WHY I WALK I walk because I was on dialysis for eleven plus years after receiving a heart transplant. UMMS is the best! From day one, they have provided the best care and concern with my kidney transplant and continues to do so. I received my transplant on August 24, 2023. I also walk because 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 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. Are you with me? Please consider supporting my efforts with a generous donation.