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Northside Rotary Top News!
September 6th 2008
Northside Sponsors Kidney
Walk!
Last year's event
was held at Gulley Park in Fayetteville on a beautiful fall day!
Over 300 people attended the event and we raised over $18,000.
Kolby
Eiland had both kidneys removed when he was 3 years old. He was on
dialysis for 18 months. He received a successful kidney transplant at
age 5. Kolby is now an Ambassador for Arkansas Children’s Hospital and
is enjoying an active and healthy childhood.
Northside
Rotary has been a supporter of the Eiland family through some difficult
times. When Northside Rotary learned that the National Kidney Foundation
was closing its Little Rock office and that the Kidney Walk was at risk
of being discontinued, Northside Rotary stepped up to the challenge and
in only 2 months pulled off a very successful event.
The Northside Rotary Walk for Kidney Sake is a non-competitive
event focusing on educating the public about kidney and disease and
organ donation. Fifty-percent of the proceeds from this event will
benefit the Arkansas Children’s Hospital to provide needed funds to
continue programs of public education, research, and emergency grants
for Arkansans battling kidney disease. Remaining funds will go to help
dialysis patients in NWA and toward partnering with a local organization
to help children in NWA who are on dialysis.
Click here to view event
photos!
Please
visit our
Casino Night Fundraiser
site...
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