Updates | Kidney Foundation of WNY news and updates

Jan 10, 2023

Living Kidney Donation Awareness Event Honored Local Mason Gary Garippo

We hear from a living donor and people awaiting kidney transplant in the latest Kidney Conversations podcast. Recorded at the Gary...

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Jan 6, 2023

Waiting time adjustment approved for kidney transplant candidates affected by race-based calculation

The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) has approved a process intended to improve transplant equity by backdating the...

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Jan 5, 2023

Organ Donation Awareness Event and Blood Drive will Honor Local Mason

The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons Community Service Committee and the Blood and Organ Donor Committee, in cooperation with the...

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Dec 22, 2022

WKBW | One kidney transplant recipient opening doors for other patients as they receive donors

A kidney transplant recipient who searched for a donor has now led three additional kidney transplant patients to receive donors. WKBW...

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Dec 17, 2022

Gary Garippo Memorial Blood Drive and Organ Donor Awareness Event

Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons Blood and Organ Donor Committee in cooperation with the Kidney Foundation of WNY and ConnectLife...

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Dec 16, 2022

Wellness @ Central

Thanks to the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library for including the Kidney Foundation of WNY in recent Wellness @ Central activities....

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Dec 13, 2022

Action Alert: Urge Gov. Hochul to Sign The Doorways to Donation Act of 2022

The Doorways to Donation Act (S.8805 Breslin/A.10186 Gunther) integrates the donor designation question into administrative processes by...

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Dec 8, 2022

Preparing for Emergencies

For people receiving dialysis or living with a kidney transplant, planning for emergencies and disasters can be the difference between...

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Nov 22, 2022

GivingTuesday: Support the Kidney Foundation of WNY's work

Created in 2012, GivingTuesday is based on a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past ten years, this idea has...

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Oct 13, 2022

WCCHS Dialysis Center expands hours

The Wyoming County Community Health System Dialysis Center is expanding its operating hours and will begin offering dialysis services six...

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Oct 4, 2022

RSN’s 2022 Hope Week

RSN’s 2022 Hope Week, 29th Annual Patient Education Meeting Five Educational and Hope-Filled Days! October 18 – 22, 2022 For 28 years RSN...

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Sep 21, 2022

Donate Life NYS honors Majority Leader Peoples-Stokes

Assembly Majority Leader Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes was honored as Legislative Champion at the Donate Life New York State Appreciation...

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Sep 15, 2022

Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month / Feliz Mes de la Herencia Hispana

Observed annually from September 15 to October 15, National Hispanic Heritage Month honors the history and culture of Hispanics and Latin...

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Sep 12, 2022

U.S. reaches one million organ transplants

The U.S. organ donation system surpassed one million organ transplants as of September 9, according to the United Network for Organ...

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Sep 2, 2022

Kidney Foundation Joins Congressman Higgins to Highlight Cap on Insulin Costs for People on Medicare

Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) joined representatives from AARP New York, the Kidney Foundation of Western New York, the American...

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Aug 29, 2022

Free Kidney Health Screening in Warsaw is August 30

The Kidney Foundation of Western New York will offer a free community kidney health screening on Tuesday, August 30. The event will take...

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Aug 16, 2022

Walk for Kidney Health supports patient programs and education

August 21 event brings together the local kidney community The Walk for Kidney Health will return to the Buffalo Outer Harbor on Sunday,...

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Aug 12, 2022

New Route of the 5K for Kidney Health

The 5K for Kidney Health has different start and end points than last year. The 5K will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, August 21. On-site...

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Aug 2, 2022

Margaret Griffin is remembered through a new scholarships and work to address calciphylaxis

Margaret Griffin, a kidney transplant recipient who passed away in March 2022 following a courageous battle with calciphylaxis, is being...

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May 26, 2022

Waiting for the Blessing of a Living Kidney Donor

Joann Wellman is hoping for a living kidney donor. Joann, 67, and her husband Michael live in Frewsburg, NY. “We have two amazing...

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