Anyone is welcome to join our team whether you are a patient, family member, know someone who has kidney disease, or are part of the interdisciplinary team (nurse, MD, dietician, social worker, child life, etc.).

Who Are We?
We are the Heart of Texas Chapter of the American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA) supporting Austin and surrounding areas. ANNA is a nonprofit organization that believes in the team approach to patient care and support interdisciplinary collaboration as essential to the delivery of cost-effective, high quality patient care. ANNA's mission is to improve "members' lives through education, advocacy, networking, and science". Our vision is to influence kidney health through the expertise of nephrology nurses. 

Why We Walk

This year, our team has joined others throughout the country to fight against kidney disease. On October 27, 2024 we’ll walk for our loved ones, colleagues or friends who cope with this devastating chronic illness each day – and for those who 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.