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News Releases

11/12/09		American Kidney Fund Announces Partnership with City of Houston for Family Wellness and Kidney Disease Prevention Day
10/23/09		AKF Testifies at CMS Town Hall Meeting
10/21/09		Hundreds of Supporters Expected at American Kidney Fund’s ‘Steps that Count’ Walkathon
10/09/09		American Kidney Fund’s First National Gala, The Hope Affair, Raises Over $600,000
10/05/09		American Kidney Fund to Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Turquoise Cup Golf Classic in Atlanta
10/05/09		American Kidney Fund to Make Steps That Count in New Jersey
10/01/09		American Kidney Fund Launches National Gala, The Hope Affair, To Spotlight Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer To Serve as Emcee
07/14/09		American Kidney Fund to Hold 4th Annual New York Golf Classic
06/11/09		American Kidney Fund Praises New National Health Care Campaign to Improve Survival Rates for Patients with Kidney Failure
06/10/09		American Kidney Fund Calls for Increased Awareness of Chronic Kidney Disease in Light of New Government Report on Health Disparities

AKF in the News

12/04/09	Partnership Meeting Immediate and Long-Term Needs (The Afro-American Newspaper)
11/23/09	Local Elected Officials, Community Leaders Join DaVita, Industrial Bank for Operation: Happy Thanksgiving (Forbes)
10/08/09	NBA-All Star Alonzo Mourning Joins Kidney Community in Urging Congress to Support Health Care Reform That Improves Choice, Access to Quality Dialysis Care, Builds on Quality Improvements (Forbes)
09/21/09	Blacks Face Higher Risk of Kidney Disease (Staten Island Advance)
09/14/09	Non-Profits Benefit From New "Pause to Support a Cause" Campaign That Ties Donation to Research Participation (Marketwire)
09/14/09	Gulotta Honored At American Kidney Fund Golf Outing (Long Island Press)
08/03/09	A Life-Altering Diagnosis (Cherokee Tribune)
07/31/09	New Campaign Seeks to Reduce Mortality for First-Year Dialysis Patients (Nephrology Times)
07/30/09	Health Care Savings Series (Consumer Reports)
07/30/09	Economic Distress: Patients Delay Doctor Visits, Skimp on Meds (AARP Bulletin)

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