NKF Serving New England

Ask Your Employer About Participating in a Drive For Dialysis Event!

Does your company have a volunteer day? Ask them to consider a Drive for Dialysis Event! These are great volunteer events hosted at corporate locations for staff to learn about kidney disease and put together bags of items for dialysis patients. The volunteers are provided with materials that are helpful to local dialysis patients to be pulled together in a tote bag and they add a personal message for the bag recipient. NKF then delivers these bags to a local dialysis center. Staff learn about kidney health, hear from a patient speaker, and create care packages that are very meaningful for local patients.

Hosting a Drive for Dialysis event is easy! Ask your company if they would have a volunteer event for staff with our out-of-the-box program. We'll work with the company to design a volunteer opportunity that meets your company's unique needs! For more information please contact Desirae Vasquez at Desirae.Vasquez@kidney.org .

Video of 2024 Boston and New England Kidney Walk

2025 Boston Kidney Walk Photos

Thank You for the Memories This Year!

The Boston and New England Kidney walk took place on Sunday, October 05, 2025 at the Sylvester Baxter Riverfront Park in Somerville, MA.

We want to thank all of our kidney community members for not only attending our walk this year, but raising over $240,000! We cannot thank you enough.

Please take a look at the photos from this year by clicking the button below.

Walk Photos

Program Spotlight: Practices of Resiliency for Kidney Care Social Workers

CE Lunch-and-Learn Webinar for Social Workers

The National Kidney Foundation serving New England’s Council of Nephrology Social Workers was proud to host an Ethics Credit CE webinar on Wednesday, October 22, 2025.

This CE lunch-and-learn hour was for renal care social workers in the New England region. A local, veteran professional shared her experiences with renal care social work and took area social workers through research-based and skills-based tools to build resiliency through their social work practices with dialysis and other kidney disease patients. Nearly 70 social workers participated in this phenomenal program with NKFNE and Sarah Stevenson, LICSW, NSW-C, CCM, RYT-200! 

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2025 CRNNE Virtual Conference

Program Recap for Dietitians

The National Kidney Foundation serving New England’s Council on Renal Nutrition (CRN) hosted its Fall 2025 Virtual Conference for dietitians and other renal care nutrition professionals on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, from 8am-1pm Eastern Time. Asynchronous CEs are still available! 

Four Continuing Education (CE) units are available for dietitians who register for the conference and attended live online or who opt to participate asynchronously through February 2, 2026. Continuing Education credit is offered on trending and timely topics such as GLP-1 weight loss drugs, kidney patients’ mental health, and more. An additional 1.5 CEs will be available for registrants who also complete the NKF New England’s asynchronous conference session offering, “AKI to ESRD: Facilitating the Continuum of Care,” included with 2025 Conference registration. 

Click below to check out asynchronous participation options!

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Council on Renal Nutrition New England (CRNNE)

Are you a dietitian in New England interested in renal nutrition? Join the National Kidney Foundation serving New England Council on Renal Nutrition!

Benefits to joining our chapter:

  • Networking
  • Resume building
  • Free registration to events
  • First to know about NKF opportunities for RDs

Complete this form to get involved, or email us at: CRNNewengland@gmail.com

SAVE THE DATE! Spring 2026 Council for Renal Nutrition New England Dietician Conference (In-Person): Wednesday, April 1, 2026

The NKF New England Community Story Book

Celebrate and Support Kidney Patients

The book includes important resources for local patients including kidney-healthy recipes and information about how to access additional NKF resources and information online.

As the true highlight of the book, it contains stories and experiences shared by local kidney patients covering transplant, dialysis, living donation, and issues related to kidney disease.

Want to share your kidney story in the next version of our Community Story Book? Email Director, Programs Desirae Vasquez at Desirae.Vasquez@kidney.org to schedule an interview!

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Translated Materials

NKF New England is proud to provide translated health education materials to dozens of kidney care partners and thousands of patients across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont. 

We provide resources in a variety of languages – both in hard copy and online – to regional hospitals, transplant centers, and dialysis clinics to improve accessibility and New England kidney patients’ healthcare experience. 

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Translated Materials Available

This content is provided for informational use only and is not intended as medical advice or as a substitute for the medical advice of a healthcare professional.

Are You the 33%?
Choosing Dialysis
Kidney Healthy Decisions
Transplant Education
Limit Sodium
Limit Potassium
Limit Phosphorus
Living Donation

NKF NEW ENGLAND KIDNEY COMMUNITY

Prevention and Awareness Building Programming: Community-Based Kidney Education

The NKFNE frequently runs New England-based public health education programs within the local neighborhoods we serve. By installing NKFNE booths at local community events and in partnership with local community organizations, we are reaching our neighbors, right where they are, as a means of supporting public and patient awareness about kidney health, disease prevention, and screening practices.

 

Print copies of NKF health education materials are available to all members of the public who visit the NKF booth at our community events. Materials will include important resources for the local patients and the public such as kidney-friendly recipes, kidney disease risk factor inventories, and other valuable information. NKF staff and volunteers will converse with the public about relevant topics such as transplant, dialysis, living donation, and issues related to kidney disease, providing further direction about how to stay connected with NKF and access online resources.

 

NKFNE is actively seeking 2026 sponsors for our community programming. 

To learn more about sponsor benefits and to become a sponsor, please contact our NKFNE Director, Programs at desirae.vasquez@kidney.org.

 

A special thank you to our featured sponsor: PhRMA!

Patient Education

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JUST-IN-TIME WEBINAR: Making Kidney-Healthy, Budget-Friendly Food Choices

Calling all New England kidney patients! Rewatch the National Kidney Foundation serving New England’s nutrition webinar put on with our partner Stop & Shop grocery stores. 

 

This free and helpful 2025 webinar connects you with a registered dietitian who will help you with: 

- Cost savings tips for kidney-healthy groceries,

- Tips for reading food labels while you shop, and

- Ways to make your meals more kidney-friendly on a regular basis.

This content is provided for informational use only and is not intended as medical advice or as a substitute for the medical advice of a healthcare professional.

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Missed a patient education webinar?

No worries! Review the latest information about kidney disease, transplantation, and nutrition. Our popular program, Cooking with Konfidence has been conducted in Chinese and Spanish.
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A Delicious Way to Support NKF New England Patient Nutrition Programs

New England is proud to announce a new sponsor of our Patient Nutrition Education programs: Maha Juice Bar!

At Maha Juice Bar, Founder Marcieli Pastorio believes in fueling your body with the tastiest and healthiest nature has to offer, so you can live your most vibrant life.

With juice bars in Norwood, Franklin, and Cambridge, Massachusetts you can enjoy Maha Juices nutritious offerings like smoothies, juices, and acai bowls in various locations – all while supporting the patient nutrition education programming of the National Kidney Foundation serving New England!

Order online by using the button below to support NKF New England today!

 

Want to become a Patient Nutrition Education program sponsor? Email Director, Programs Desirae Vasquez at desirae.vasquez@kidney.org for more information.

 

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Kidney Friendly Recipes

Want to dig into some fun, kidney friendly recipes? Check out our ever-growing list of recipes Here.

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