The document provides information about the Kidney Foundation of Canada Windsor & District chapter. It discusses the chapter's vision, mission, goals, history since the 1960s, programs (including research, education, support groups, camps), advocacy, events, and ways to get involved through volunteering or fundraising. The chapter aims to support those with kidney disease and promote organ donation through various community awareness and patient support initiatives.

1. TheKidneyFoundationof
CanadaWindsor&District
An Introduction
To Our Chapter

2. Presentation
• Our Vision, Mission & Goals
• About Us
• Programs/Community Awareness
• Fund Development
• Volunteer Engagement

3. Our Vision
Our Mission

4. Organizational Goals:
• Fund and promote research into kidney
disease
• Implement services to support individuals
living with kidney disease to high quality
health care.
• Advocate for the right of people with
kidney disease to high quality health
care
• Promote public awareness
and commitment to organ
donation
• Ensure on-going public support for the
work of The Kidney Foundation.

5. About Us…...
In the 1960s, people with kidney failure had little hope of survival.
Dialysis was considered an extraordinary treatment and restricted to very
few. Transplantation was still experimental.
It was during this time that a young Montreal architect, Morty Tarder,
died from kidney disease. Confronted with their son’s death, the Tarder
family vowed to start an organization that would raise money for research
into this poorly understood disease. In 1964, The Kidney Disease
Foundation of Canada, as it was known then, was created in Montreal.
Today, the Kidney Foundation of Canada is the national health charity
committed to kidney health and to improved lives for all people living
with kidney disease. Our vision for the future is an enduring legacy of
those dedicated volunteers who, 40 years ago, started out with a
compelling cause and the resolve to make a difference.

6. About Us…...
The 60s
Only a handful of hospitals provide hemodialysis,
treatments are strictly rationed and selection
committees determine who will receive this life-
saving therapy. The Foundation begins to
advocate for greater awareness of kidney
disease, more treatment centres and research
into kidney transplantation.

7. About Us…...
The 70’s
The Foundation becomes a vibrant, national health
charity expanding to include Branches and
Chapters across Canada. Money raised by the
Foundation is used to provide seed funding for the
establishment of organ retrieval systems and to
support kidney-related research.

8. About Us…...
The 1980s
Many more kidney patients have access to treatment
through the success of an alternative form of dialysis
called peritoneal dialysis. The use of the anti-
rejection drug cyclosporin leads to vast
improvements in transplant success. The Foundation
presses for more federal government involvement in
promoting organ donation and the development of
national standards for patient care.

9. About Us…...
The 1990s
The number of people receiving treatment for end-
stage renal disease is growing as the population
ages. Transplantation success, ironically, is creating
longer waiting lists. The Foundation increases it
efforts to ensure the best possible future for people
living with kidney disease, through the delivery of its
broad range of programs and various collaborative
initiatives.

10. About Us…...
The Last Decade 2000 - 2010
As growing evidence points to the preventable
nature of kidney disease among certain high-
risk groups, the Foundation begins to explore
an expanded role in early detection.

11. Programs
Community Awareness
For more information on programs
visit www.kidney.on.ca

12. For more information on programs
visit www.kidney.on.ca
Research
Research has led to the development and perfection of
dialysis treatment. It has made transplantation the
treatment of choice for an increasing number of patients,
and has led to the development of the anti-rejection
drugs that have made kidney transplants so successful.
All of these advances as well as countless others would
never have been made were it not for thousands of hours
and millions of dollars first being spent on basic and
clinical medical research. Researchers are working
towards improved means of managing kidney disease,
and, ultimately, reducing the impact it has on Canadians.

13. For more information on programs
visit www.kidney.on.ca
Educational Material
Living with Kidney Disease Manual - comprehensive
information on treatment options, diet, exercise and lifestyle
specifically developed for people with kidney failure -
available in English, French, Chinese, Italian, Portuguese and
Punjabi.
The Kidney Foundation of Canada is committed to providing
education about kidneys and kidney disease. Through
information pamphlets, fact sheets and brochures on specific
aspects of living with kidney disease.

