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ABC7: Opposing Chicago baseball fans reunite at Crosstown Classic after kidney donation
From ABC7 Chicago CHICAGO (WLS) -- A pair of opposing Chicago baseball fans put their rivalry aside for a special reunion Monday night's Cubs-White Sox game. Chicago Cubs fan Bridgett Kolls needed a kidney a few years back and held up a sign at a Cubs game. Chicago White Sox fan Thomas Alessio saw it and helped out the stranger. RELATED: Cross-town rivals forever linked: White Sox fan donates kidney to Cubs fan Now, the two are friends and met up for the Crosstown Classic. Ga
National Kidney Foundation Observes National Mental Health Awareness Month
NEW YORK, May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- No one should be alone when it comes to kidney disease and in honor of National Mental Health Awareness Month, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is highlighting its free mentoring and emotional support program, NKF Peers. Mental Health is as important as physical health, especially during these incredibly stressful times. Peers offers free mentoring for people at late-stage kidney disease (stages 4 and 5), on dialysis or who are kidney

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