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Small steps make a big difference Did you know that one in ten Small steps make a big differCanadians is living with kidney ence. People living with kidney disease? The Kamloops Kidney disease often have to spend up Walk will be held on Sunday, to 15 hours a week on dialysis, September 27 at McDonald Park making daily life difficult for on the North Shore. This event the person and their families in is an opportunity for patients on countless ways. Linda Bonner dialysis, organ transplant recipi- Brown has been involved with ents, their families, living donors, the Kamloops Kidney Walk since the medical community and the it began six years ago and a volpublic to come together to raise unteer with the foundation for 20 awareness about the importance of years. She lost her husband to kidney health and organ donation. kidney disease 15 years ago and Bring your family and friends and strongly believes that awareness make a tangible difference in the and education is vitally important. lives of those affected because “There are about 1200 people together, we can create a betin Kamloops and area that docter future for those suffering tors are following who have from kidney disease.
been diagnosed with kidney disease. Have kidney testing done; dialysis was tough on us but we laughed every day he was here,” Linda stated. Although she can no longer help her late husband, Linda continues to encourage and support those affected by kidney disease and educate the public in detection, organ donation and to one day find a cure. Even though 95 per cent of BC residents’ support the idea of donating a kidney to someone in need and 51 per cent reported they were registered organ donors, only 19 per cent of us are actually registered on BC’s official organ donor
registry. Between an estimated 30 and 40 percent of Canadians waiting will never get the life saving kidney they need and those waiting in BC have the longest median wait time of a staggering 4.8 years. Kidney failure can happen to anyone but anyone can also be an organ donor. To see if you are already a donor or to register to become a donor, check the registry at transplant.bc.ca. Take a step in the right direction and participate in the annual Kamloops Kidney Walk hosted by The Kidney Foundation of Canada, BC and Yukon Branch. A - continued on page 2
Participants in last year’s Kidney Walk engaged in fun activities before setting Photo credit: Becky Cassidy off on the Walk, which was held in Riverside Park.
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