Community Resources and Events

• 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 Kidneys Quest calendar link
  • 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: Novemner 10, 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
• NKF Spring Clinical Meetings 2025 (SCM25) in Boston. Pre-conference courses on April 9 and the main conference running from April 10 to 13, 2025. Check out the Program.
  • The National Kidney Foundation Professionals Councils (Nurses, technicians, Social Workers, Dietitians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants/Associates, Clinical Nurse Specialists) are offering educational stipends of up to $500 to help offset travel costs for current members to attend SCM25 in-person. Apply by December 31.
• NKF Free Virtual Event: Finding a Living Donor. Learn effective tools and tips for finding a living kidney donor. You also will hear living donor recipients and living donors share their stories. Register now.
  November 14, 2024, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. PT
                                    1 p.m.–3 p.m. CT
                                    2 p.m.–5 p.m. ET
• NKF Free Event: Celebrate the Season: Kidney-Healthy Cooking Together, November 18, 2024, Noon PT; 1 p.m. MT; 2 p.m. CT; 3 p.m. ET. The virtual session will include a cooking demonstration, holiday recipe suggestions, and tips for making receipes kidney-healthy. Register now.
• Health Equity webinar event (Addressing Rural Transportation Challenges) will explore resources to address transportation challenges in rural areas, discuss case studies, and identify best practices to meet patients' transportation needs in rural areas. Register for this no-cost webinar today!

ESRD National Coordinating Center (NCC) Health Equity Webinar:
Addressing Rural Transportation Challenges

This informative Health Equity webinar event will explore resources to address transportation challenges in rural areas, discuss case studies, and identify best practices to meet patients' transportation needs in rural areas.
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
2:00–3:00 p.m. ET
1:00–2:00 p.m. CT
Noon–1:00 p.m. MT
11:00 a.m. – Noon PT

Event Speaker: Robin Phillips is the executive director at the National Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP) and is dedicated to improving transportation in rural communities.

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