14. For more information on programs
visit www.kidney.on.ca
Financial Assistance
• Short Term Financial Assistance
• Travel Loan Program

15. For more information on programs
visit www.kidney.on.ca
Information & Referral
Referrals to appropriate community agencies and
resources. Information and referral services are
intended to guide patients through the sometimes
confusing and stressful process of adjusting to
living with kidney disease.

16. For more information on programs
visit www.kidney.on.ca
The Peer Support Program
Volunteers are renal patients or family members themselves
who have adjusted to living with kidney disease, have
participated in training programs, and have the desire to help
others by sharing their experiences.

17. Available in e-Format for more
information visit ww.kidney.on.ca
News Publications &
Information
Kidney Living Publication
of the Ontario Branch
• Community Updates
• Annual Reports
• Website www.kidney.on.ca

18. For more information on programs
visit www.kidney.on.ca
Summer Camp Programs
• Lion’s Camp Dorset
•Children’s Camp Subsidy Program

19. For more information on programs
visit www.kidney.on.ca
Other Resources
- Patient & Family Symposium
- Renal Cookbooks
- Resource Libraries
- Kidney Care
- Chinese Renal Association (CRA)
- Speakers' Bureau
- Health Fairs
-Tax Information Sessions
-The Ambassador Program

20. For more information on programs
visit www.kidney.on.ca
Living with Kidney Disease
Patient & Family Symposium
The “Living with Kidney Disease” Patient and Family Symposium provided opportunities
to learn from, interact with, and ask questions of renal professionals and service providers,
and to find out about other people’s experiences with renal disease.
Whether they had been personally affected by kidney disease, or have someone they care
about who is affected by kidney disease, we provided a casual, comfortable and friendly
environment to explore a variety of different workshops and information sessions all
related to living with kidney disease.

21. Organ
Donation
Awareness
The Kidney Foundation of Canada actively promotes awareness of and
commitment to organ donation awareness campaigns and advocacy
efforts to encourage all Canadians to make positive choice about organ
donation. Did you know………
• over 30,000 people in Canada require life-sustaining treatments such as
dialysis or a kidney transplant to replace the function of kidneys that
have failed?
• that the number of Canadians on renal replacement therapy will double
in the next 10 years?
• 12 people in Canada learn their kidneys have failed every day; up from
8 just three years ago?
• over 75% of people on Ontario's organ and tissue donor list are waiting
for a kidney transplant?
• Canada has one of the lowest organ donation rates in the developed
world.
• The success rate of living donor transplantations is now over 90 per
cent, thanks to transplant research discoveries.
For more information on
awareness visit www.kidney.on.ca

22. Living Green Ribbon
A flagship event in Ontario during
National Organ and Tissue Donor
Awareness Week, the Living Green
Ribbon is an annual photo shoot where
people become part of a living tableau
– a giant green ribbon - the
internationally recognized symbol of
organ and tissue donation. Photos from
previous events have been used in
posters, public service announcements
and notecards. Organized in schools
and public venues, the Living Green
Ribbon brings together students, local
dignitaries and community members to
show their support for organ and tissue
donation
Transplant Recipients are wearing white.
Volunteers from The Kidney Foundation, Hotel
Dieu Grace Medical Staff, Other Organ Donation
Awareness volunteers wear the signature green
ponchos and hold signs indicating their consent.
Firefighters and the Chief of Police outline the
ribbon.
For more information on
awareness visit www.kidney.on.ca

23. Advocacy
The advocacy goals of the Foundation are:
• to inform and educate the public,
government, politicians and other
organizations about the needs of people
living with kidney disease.
to influence public policy to ensure that
the needs are being met.
For more information on advocacy
visit www.kidney.on.ca

24. Patient & Family Social
Activities
Patient & Family
Christmas Party
November
Patient & Family
Barbeque - July
Subject to interest

25. Please contact erika@mdirect.net
for more information on events
Fund Development
3rd
Party Events

26. For Volunteer Opportunities
contact our office.
Volunteer Engagement
Volunteer Fairs &
Materials
Campaign Recruitment Event Recruitment
Community Awareness
Volunteer
Recognition/Chapter
Committee
Office/Clerical