NKF Serving New England

Program Highlight - Kidney Kitchen: Cooking Up Health!

A Fun Cooking Program for Pediatric Kidney Patients and their Caregivers

Brought to you by the National Kidney Foundation New England
in partnership with Boston Children's Hospital
 

Grove Hall Stop & Shop
460 Blue Hill Ave, Boston, Massachusetts 02119
Sunday, November 17, 2024 | 11am - 12pm

 

This 60-minute program focused on increasing health equity and improving pediatric patients’ abilities to make informed decisions about their health. Youth patients with rare kidney diseases such as C3GN, FSGS, and IgaN teamed up with their caregivers and kidney experts to receive useful health information, enjoy a fun cooking demonstration, and engage with an interactive grocery store tour to identify accessible and kidney-friendly ingredients during the event.

Video of 2024 Boston and New England Kidney Walk

2024 Boston Kidney Walk

We want to thank everyone who participated in our 2024 Boston and New England Kidney walk and helped us surpass our $225,000 fundraising goal! It was a fun, inspiring day with lots of opportunity to engage with our sponsors and the Kidney Community.

 

Total Raised: $244,000 to support kidney patients across New England.

 

Check out our Facebook Album and our video to see some of our walk highlights. See you next year!

Other Things We Are Working On

2025 Evening of Giving

Join us on Saturday, March 15th 2025 for an Evening of Giving to honor those in our community who go above and beyond helping those with kidney disease.

Registration is coming soon...

Patient Education

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.

Patient Stories

Read the stories of patients as they discuss their experiences with kidney disease and dialysis. This National Kidney Foundation resource book is provided by support from Vertex Pharmaceuticals.

Interviews for the Patient Storybook are now closed! We will be adding the new Patient Storybook HERE once it is completed in early 2025. Interested in learning more about the Patient Storybook? Take a look at our 2024 version by clicking the button below.

Advocacy

Here is what the staff at NKF New England are working on!

New England Advocacy News

This past March, we received proclamations by the governors in Massachusetts declaring March 2024 World Kidney Month! In the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, we received a resolution recognizing March 2024 as World Kidney month.

Employee Wellness

Your Kidneys & You

Medicare alone spends $87 billion caring for individuals with kidney disease. Go from "zero" to "kidney consciousness" in less than 3 minutes with our Your Kidneys and You video! This can be embedded on corporate Intranets as part of an employee wellness program, shown at community health fairs, or shared with members of your organization.
 
For information on the above program please contact Program Director, Desirae Vasquez, at Desirae.Vasquez@kidney.org .

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 .

Kidney Friendly Recipes

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

Local Office

209 West Central Street
Suite 207
Natick, MA 01760
United States

Email: nkfne@kidney.org
Fax: 508.907.6035
Phone: 508.907.6030
Toll Free: 800.542.4001

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