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Cecil’s Renal 2024 Central Ohio Kidney Walk Fundraising Page
Marissa Perkins
Marissa Perkins
Why I Walk
I walk because I have witnessed first hand, as a daughter, as a nurse and as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, how too many families (like mine) are coping with this devastating chronic illness, and thousands more will face an unexpected kidney disease diagnosis in the year to come.
I spent years being the primary caretaker of my grandmother, and my father who we tragically lost to complications of end stage renal disease July 14, 2022. Since losing him, I have felt a sense of needing to help other families fight against this illness and to be of assistance if finding resources to manage it.
I walk to support the life-changing 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.
I walk in honor of my father who was unable to receive a transplant in a timely manner but whose memory will drive my team and I to advocate for thousands of individuals like him.
Please consider supporting my efforts by joining my team “Cecil’s Renal” and provide any donation amount you can spare.
Thank you,
Marissa Perkins, APRN-CNM
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