Welcome to the Kamloops KIDNEY WALK.
You’ve taken the first step to becoming a Kidney Hero. The second step
is registering and coming out to what promises to be a fabulous day.

• Walk Event details:
  Live entertainment
  Silent auction
  Bar-B-Q
  Local market being planned with vendors selling jewellery, pottery etc. Part proceeds to The Kidney Foundation
  Team challenges in the works:
     staff from the hospital's dialysis unit
     seniors on scooters
     transplant team needed
     Kamloops Indian band
     
    
  Look Who's Supporting the Kamloops Kidney Walk!
  
  Fabulous Silent Auction Items including WEST JET - $4,500 voucher from WEST JET for 2 free tickets anywhere they fly.  click here to see the growing list
• Honoree:
  The Kamloops Walk is honouring Don Patterson, a dialysis patient who also has diabetes. Don lost both legs due to his diabetes and he now gets around now on two prosthetic legs. Don volunteers to talk to other people who are losing a limb, providing  positive and inspirational support.
   

In BC 39 kidney transplants were completed as of March 23, 2010. According to BC Transplant, as of that date 244 patients were still waiting for a life-saving kidney. If 100% of BC’s population registered to be organ donors, the waiting list would disappear! Kidney disease is growing by epidemic proportions. In British Columbia 1 in every 30 people have developed kidney disease. By getting involved in The Kidney Foundation’s Recycle for Life – Kidney Walk Campaign you might be helping yourself or someone you love, the environment and approximately 145,000 British Columbians living with kidney disease.

By participating in the Kidney Walk and registering to become an organ donor, you are on the road to saving someone’s life;
helping to raise awareness of the importance of kidney health and becoming a kidney hero.

DID YOU KNOW?

The average walker raises over $200 in pledges.  What’s your fundraising goal? Don’t forget to aim high and your efforts will be rewarded. A minimum $50 in pledges gets you an official WALK t-shirt! And there’s more.

Visit our Fundraising Centre for more information on:

·         Incentives and Rewards

·         How to build a team of walkers and multiply your efforts and successes

·         How to organize your own local walk

·         How to email your friends for support

·         How to build your own Kidney Walk web page

So why not lace up your runners and join in the fun?
Together we can make a real difference in the lives of kidney patients in British Columbia.
Become a Kidney Hero and Save Lives!