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AKF Ambassador Amelia Rowniewski started an organ donation advocacy group at American University to educate students about organ donation and encourage more ind...
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Turning 30 is a big milestone and many people may have tasks they want to accomplish before the "big 3-0." "Donate a kidney" isn't a co...
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Notable AKF accomplishments in 2023 in advocating for policies that help improve the lives of those with kidney disease and living organ donors
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AKF talked with the chief strategy officer from the National Kidney Registry and a living donor transplant coordinator from Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta to help...
![Savannah Stallbaumer and Katie Hallum holding a sign that reads, "Breaking News: you're getting a new kidney" with blue text overlay "POV: Your TikTok video"](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/media/images/Blog%20Katie%20Hallum%20Spotlight%20-%20December%202023%20-%20OG%20%281%29.png?itok=G5sUiFXe)
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How AKF Ambassador Katie Hallum's TikTok video led to her finding a match to be her living kidney donor
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Jonathon Seidl, Kenneth Cook and Debra Cook share the story of how Jon donated his kidney to Kenneth
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AKF new Board of Trustee member, Lydia Landesberg, shares how her family came together to support each other after they discovered several family members had a ...
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On Sept. 21, AKF hosted its first Rare Kidney Disease Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill, connecting patient advocates from the IgAN Foundation, health care professio...
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AKF's advocacy work has brought us to Michigan again and again where two bills that would positively impact the kidney community are active. Here's wh...