The Kidney Foundation of Canada is looking for volunteers to serve on its Chapter Advisory Committees. These committees provide strategic guidance and oversight at the local level. Responsibilities include achieving organizational goals, strategic planning, advising committees, communicating the mission, and ensuring legal and policy compliance. Time commitments vary by chapter but generally include monthly meetings of 1-2 hours and additional roles. Interested individuals should submit an application form to their local chapter for consideration. Serving on these committees provides an opportunity to help shape local programs and services for kidney health.

1. The Kidney Foundation of Canada
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2. The Kidney Foundation of Canada
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The Kidney Foundation is always looking for individuals with the
competencies and skills of leadership and development. Your
experience in your field could be a valuable asset in shaping how a
community agency develops its strategic planning and how it engages
the various members of our community. As a volunteer driven
agency, it’s thanks to individuals like yourself that The Kidney
Foundation of Canada is the most successful organization dedicated
to kidney health and organ donation. You may be an individual who is
looking to advance in your company, or just cultivate new leadership
skills. Whatever the reasons, we want to develop a partnership with
individuals who will benefit our organization while we help them
achieve their volunteer goals!
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3. Responsibilities of a Chapter Board Member
• Achievement of the organization’s objectives
• Making local strategic planning decisions based on committee &
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staff reports
• Providing guidance and advice to various committees
• Communicating the organization’s message
• Ensuring local operations within the chapter are coordinated
• Planning for the local chapters’ future
• Ensuring that the local chapter meets and adheres to
organizational policies and legal requirements.
• Organizing personal and business affairs to be an effective board
member
• Support fundraising activities
• Attend meetings of the local Chapter Advisory Committee
Executive board members are selected by nomination at our
ChapterAnnual Meetings. They include President, Vice President,
Secretary and Past President.
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4. Time Commitment :
Time commitment varies from Chapter to Chapter. Inquire with
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your local chapter as to how often the Chapter Advisory
Committee meets. Meetings range from one hour to two and
in frquency from once every other month to every month.
Committee Members have taken on addditional roles in the
Foundation on various committees associated with Volunteer
Development, Fund Development, and Programs and
Services. Hours of time commitment vary with each role of
engagement.
If you are not interested in becoming an Advisory member, take
a look at our Annual Events section. We are always looking
for talented and creative individuals who can provide event
planning leadership to one of our signature events!
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5. Presentation
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• Our Vision, Mission & Goals
• Programs/Community Engagement
• Fund Development
• Volunteer/Staff Engagement
• Alignment of Resources
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Our Vision
Our Vision
Our Mission
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7. Organizational Goals:
• Fund and promote research into
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kidney disease
• Implement services to support
Our Vision
individuals living with kidney disease to
high quality health care.
• Advocate for the right of people with
kidney disease to high quality health care
• Ensure on-going public support for the work
of The Kidney Foundation.
• Promote public awareness and
commitment to organ donation
• Promote public awareness and
commitment to prevention strategies
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8. Crave & Provide Impact
As a board member, it is your responsibility to inspire optimism in
our stakeholders, donors and volunteers through a clear
understanding of who we are and what our case for support is. We
will also inspire people around us to look at our organization
slightly differently. We are not just an organization in the business
of raising funds but we are also providing opportunity to make a
real impact that will create change.
Question:
What kind of opportunities do you think our organization provides
or requires that would inspire you to deliver real impact in our
community?
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9. Programs and
Community Awareness
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10. 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.
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11. Financial Assistance
• Short Term Financial Assistance
Short term and emergency financial assistance may be available to
residents of Canada to cover medical and other expenses
associated with kidney disease and its treatment. This assistance is
provided only when all other sources of funding have been
exhausted.
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12. 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.
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13. 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.
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14. News Publications &
Information
Kidney Living Publication
of the Ontario Branch
• Community Updates
• Annual Reports
• Website www.kidney.ca
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15. Summer Camp Programs
• Lion’s Camp Dorset
Due to the demands and time consuming nature of dialysis, many
families are unable to enjoy a summer holiday because one member
of the family must undergo dialysis three times each week. Camp
Dorset is owned and operated by Lion’s Club Camp Dorset Corp. It
is designed to provide families with the opportunity to enjoy a
summer vacation - with an on-site dialysis unit and activities for the
whole family. The Kidney Foundation of Canada Ontario Branches
subsidize the program cost for each patient attending ($200 paid
directly to Camp Dorset). Individuals requiring additional assistance
must be assessed through their Renal Social Worker.
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16. 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. Check with your
local chapter for availability and times
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17. 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?
• Each day an average of 14 Canadians learns that their kidneys have failed?
• 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?
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18. Early Detection and Prevention
Kidney disease usually progresses silently, often destroying
most of the kidney function before causing any symptoms.
Therefore, people at risk of developing kidney disease should
be evaluated regularly. These people include those with
diabetes, high blood pressure or blood vessel diseases, and
close relatives of people with hereditary kidney disease.
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19. 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.
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20. Patient & Family Social Activities
Patient & Patient &
Family Family
Christmas Barbeque
Party
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21. Signature Events Campaigns
Golf Tournaments
Fund Development
3rd Party Events
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22. Fund Development
It's counter-intuitive isn't it?
To do things better and faster, you actually have to stop
what you're doing. Pause a bit. Reflect. Think. See the
forest, and not just the trees.
We believe that the trees in our forest are our donors. To do
your best, you need to know your donors on a truly human
level – and connect with them in a deep and meaningful
way.
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23. Fund Development
“Magic is science we just don’t understand yet”
Arthur C. Clarke
Research is turning
science fiction into science fact
Turning a hypothesis into conclusive data
Generate excitement in stakeholders/donors
about what has been built, what we can see on
the horizon and great exploration of the
uncharted territories
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24. Fund Development
Questions for Fund Development for on-going strategic planning
Where have we been in terms of fundraising and fund development?
Where are we now in terns of fundraising and fund development?
Where do we want to be in terms of fundraising and fund development?
Are we being philanthropic or begging for money?
How do we currently fundraise?
Are we utilizing resources in the best possible way?
What tools/resources do we need to be better fundraisers?
Why are we fundraising?
What is our case for support?
Are we fundraising in the short-term or looking at the bigger picture?
How are we measuring success in terms of fundraising?
Are we communicating the impact we make in the community when we are
fundraising?
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25. Volunteer Engagement
Volunteer Fairs & Materials Campaign Recruitment Event Recruitment
Volunteer
Recognition/Chapter
Community Awareness Office/Clerical
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26. Volunteer Engagement
Our strategic plan is to motivate staff, volunteers and donors through
empowerment, support and a strengthened educational strategy that will assist in
the successful solicitation, effective stewardship and donor and volunteer retention
that will enhance and impact both local chapter and branch campaigns and
strategies.
Question: What about The Kidney Foundation of Canada motivates you? Why are
you motivated? Who motivates you? How would you motivate others to contribute
time or other resources to our organization?
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27. Alignment
As a board member what recommendation can you make around how
we align cash, competency and capacity to effect programs,
community engagement, fund development and volunteer/staff
engagement?
How do we set goals as volunteers and staff? How do we measure
these goals? How do we learn from our metrics and outcomes?
How do we integrate development of all the pillars of the
Foundation (Fund Development, Programs and Service, and
Volunteer Development) in an efficient manner that will provide
maximum impact?
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28. Interested?
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Complete the attached forms and submit
them to your local chapter or engage your
local Foundation Staff or Volunteer
Leadership for more information
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