The Make a Difference ... One Step at a Time 2008
Walk-a-Thon will be held on Saturday, April 26th at Homewood High School's Waldrop Stadium!

For more information, please contact Lisa at the Foundation, 205-934-2111 or lisa @alkidney.org.

Last year's Walk-A-Thon was a great success! Congratulations to all our individual and team walkers, team captains, volunteers and everyone who worked so hard to ensure the event was successful!

The grand total raised for kidney disease patients in need was over $156,000!

Top Walk Teams

1. TEAM UAB & UAB Transplant, Norma Stewart & Martha Tankersley, $25,340

2. Penny Jordan Memorial/Alagasco, Tammy Flowers, $18,002

3. Compass Bank, Marian Cusimano, $9,092

4. Fresenius, Gwen Valenti, $5,644

5. AT&T Pioneers, Rosalind Hood, $4,748

6. O'Neal Steel, Mike Gooldrup, $3,495

7. Bizzy's Bunch, Shaun Flynn, $2,625

8. Physicians Choice, Louanne Smith, $2,550

9. The Abrams Team, Wynell Gardner, $2,300

10. ReMax, Pat Berry Jackson, $2,259

11. Just Believe, Yvonne Green, $2,053

12. EDS, Bill Wagner, $1,522

Top Overall Producers

1. Junior and Mary Thigpen, $11,501

2. Flora O’Neal, $6,050

3. Rosalind Hood, AT&T Pioneers Team Captain, $3,153

4. Louanne Smith, Physicians Choice, $2,550

5. Wynell Gardner, The Abrams Team Team Captain, $2,300

6. Norma Stewart, TEAM UAB Team Captain, $2,085

7. Gwen Valenti, Fresenius Team Captain, $1,856

8. Pat Berry Jackson, ReMax Team Captain, $1,834

9. Mike Gooldrup, O’Neal Steel Team Captain, $1,715

10. Bill Wagner, EDS Team Captain, $1,522

11. Margaret Tresler Foushee, UAB Transplant Team, $1,373

12. Marian Cusimano, Compass Bank Team Captain, $1,341

Special Thanks to the following for their participation and support of the event:

  • All the hard working and fabulous volunteers!
  • Junior League of Birmingham Corps of Volunteers
  • Miss Trussville
  • DJ Louis Nudo
  • Keith Dunn
  • Tom Stagner, Manager, Publix Supermarket, Highway 280
  • Food & Beverage Sponsors: Coca-Cola, Publix, Bud's Best
  • Generous Corporate Sponsors who are listed in the Corporate Partners section of this web site.