This year, NKFI celebrated World Kidney Day in two locations! In Melrose Park, we screened over 50 participants through the KidneyMobile®. They also received colo-rectal screening kits, shingles testing, HIV testing, and much more from our community partners and sponsors.
Vendors in Melrose Park included:
Access to Care
Aetna Better Health
AgeOptions
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois
Catholic Charities
Consulado General de Mexico en Chicago
Cook County HIV Integrated Program (CCHIP)
Costco Wholesale (North Riverside)
Erie Family Health Center
Illinois Secretary of State
Lions of Illinois Foundation
Live4lali
MyOwnDoctor
NANI – Nephrology Associates of Northern Illinois and Indiana
PASO-West Suburban Action Project
Sisters Working it Out
Team Illinois
UI Health
Youth Outreach Services
Photos from the event
In Anna, more than 100 participants received kidney risk assessments, cholesterol tests, produce boxes, desktop computers, and much more from our community partners and sponsors.
Vendors in Anna included:
Arrowleaf
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
CHESI
City of Anna
Cobden Lions Club
Egyptian Area On Aging
Epsilon Lambda Omega Chapter of the AKA Sorority
Illinois Migrant Council
Illinois Public Health Association