Kidney Month/World Kidney Day
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March is Kidney Health Month in Canada. Sponsored by The Kidney Foundation of Canada, this annual fundraising initiative involves thousands of volunteer canvassers going door-to-door in neighbourhoods across the country to raise money for Canadians and their families living with kidney disease.
In 2006, the International Society of Nephrology and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations jointly launched World Kidney Day to increase awareness and draw attention to the urgent global need for early detection and prevention of the growing epidemic of kidney disease.
World Kidney Day is held annually on the second Thursday of March and is celebrated every year with special events and awareness-raising activities in communities across British Columbia and around the world.
World Kidney Day Activities 2012
*unless otherwise mentioned, all events take place on March 8th, 2012
WKD activities are sorted by health authority:
Vancouver Coastal Health/Providence Health Care (VCH/PHC)
Richmond - Richmond Community Dialysis Unit
- Renal-friendly recipe taste testing
- Games and prizes
Vancouver – St. Paul’s Hospital
- Games and prizes, refreshments served
Vancouver – BC Children’s Hospital
- Information display
- Blood Pressure checks
Fraser Health (FHA)
Abbotsford – local grocery store (details coming…)
Surrey – Guildford Mall
Surrey – Newton Community Dialysis Unit
- Open house and education session
Surrey – Surlang Pharmacy
- Information display
- Games and prizes (*throughout the week)
Interior Health (IHA)
Kamloops – Sahali Mall
- Blood Pressure testing and blood sugar clinic from 10 – 5
- Information displays
- Dietitian on hand and dialysis machine for people to view
- Sidney the kidney will be there!
- Apple store (next door) will allow people to use the computers to sign up on the BCT website for organ donation
Penticton – Cherry Lane Mall
Quesnel – Aboriginal Health Conference (located at the Quesnel and District Seniors Centre) *March 7 & 8
Northern Health (NHA)
Prince George – Pine Centre Mall
- Information table
- Awareness walk starting at 1:00pm
Prince George - University Hospital of Northern BC
Terrace – Save On Foods Pharmacy
Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA)
Port Alberni – Shoppers Drug Mart Pharmacy
Victoria – Belmont Secondary School
- Nursing students will be interviewed about kidney health
- Students will hand out info at the school
- Sidney the Kidney will be there!
Victoria – Royal Jubilee Hospital
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