Community Resources and Events

• Emergency Preparedness
• Support Groups
  • Kidneys Quest Foundation:
    • Weekly Support Groups: Saturdays at 2 p.m. PT, link to meeting
    • Meeting ID: 945 8133 0867 / Passcode: 756934
    • Daily Kidney Community Resource Workshops available at the calendar page
  • Renal Support Network programs: Varied and Virtual. Examples include Kidney Kin Fitness-Exercise with a personal trainer, Kidney Kin Book Club, and HopeLine Peer Support.
  • Renal Valley Virtual Support Group: 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. PT.
    • Meeting ID: 366 499 4238, Phone: 669.444.9171
    • Contact Maria Grijalva at 559.688.6804 for details.
  • Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC)—Note: New Earlier Time!
    • Telephone Support Group, 2nd Tuesday of the month at 11 a.m. PT, flyer
  • Bay Area Association of Kidney Patients (BAAKP)
    • Monthly online support group on Sundays. Next meeting: September 8, 2024, 3 p.m. PT, flyer
  • NKF PEERS program
    • 855.NKF.PEERS (855.653.7337)
    • NKFpeers@kidney.org
  • NKF Online Communities
    • Kidney Disease Community
    • Dialysis Community
    • Transplant Community
    • Kidney Donor Community
    • Parents of Children with Kidney Disease

• Join the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) in Orlando, Florida for the AAKP National Patient Meeting!
  • Take a sunny trip to Florida to attend the Meeting, meet fellow patients, and enjoy the surrounding amenities in Orlando!
  • September 25–27, 2024
  • To learn more, visit the AAKP National Meeting webpage
• Miami Health Equity event—Kidney Disease: Empowering Your Journey
  • Speak with a transplant surgeon, nephrologist, and social worker as well as other kidney peers.
  • Sunday, September 29, 2024
  • To register, visit the Health Equity Miami registration page

Coming soon!

Coming soon!

• Annual 42nd California Kidney Care Alliance (formerly California Dialysis Council or CDC) Conference registration link
  • website: https://www.cakidneycare.org/annualconference 
  • September 5–7, 2024 (in-person) conference schedule
  • Rancho Omni Las Palmas Resort
  • Rancho Mirage, CA
  • Dietician and Social Work Breakout Sessions include ESRD Network 18's Anne Pugh, speaking on Ethics and Cognitive Decline

• Annual 42nd California Kidney Care Alliance (formerly California Dialysis Council or CDC) Conference registration link
  • website: https://www.cakidneycare.org/annualconference 
  • September 5–7, 2024 (in-person) conference schedule
  • Rancho Omni Las Palmas Resort
  • Rancho Mirage, CA
  • Dietician and Social Work Breakout Sessions include ESRD Network 18's Anne Pugh, speaking on Ethics and Cognitive Decline