Kidney Champion Foundation

10/15/2025

🎃✨ Join Kidney Champion Foundation at Austell Elementary's PTA Spooktacular Health and Resource Fest! ✨🎃

We’re excited to be a vendor at this FREE fun-filled community event with several amazing local vendors, resources, and health-focused activities for the whole family! Stop by our booth to learn more about what we do and grab some sweet treats! Let's make this a fun and impactful day for our community. 💙

📅 Date: October 25, 2025
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
📍 Location: Austell Elementary School
5600 Mulberry St, Austell, GA 30106

🎉 Join Us for a Day of Fun, Fitness & Family!

🍬 Wear your costumes and go Trick-or-Treating at every booth!
🛍️ Bring your own bag for candy – Trick-or-Treat while supplies last!
👑 Costume Contest with prizes every hour!
🩺 FREE health screenings, eye exams, CPR demonstrations, STD/STI testing, flu shots & more
🛒 FREE groceries giveaway (sign up at the event)
🎶 Live Fun: self-defense at 11 AM, line dancing at 12 PM
🎨 Games & face painting for kids and families
💖 Kidney health education, fitness, financial literacy, & community resources

09/03/2025

I’m honored to be featured in the National Kidney Foundation’s latest story, “There’s Power in Telling Your Kidney Story.” This piece highlights the journey I’ve navigated—from kidney failure during pregnancy to transplant—driven by a flawed eGFR formula that delayed life-saving care.

By sharing my story, I’ve learned that personal experiences don’t just inform—they can inspire real change. That’s why I started the Kidney Champion Foundation: to turn awareness into action and advocate for kidney health policies that can prevent others from facing the same battles.

Thank you to the NKF for creating a platform where patient voices lead the conversation, change happens, and hope is renewed.

https://www.kidney.org/news-stories/strength-sharing-there-s-power-telling-your-kidney-story

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08/12/2025

I’m proud to share this letter from Congressman Buddy Carter to Secretary Kennedy, urging the removal of oral-only phosphate lowering therapies from the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) bundle — a harmful policy that took effect on January 1, 2025.

This policy change has already had devastating consequences for many people living with chronic kidney disease and ESRD:
• Patients are losing access to essential medications prescribed by their physicians.
• Physicians are struggling to effectively treat their patients.
• Vulnerable populations face even greater barriers to care.

The bipartisan Kidney Patient Act — which had broad support from patients, caregivers, and advocacy organizations — would have delayed this policy and protected access to life-saving medicines. Unfortunately, it didn’t pass in time, and now we are seeing the harmful impact firsthand.

Removing oral-only medicines from the PPS bundle is not just a policy fix — it’s a matter of patient safety, health equity, and quality of life.

Thank you, Congressman Carter, for standing with the kidney community.

📢 Let’s keep raising our voices to ensure patients can access the treatments they need and deserve.

06/30/2025

📣 Attention Atlanta!

The American Kidney Fund is hosting a Health Equity & Advocacy Training event next weekend, and we’d love to see you there!

🗓 Saturday, July 12, 2025
🕚 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
📍 Cooks & Soldiers Restaurant
691 14th Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30318

Event Title:
Kidney Health for All: Health Equity and Advocacy Training – Barriers to Health and What We Can Do About It

Come learn, connect, and take action to help break down the barriers to kidney health equity in our communities.

RSVP: [email protected]
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09/05/2024

Had an incredible time at House of Hope ATL's Wellness Wednesday event in Decatur, GA! Each week, the community is invited to a free exercise class, followed by a wellness speaker and a complimentary lunch, thanks to the support of AARP. I had the pleasure of speaking about kidney disease—what causes it, how to prevent it, and what to do if you're diagnosed. The audience was so engaged, asking great questions that made me feel like I was really making a difference.

A special thanks to Ardelyx for sponsoring my talk, and to the American Kidney Fund for creating the Kidney Health Coach program, which makes opportunities like this possible. I’ve done many talks on kidney disease, but each one is unique, and the enthusiasm I encounter never gets old!

If you'd like me to speak at your church, corporation, or community center, feel free to send me a message. I'd love to connect with you!

09/04/2024

Volunteer with Us at the National Kidney Foundation’s Atlanta Kidney Walk! 💚

The Kidney Champion Foundation is proud to be one of the sponsors of the National Kidney Foundation’s Atlanta Kidney Walk on Saturday, September 14th at Atlantic Station – rain or shine!

✨ We Need Volunteers! ✨
Help us raise awareness about the free kidney health education workshops we offer to churches, community centers, corporations, and more. Our goal is to educate underserved communities about kidney disease and advocate for fair and equal access to care.

💚 At our workshops, we cover:

• How the kidneys work
• What Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is, including stages and symptoms
• How to slow or stop the progression of kidney disease
• Treatment options for kidney failure (dialysis and transplant)

🎁 Door Prizes & Giveaways at our workshops! 🎁

Volunteer Role:

👉 Encourage attendees to stop by our booth
👉 Share information about our free kidney health workshops
👉 Collect contact info so we can schedule workshops at their establishments

Event Details:

📅 When: Saturday, September 14th

⏰ Time: 8am

📍 Where: Atlantic Station
🌦️ Rain or shine!

Join us and help spread the word about kidney health in the community!
DM us to sign up and volunteer. Together, we can make a difference!

🎗️ Please share this with anyone in the ATL area

08/21/2024

Interested in becoming an for those with ? Join me and become an Kidney Health Coach. The program gives you the knowledge, tools, and resources to educate your community about kidney disease, and
the flexibility of how you share kidney disease information! Whether you enjoy talking to people and sharing information in-person, virtually, via social media or at events, you can choose the format that works best for your community.

Type “Learn More” in the comments for more info!

08/06/2024

Hello friends! It’s almost time for the National Kidney Foundation’s Kidney Walk. This years walk will take place on Saturday, September 14th at Atlantic Station at 8am. The walk is about 1 mile. Please let me know if you would like to join my team. If you still want to support but can’t make it, please share this post or make a donation. Thx!

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04/30/2024

Today we recognize the nation’s first AMKD Awareness Day! People who are from or have ancestors from west or central Africa are at increased risk of having a mutation in one or both of the genes that causes APOL1-mediated kidney disease (AMKD). It is estimated that 13% of Black Americans have two mutations of the APOL1 gene, and these individuals have a 1 in 5 chance of developing a rapidly progressing form of genetic kidney disease. Become by learning more about AMKD and join the Kidney Fund in AMKD Awareness Day: kidneyfund.org/APOL1aware