Kidney Walk

[pgjohnson2012]

I've been participating in the Kidney Walk for the past 4 years here in Dallas, Texas. How many of you participate in the Kidney Walk where you live?

[Curvychic_76]

I participate in the Philadelphia,Pa. kidney walk.

[pgjohnson2012 in reply to Curvychic_76]

That's wonderful. Do you have any good fundraising ideas that you wouldn't mind sharing?

[deeheels]

For the last three years, I have participated in the NY Kidney Walk to honor my donor Cole Michael Hagstrom. I had my SPK in August of 2014. This year I have 25 ppl on the team and it's still growing. Have raised over $50K.

[pgjohnson2012 in reply to deeheels]

That is wonderful. I plan to start fundraising for the DFW Kidney Walk next month. My team mainly consist of my family. Can you give me some fundraising ideas?

[deeheels]

I began by posting on my FB page not necessarily asking for donations but asking people to join my team. Most knowing my story, did donate but I keep on stressing I wanted people to get out and WALK with me. Fortunately, those on my team asked if their employers had a match dollar-for-dollar program for causes like this. If their company didn't, somehow they were able to retrieve a donation from their company. In addition, everyone wasn't shy about asking their family and friends for donations stating no amount was too small.

Please forgive me, as the $50k is cumulative of the amount I raised over the last three years mainly due to the Dollar Match program a lot of companies offer.

I know it isn't much but you can also go the NKF walk site for your area and find information as well as a team coordinator who helps teams in fundraising. If you have any problems, let me know and I will forward some information from my team page.

Good Luck and Have a great Walk!!