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ALABAMA KIDNEY FOUNDATION INC

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For more than 30 years, the Alabama Kidney Foundation (AKF) has been the only state based organization dedicated to serving kidney patients.

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  • The Foundation’s annual Walk-a-Thons are a fun-filled family event that raises funds to support the AKF's programs.
  • The Foundation operates two transportation programs for Alabama’s kidney dialysis and transplant patients.
  • The DLN Program provides financial assistance enabling patients and their immediate families to meet basic daily living.
  • The Foundation’s Financial Assistance Program provides assistance through three supportive efforts.

mission

The Alabama Kidney Foundation serves Kidney patients by providing financial assistance, education, and support services. The Foundation provides public education to promote organ donation awareness and prevention of kidney disease.

vision

Alabama's kidney patients will experience life to its fullest!

Last year, the Alabama Kidney Foundation provided over $400,000 in assistance to chronically ill individuals throughout the state. Unfortunately, meeting patient’s needs become more challenging every year. However, the Foundation is committed to answering each and every call for help, and with your support, we can.

We currently have three office locations:

State Office-Birmingham

Regional Offices- Montgomery and Huntsville

For more information on how you can "make a difference" in the lives of Alabama's kidney patients in need please call 800-750-3331.

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  1. Karen BushKaren Bush 02/02/2012 at 11:29 PM ET
    This is a great organization! I would encourage anyone to donate AKF. The lives of many dialysis patients are improved because of the work they do.
  2. Amy GodsoeAmy Godsoe 02/02/2012 at 04:53 PM ET
    Increasing the organization’s capacity to raise essential funds runs parallel to the Alabama Kidney Foundation’s strong desire to increase its presence throughout the state. An increased presence will allow the organization to better communicate the good work it is accomplishing in local communities throughout our state. The Alabama Kidney Foundation’s long range strategic plan stresses an increased state presence. The Foundation has already expanded its patient education conferences from one conference annually to two conferences per year. The location of the additional patient education conference alternates annually between Mobile and Huntsville, making accessibility easier for patients living in north and south Alabama. In 2012 the Montgomery Regional Office will also host a 1/2 day conference in the River Region.
  3. Amy GodsoeAmy Godsoe 02/02/2012 at 04:12 PM ET
    As the Alabama Kidney Foundation plans for the future, the organization’s mission of assisting Alabama’s kidney patients remains unchanged. The organization’s long range goal of providing more financial assistance dollars to more patients continues to be our principal goal, and in 2012 we have raised the maximum Daily Living Needs Program allotment to $300 per patient per calendar year (an increase of $50). In the midst of a slow economy, coupled with a lingering recession, the Alabama Kidney Foundation continues to explore new fundraising strategies and new target markets for new opportunities that will help the organization meet the basic and growing needs of our constituents. To this end, in January we opened a regional office in Huntsville, and in the hopes of a successful Mobile Walk, a Mobile regional office in 2013. The organization’s vision, ‘Alabama’s kidney patients will experience life to its fullest’ will continue to provide an array of opportunities and challenges in the coming years.
  4. Rodney ZeiglerRodney Zeigler 02/02/2012 at 02:26 PM ET
    Great organization ... I love the work they are doing through their Montgomery Regional Office!
  5. Amy GodsoeAmy Godsoe 01/31/2012 at 11:32 AM ET
    Alabama Transportation Assistance Program... Alabama Transportation Assistance Program Thomas Hubbard graduated Suma Cum Laude from Syracuse University and spent his career as a senior legal assistant on New York’s Wall Street. When his sister died of kidney disease he was left as the sole caregiver for his Mom so he moved to his mother’s hometown of Clanton care for her. He has enjoyed living in Clanton and had begun a second career away from Law. “I was a working guy, loved my job and loved going to work” said Mr. Hubbard. His plans were interrupted when he recently suffered two heart attacks, which has contributed to his kidney failure and caused him to begin dialysis just 5 months ago. Because of dialysis he is unable to work and therefore unable to pay bills and transportation costs to treatment. “It’s a big adjustment, I miss working. It’s not easy having a disability and not being able to work”, said Mr. Hubbard. The Alabama Kidney Foundation helped pay for a water bill, medicines and his transportation to dialysis. “The AKF helped me with a lot of stuff. It took a lot of stress off me to know help was on the way’’ said Thomas Hubbard. “The AKF has been very good to me, I appreciate that they helped me out a lot.”
  6. Amy GodsoeAmy Godsoe 01/31/2012 at 11:28 AM ET
    In the emergency room Jacquelyn Patterson... In the emergency room Jacquelyn Patterson received her diagnosis of kidney failure. A routine doctor’s visit had detected protein in her urine just months before but she chose to deny the warning signs. “Not right now’ is what she thought as a single mother of two teenage children. Once diagnosed with kidney failure she began dialysis and has been on dialysis for over a year. Her poor health and the time she spent on dialysis meant she lost her job after being a nurse for almost twenty years. She first relied on family, friends and her church, but after 8 months she had exhausted her resources. The Alabama Kidney Foundation was able to help the Patterson family pay their gas bill that was unusually high due to the cold winter. “The AKF has really been helpful to me – a God sent”

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    For more than 30 years, the Alabama Kidney Foundation (AKF) has been the only state based organization dedicated to serving kidney patients.

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