Welcome! For more than 30 years, the Alabama Kidney Foundation (AKF) has been the only state based organization dedicated to serving kidney patients.
Upcoming Events
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Make a Difference…One Step at a Time 2010 Walk-a-Thon
Saturday, May 1
8:30 – Registration
9:30 – Walk
Homewood High School’s Waldrop Stadium
2010 Honorary Chair: Angus Cooper
2010 Board Walk Chair: Gwen Deierhoi
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Mission
The Alabama Kidney Foundation serves Kidney patients by providing financial assistance, education, and support services. The Foundation provides public education to promote organ donation awareness and prevention of kidney disease.
Vision
Alabama's kidney patients will experience life to its fullest!
Did You Know?
- Alabama ranks 5th in the nation for kidney disease.
- There are nearly 8,000 Alabamians on dialysis.
- Alabama ranks 1st in the nation for diabetes, the leading cause kidney disease.
- Kidney disease affects 1 in 8 adults.
- There are over 3,000 people awaiting kidney transplants in Alabama
- For more Kidney Facts, Click Here.
Why We Do What We Do
The Kelly family from Anniston has had tragedy strike twice. In June of 2005, Terry Kelly was diagnosed with End-Stage Renial Disease. Then in January 2006 he lost a kidney to cancer. While battling kidney disease and recieving dialysis treatment six times a week, Mr. Kelly's oldest daughter Kala, was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. She underwent an eighteen hour surgery at Children's Hospital. Click Here for the rest of the story.
Two years ago, blood work confirmed that Jerry Chamblee of Brookside, Alabama, was suffering from renal Kidney failure. With that diagnosis, he began hemodialysis at Fresenius in Gardendale, three days a week for 3 hours at a time. After a year and half of hemodialysis, Mr. Chamblee was having problems with port access and required a number of surgeries. Click Here for the rest of the story.
Ms. Williams is a registered nurse who began dialysis in 2005 after diabetes destroyed her kidneys. When a leg amputation (not uncommon among kidney disease patients) forced her to quit work, she lost her health insurance. Because of the difficult time she was having, she sought help from The Alabama Kidney Foundation. "The Alabama Kidney Foundation has stood behind me and been my biggest supporter," said Ms. Williams. "The AKF stepped in and paid for gas to warm my home." Ms. Williams is currently in physical therapy learning to walk on a prosthetic leg and plans to go back to work once she is able.
Your Support of the Alabama Kidney Foundation will make a difference. We rely on contributions of time, talent, and treasure from people just like you to maintain our programs. MORE
