Why We Walk

This year, our team will join others throughout the country to fight against kidney disease. On November 13, 2022 we’ll walk again in honor of your youngest son, Jaren. As many of you know, we have been participating in the NYC Kidney Walk since 2015, when Jaren was just 6 months old! He was born with only one kidney that just so happens to be the Little Engine that Could --- small but mighty! Jaren has since been diagnosed with Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease and will eventually require a kidney transplant. While he has required minimal interventions up to this point, there are so many children and families who cope with this devastating chronic illness each day – and those who have lost their fight too soon.

Together, we walk to support the lifechanging work of the National Kidney Foundation:
     - To ensure that families will have a place to turn when they need answers.
     - To keep up the fight for policy changes to protect kidney patients and living donors.
     - To drive innovation in transplantation and get more loved ones off the kidney transplant waitlist.

Will you join us?

Walk with us and fundraise -or- support our efforts with a generous donation to improve the lives of kidney patients in our community and across the country.