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
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
MidAmerica Transplant
NAACP Alexander/Pulaski
NAACP Carbondale
Rural Health Inc.
Shawnee Community College
Shawnee Health
Shawnee Mass Transit
Southern 7 Health Dept
Union County Hospital
Thank you to our sponsors!
Extra special thanks to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois for not only sponsoring both events, but also lighting their building orange with the words "World Kidney Day."