NEWARK, Ohio (WCMH) -- A nine-year-old boy from Newark has needed a kidney for years, and now his family just learned that a match has been found and surgery will happen in just a few weeks.  Bentlee Davis’ parents are calling it a Christmas Miracle. NBC4 first spoke to Bentlee back in June and you wouldn’t know he was sick by looking at him because he’s such a happy kid. But, when he was seven, he was diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease.  Firefighters 4 Kids receives much need gift to help continue spreading holiday joy to Columbus families “I just do stuff that makes me happy, which would make me forget about all the bad things,” Bentlee said in June.  Fast forward to now, he is getting his wish thanks to a living donor.   Billboards around Newark featured Bentlee’s face asking for help, with dozens of them posted across the country. His parents were trying everything to get him the help he needed because both of his kidneys were only functioning at 8%.  For the past two years, his parents and siblings have been praying for a miracle.    “It would make me really, really happy because he can do stuff that he couldn’t do and he could stay the night at his friend’s house,” his sister Dalyla said in June.  Bill allowing indefinite school expulsions for hitlists, threats passes Statehouse Bentlee has had to miss out on a lot, so learning a match was found brought his family to tears. To top it off, Bentlee got to meet one of his favorite people, Roman Atwood, a YouTuber who owns ‘Smile More Laundry & Tan’ in Newark. Atwood gave him some encouraging words ahead of his surgery.    Bentlee’s mom, Candice Winans, said in a statement, “I genuinely believe this is the ultimate Christmas gift we could have received…The donor is giving him life, a chance to be able to continue to do the things he loves and to give him a new normal.”  In the United States, more than 9,000 children and adolescents have kidney failure or end-stage renal disease, relying on life-saving dialysis or a kidney transplant, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  According to Lifeline of Ohio, more than 100,000 individuals nationally are waiting for a lifesaving transplant; across Ohio, that number is 2,500.   Columbus serves trespassing notices at dozens of homeless camps “One organ donor by saying yes today, we all have the opportunity to save up to eight lives through organ donation, so more important than ever for people to make that decision today, to have the opportunity to save lives into the future,” Lifeline of Ohio CEO Andrew Mullins said.  Bentlee’s surgery is scheduled to happen at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in January.