Event ID # 54643
Date:
Sunday, November 2, 2008
 Time:
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Event:

National Kidney Foundation Walk
Host:

National Kidney Foundation
Location:

(Pittsburgh zoo & PPG Aquarium)   Google Map
Pittsburgh zoo & PPG Aquarium
One Wild Place, Pittsburgh, PA
Contact:
Tiffany Ray		 Phone:
412-261-4115
Email:
Tiffany.Ray@kidney.org
Website:
http://www.kidneyall.org
Price:
FREE
Full details:

26 MILLION ADULT AMERICANS SUFFER FROM KIDNEY DISEASE AND OVER 1.2 MILLION OF THEM LIVE RIGHT HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA.   ANOTHER 1.2 MILLION ARE AT INCREASED RISK.  THE NKFALL’S 7TH ANNUAL PITTSBURGH KIDNEY WALK HELPS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT KIDNEY DISEASE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY DETECTION, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONSIDERED AT RISK.  THE WALK OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DIALYSIS PATIENTS, ORGAN TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS, DONOR FAMILIES, THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO CELEBRATE LIFE AND SUPPORT THE NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION MISSION.