Why I Walk

I have been a transplant nurse for 30 years and donated a kidney in 2019. I've been an advocate for transplant and donation and a long-term volunteer member of Donate Life Virginia that manages Virginia's donor registry. I walk because I've seen so many families coping with this devastating chronic illness, and thousands more will face an unexpected kidney disease diagnosis in the years 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.