Donate
Your tax-deductible contribution helps expand our reach and tell more life-saving stories.
Donate Now →Connect
Make An Introduction
Know someone in media, healthcare, philanthropy, technology, entertainment, or business? Introductions help save lives.
Email Lauren →Amplify
Become A Partner
Organizations and companies can help amplify life-saving messages and expand our impact.
Partner With Us →Involve
Volunteer
Give your time and talent. Join the mission and help us reach more people who are waiting for a match.
Get Involved →Your Impact
Your Donation Creates Opportunities For Miracles
- Expand media outreach
- Share more life-saving stories
- Reach more potential living donors and matches
- Build technology and AI tools
- Educate the public
- Create life-saving matches
Tax-Deductible
Help send the next story to the right person.
Every contribution funds storytelling, technology, and outreach that connects people in need of living donors and bone marrow matches with those who can help them.
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Founder
Lauren Finkelstein
Save One Person
The Founder
Meet Lauren Finkelstein
Founder, Save One Person
Driven by a personal conviction that awareness saves lives, Lauren founded Save One Person to harness the reach of media, the power of storytelling, and the warmth of human connection — helping patients find living kidney donors, living liver donors, bone marrow matches, and other life-saving medical miracles.
For Families
What happens after you share your story.
01
You Share Your Story
Send us your story, a photo, and how people can reach you, online or by email.
02
We Post It
Your story goes on our Urgent page and out to people who signed up for our alerts and living donor list.
03
We Take It to the Media
We send it to our TV, radio, newspaper and podcast partners to reach people who would never have known.
04
Donors Reach Out
People who want to help contact you or your transplant center. Your transplant team handles all testing and medical decisions.
Save One Person shares stories and makes introductions. We don't give medical advice. In a medical emergency, call 911 or your doctor.
Share Your Story
Need a Living Donor or a Medical Miracle?
If you or someone you love is in need of a living organ donor or facing a serious medical crisis, share your story with a photo and contact information. We'll feature it on our site and send it to our media partners to help find a match.
Join The Movement
Every Day Someone Is Waiting For A Miracle
Together we can help more people find hope.
One story shared can reach millions of hearts.
One introduction made can change a destiny.
One donation given can open a door to healing.