Ontario's Gift of Life Walk (Kidney Foundation of Canada)!
Please support my campaign to help Canadians living with kidney disease or in need of organ donation by donating today! Your contribution will benefit The Kidney Foundation of Canada, the national volunteer organization committed to reducing the burden of kidney disease.
An estimated 2 million Canadians have kidney disease or are at risk while each day an average of 14 Canadians learn that their kidneys have failed.
* In 2008… There were 4330 people on the waiting list for an organ transplant.
* 215 people died while waiting for an organ transplant.
* 303 people withdrew from the waiting list.
(People are withdrawn from the waiting list when they become too sick to receive a transplant, opt out of the surgery, or their health improves.)
* 2083 transplants took place. 1541 of those transplants were made possible because of deceased donors.
** All Statistics are from the Canadian Institute for Health Information
Since its creation in 1964, The Kidney Foundation has helped millions of Canadians suffering from kidney failure and related disorders such as hypertension, diabetes, urinary tract infections and kidney stones.
Today, the Foundation continues its focus on strategies to improve the organ donor rate in Canada. It is also exploring preventive approaches to detect chronic renal insufficiency at an early stage, delay its progression and prevent complications associated with the disease.
Secure online donations can be made with VISA, MasterCard and American Express. An electronic tax receipt will be sent to you by email within minutes of making your pledge.
You can make an online donation now. Click here to get started: http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?SID=2254627
Thank you for helping me reach my goal and making a difference!
Angie
If you are in Windsor and want to walk with me this is the walk I will be walking:
Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009
Registration Time: 9:00 a.m.
Warm-Up Time: 9:45 a.m.
Walk Start Time: 10:00 a.m.
Route Length: approx. 5 km
Kidney Foundation Contact Information in Windsor: 519-977-9211 ext. 23
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