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Signed guitar raffle is one highlight of
gala
Musical stars from '50s and '60s will light up
Hyatt Regency event
The Platters, shown at left, are among the celebrity
performers at NKF-MD's 23rd Annual Gift of Life Gala. The gala
will be held on Saturday, Nov. 22 at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore,
from 6:30 to 11 p.m.
Other performers include Charlie Thomas and The
Drifters, a Tribute to the Delfonics with Major Harris, Pat
Palmer and Johnney Smalls, and the Winstons Orchestra. Celebrity
emcee is Ali Ollie Woodson of Temptations fame.
For individual seat and event information, contact
Kelly Meltzer, Director of Special Events, at 410-494-8545, or email her.
The event will include live and silent auctions,
dinner, dancing and fabulous entertainment by the musical guests.
One of the unique features of this
year's Gift of Life Gala will be the raffle of a Fender
Telecaster guitar, signed by all of the artists performing that
evening.
Raffle tickets are $10 apiece and are being
sold in advance as well as at the gala. Learn more about the
gala and the raffle here.
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Mourning our friend, Alexis Southworth
 We are sad
to report the passing on Nov. 5 of Alexis Southworth,
LCSW-C, NKF-MD advisory board member and longtime champion of
kidney patients. Ms. Southworth, who was 65, died a week
after receiving her third kidney transplant. Her son, Scott,
donated the organ.
Ms.
Southworth was vice president of the Maryland Patient
Advocacy Group and a former commissioner of the Maryland
Commission on Kidney Disease. She also founded the
longest-running kidney support group in the nation.
A memorial
service is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15 at Wesley Grove
United Methodist Church in Hanover, Md.
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 The next
NKF-MD community fund-raiser is the Longaberger Basket Bingo on
Saturday, December 6, 2008 at The Lodge, 2832 Nine Mile Circle,
Catonsville. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and Bingo begins at 7.
The event features Longaberger baskets and products and a King
Tut instant Bingo game and prize wheel. There will be 20 Bingo
games and door prizes, and all baskets are filled with goodies.
Admission is
$18 in advance, $20 at the door. All advance tickets must be
reserved by Friday, December 5. For information and advance
tickets, contact Mary Kalb at 410-719-9760.
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Share your
thoughts on organ allocation
When there
aren't enough organs to go around, it's a tough challenge for
doctors and policymakers to balance the need to be fair and
efficient when deciding how to allocate donated kidneys.
To improve
the national policy for allocation of deceased donor kidneys, the
Organ Procurement and Transplant Network/United Network for Organ
Sharing (OPTN/UNOS) is examining and modeling various methods.
The NKF is seeking input from the public on this important policy
issue.
OPTN/UNOS is
asking the kidney community to contribute to the discussion. The
NKF's committee to review allocation policy will provide its
summary assessment to OPTN/UNOS soon, and it encourages you to
give your input to the UNOS committee by Dec. 15 by clicking here.
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Kidney Cars marks 25 years with sweepstakes
 The Kidney
Cars program, which raises significant revenues for NKF-MD, is 25
years old this year. And to celebrate, we're offering a
sweepstakes.
When you donate your used vehicle to the National Kidney
Foundation from September 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008, you
are automatically entered into the NKF Kidney Cars 25th
Anniversary Sweepstakes and are eligible to win one of 25 prizes.
NKF-MD is
promoting the contest in ads on WBAL-TV and WMAR-TV, with an
online marketing campaign due to begin soon. Learn more here.
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Join NKF's
Coffee House Conversations
December 9 discussion will be on
dialysis safety
The National
Kidney Foundation is offering a series of FREE monthly
interactive telephone discussions called Coffee House
Conversations. These calls are being held to educate and
empower kidney patients and caregivers to
become skilled advocates on issues related to kidney
disease, donation or transplantation.
The next
conversation in the series will be on Tuesday, Dec. 9
from 3 to 4:30 p.m. The topic is "Your Safety on Dialysis
Treatment: In-Center and at Home." Space is limited.
Register by calling 1-888-JOIN-NKF (888-564-6653) or click here.
Podcasts of previous Coffee House
Conversations are available here.
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Have a
healthy and happy Thanksgiving
Holiday fare
can be full of sodium and thus off-limits for kidney patients.
NKF has recipes for healthy versions of roast turkey with sage,
gravy, braised red cabbage and pumpkin maple custard. Find these
recipes here.
NKF-MD wishes everyone a happy and healthy
Thanksgiving. With all the challenges we face, as individuals and
as a nation, it's a good opportunity to count our
blessings.
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"The
voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new horizons, but in
seeing with new eyes."
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National Kidney Foundation of Maryland
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